Yoda’s creator based the character’s design off of his own face
In order to create Yoda, makeup artist Stuart Freeborn looked inward and found a look that he thought would work well on the swamp planet of Dagobah. Freeborn’s work can be seen throughout the early films of Stanley Kubrick and even in Superman, but he’s most remembered for his Star Wars designs. In fact, it was his work creating the apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey that won him the job on Star Wars where he went on to design hairy space pirate Chewbacca. However, when it came to creating Yoda he moved away from giant hairy animals and made something a little closer to what he saw in the mirror. The mirror image is strong with this one.
There is never a time
to stop learning new things
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 
an amazing story: never know that; not a bad innings: creating two iconic characters —
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Yes, he was good……..
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some people are so clever, Don, so gifted ; but the funny thing is you never know what you’ve created till it’s out there, and it makes its mark — or doesn’t; it’s a whirligig of chance —
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it’s a whirligig of chance…….true words. I am looking forward to post-humous Poet Laureate in Nonsense……….
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hang in there, Don 🙂
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By my teeth
My teef I is a hanging
I is hanging by
Will I reach Poet Laureate
Laureate will I?
Hang on there noble poet
Laureate look high
Nonsense does await you
Await you in the sky
John. Someone has predicted my post-humus Laureateship? In the sky?. That means I am headed for heaven? How nice…..
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the future looks bright, Don 🙂
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All bright in heaven John….
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You’ve got to be clever and quick-witted. Also quick on the ad lib and retort…..as was Spike and many of the English comedians of old. Always ready with a quick witty retort……..
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