quotations about the Star Wars character Yoda
In addition to his role as triple structural equivalent, Yoda is, in Levi-Strauss's terms, a mediating figure par excellence, since he links Luke, Ben, and Darth Vader, having taught all three. He also links the positive and negative sides of the Force, which his students have used for good and for evil.
CONRAD PHILLIP KOTTAK
"Structural and Psychological Analysis of Popular American Fantasy Films", Researching American Culture: A Guide for Student Anthropologists
If you're a Star Wars fan, you're no doubt familiar with master Yoda's quirkish grammar. Usually, second language learners quickly adjust to the canonical word order of their new language, and it's only the finer points of grammar that continue to vex them. However, master Yoda is 900 years old.
DAVID LUDDEN
The Psychology of Language: An Integrated Approach
Symbolically Yoda is trying to teach Luke to experience a living connection to all things, to reach for the final stage of the alchemical connection, which the alchemists called the unus mundus, a state of being one with the world. If he feels the environment around him through his body and the spiritual energy that resides within him in a deeply related way, not an impulsive and reckless way, life can flow more effortlessly.
STEVEN GALIPEAU
The Journey of Luke Skywalker: An Analysis of Modern Myth and Symbol
Fans know all about Admiral Ackbar's Mon Calamari species, and maybe more more than they ever wanted about Jar-Jar Binks' Gungans. But not Yoda. He keeps his secrets. His species is never discussed, his home world never revealed. This is a plus -- one Yoda speaking in his backward style is charming, a dozen might soon become as annoying as Jar-Jar's "we-sa, you-sa" habits. Still, it wouldn't hurt to pick up a few more tidbits about Yoda's history and how he influenced a new generation of Jedi.
GAEL FASHINGBAUER
"Should Yoda be in 'The Last Jedi'? 5 reasons there are", CNET, March 13, 2017