Why is George Lucas so against...

[Silvercrest]

How about Dr. Teeth as Watto and Swedish Chef as Jar Jar instead?

 

[Leviathan]

Kermit: Yoda, I am your father.

Yoda: NOOOOOOOOOO!

Kermit: Search your feelings, Yoda. You know it's true.

...and now I can never watch a scene with Yoda ever again.

 

[Reverend]

How about Dr. Teeth as Watto and Swedish Chef as Jar Jar instead?

Dr. Teeth as Watto? Interesting, if a bit on the nose. *badum-bum-tss*

You have a point about Jar Jar though. I mean you wouldn't even have to change the dialogue.

 

[Silvercrest]

Yup, just add "bork bork bork" after every other line or so.

 

[Venardhi]

Not really. A lot of the naming came from licensed sources (games, books, comics, etc.), not Lucasfilm itself. In terms of the original trilogy, some characters were named when Star Wars had its down time (1986-1994 or so). When the toys came back in the mid-90's, they often went with those names, like "Ponda Baba" instead of "Walrusman" and his ugly companion "Dr. Evazan"...I doubt Lucasfilm thought the scar-faced guy who picked a fight with Luke was a doctor of anything.

Either way, it was all licensed and official through Lucas and not just fannon as the previous poster postulated.

 

[BillJ]

But like I said, it is a bit annoying that we can know practically everything about a background character with thirty seconds screen time yet know almost nothing about Yoda who is practically popculture icon.

Much like the details of the Force, a Yoda backstory would be a letdown. The mystery serves the character.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

Of course the real story behind Yoda is that he's the secret mutant love-child of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy...can you blame Lucas for not wanting that dirty little secret expounded upon?

Kermit: Yoda, I am your father.
Yoda: NO! Impossible this is! Believe not it I can!
Kermit: Search your feelings, Yoda. You know it's true.

You know, I would absolutely pay to see a muppet adaptation of the prequel trilogy. I mean Gonzo as Palpatine alone would be worth it!

I second that! (and took the liberty to alter the second quote to something slighly more Yoda-ish)

How about Sweetums as a certain Wookie? And Sam the Eagle as C3PO, Fozzy Bear as R2D2, Rizzo the Rat as Jabba's pet, Cookie Monster as Jabba, Stratler and Waldorf as bar owners and Animal as Han Solo. Beaker would be the perfect imperial soldier and Dr Bunsen Honeydew could work in the rebels' headquarters. Rowlf would make a nice rebel leader and George the Janitor could tidy up after Lord Vader.

 

[Set Harth]

Much like the details of the Force, a Yoda backstory would be a letdown.

Midichlorians are not the Force. Your letdown is a mistake.

 

[Tiberius]

Of course the real story behind Yoda is that he's the secret mutant love-child of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy...can you blame Lucas for not wanting that dirty little secret expounded upon?

Kermit: Yoda, I am your father.

Yoda: NOOOOOOOOOO!

Kermit: Search your feelings, Yoda. You know it's true.

You know, I would absolutely pay to see a muppet adaptation of the prequel trilogy. I mean Gonzo as Palpatine alone would be worth it!

Also starring beaker as Chewbacca and Doctor Bunsen Honeydew as Han Solo.

"Chewbacca, my contacts at Muppet Labs tell me they have a bad feeling about this."

"Mimimimimimimimimi!!!!!!!!"

And the Swedish Chef as Darth Vader.

"Herp derp herdy gerdy destiny. Bork Bork Bork!"

 

[Drago-Kazov]

Much like the details of the Force, a Yoda backstory would be a letdown.

Not bigger then TPM, so let's have it.

 

[Venardhi]

Much like the details of the Force, a Yoda backstory would be a letdown.

Midichlorians are not the Force. Your letdown is a mistake.

Midichlorians means you either have it or you don't, that there is something measurable and physical about the force, and that your potential is decided at birth. It is fair to say that is a bit of a let down. Fictional details usually are.

 

[Set Harth]

Much like the details of the Force, a Yoda backstory would be a letdown.

Midichlorians are not the Force. Your letdown is a mistake.

Midichlorians means you either have it or you don't [...] and that your potential is decided at birth. It is fair to say that is a bit of a let down.

That was already established in 1983. If it's a letdown it's an old one. And it wouldn't have been a universal letdown even then, since not everyone was invested in the discredited fanon theory that everyone could use the Force ( a theory whose essential discordance with TESB was somehow never noticed by its proponents ).

that there is something measurable and physical about the force

Again, Midichlorians are not the Force. Most issues with midichlorians result from confusing the two. Thus the Force itself is no more measurable and physical in the PT than it was when it was described as an "energy field" in 1977.

 

[BillJ]

Again, Midichlorians are not the Force. Most issues with midichlorians result from confusing the two. Thus the Force itself is no more measurable and physical in the PT than it was when it was described as an "energy field" in 1977.

Then why did The Phantom Menace even bring them up to begin with? Why would a midichlorian count even matter?

This sounds like an explanation to me...

ANAKIN : Master, sir...I've been wondering...what are midi-chlorians?
QUI-GON : Midi-chlorians are a microcopic lifeform that reside within all
living cells and communicates with the Force.
ANAKIN : They live inside of me?
QUI-GON : In your cells. We are symbionts with the midi-chlorians.
ANAKIN : Symbionts?
QUI-GON : Life forms living together for mutual advantage. Without the midi-chlorians, life could not exist, and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They continually speak to you, telling you the will of the Force.
ANAKIN : They do??
QUI-GON : When you learn to quiet your mind, you will hear them speaking to you.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Speaking of Muppets & Star Wars, I found this on Youtube:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjB4sMLzxc[/yt]

 

[Set Harth]

This sounds like an explanation to me...

An explanation for how Jedi candidates are selected ( replacing KJA's Force-detecting paddles from 1994's Jedi Search ), not an explanation for the Force.

 

[BillJ]

This sounds like an explanation to me...

An explanation for how Jedi candidates are selected ( replacing KJA's Force-detecting paddles from 1994's Jedi Search ), not an explanation for the Force.

Whatever you say...

 

[Cap-Pick-Card]

Again, Midichlorians are not the Force. Most issues with midichlorians result from confusing the two. Thus the Force itself is no more measurable and physical in the PT than it was when it was described as an "energy field" in 1977.

Then why did The Phantom Menace even bring them up to begin with? Why would a midichlorian count even matter?

This sounds like an explanation to me...

ANAKIN : Master, sir...I've been wondering...what are midi-chlorians?
QUI-GON : Midi-chlorians are a microcopic lifeform that reside within all
living cells and communicates with the Force.
ANAKIN : They live inside of me?
QUI-GON : In your cells. We are symbionts with the midi-chlorians.
ANAKIN : Symbionts?
QUI-GON : Life forms living together for mutual advantage. Without the midi-chlorians, life could not exist, and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They continually speak to you, telling you the will of the Force.
ANAKIN : They do??
QUI-GON : When you learn to quiet your mind, you will hear them speaking to you.

YODA: When quiet your mind is, the name of your future son you will learn.

ANAKIN: I can hear it, Master Yoda! My future son's name is... Luke... Wilson!

 

[Gaith]

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[Dream]

People are still arguing about Midichlorians? That was SO 1999.

 

[The Wormhole]

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I can honestly say I have never thought about Yoda's penis until now. And now it's all I can think about.