Director Rian Johnson has his work cut out: not only is Yoda dead, many of us are trying to unremember he tried to sell us mobile phones
The big story this week for fans of hairy green aliens with a penchant for eccentric syntax is that Yoda looks set to return in upcoming Star Wars sequel The Last Jedi. “Fake news, this is,” I hear you exclaim, in a voice that sounds a bit like Miss Piggy with a cold. “For dead he is.” And you’d be right, from a certain point of view. The erstwhile leader of the Jedi council passed away at the beginning of 1983’s Return of the Jedi, but returned in Force ghost form for the movie’s denouement, so there’s no reason he can’t come back for Rian Johnson’s film – hopefully this time without Hayden Christensen’s leering Anakin Skywalker to keep him company.
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