"You must unlearn what you have learned, Jedi master Yoda instructed his stubborn apprentice, Luke Skywalker. And now Star Wars fans may have to do the same after confirmation that the beloved fictional alien was very nearly blue, or even purple. Reviews of archival sources and new testimony from a special effects makeup artist who worked on the first Yoda puppets suggest film-makers made a decision late in the development process to switch the character's skin colour to green."
"Had producers of The Empire Strikes Back closely followed the final screenplay, then Yoda would have been bluish. In the text, Luke and his droid companion, R2-D2, are surprised after being confronted by a small creature who appears on the swamp-covered planet of Dagobah. Mysteriously standing right in front of Luke is a strange, bluish creature, not more than two feet tall. The wizened little thing is dressed in rags, reads the screenplay."
Archival sources and testimony indicate Yoda's skin colour was originally intended to be blue or purple. Early concept art depicted Yoda in varying hues including light blue and pink. The screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back described a 'bluish creature' on Dagobah, and contemporary tie-ins such as a 1980 novelisation and a Marvel Comics book continued to portray Yoda as blue or purple. Special effects makeup artists who worked on the first puppets corroborate a late-stage production decision to switch Yoda's skin colour to green for the released film.
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