Jensaarai One | Why Yoda Isn't Great - 9 Years Later @Jensaarai1 | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Why Yoda Isn't Great (original) - [youtube.com/watch?v=H2N7pI543fA]
Mask of the Jedi - [youtube.com/watch?v=1f1JV1sqSUo]
Back in August of 2012, when my channel and my skills were still in their infancy, I uploaded a six-minute opinion piece where I stated my position that Grandmaster Yoda was one of the most overrated characters in all of Star Wars, particularly in the realm of lightsaber combat. However, my original argument was overly harsh and heavily biased, based on a petty sense of betrayal after my follow-up analysis started to poke some holes in Yoda. Previously, I had completely and unreservedly bought into the idea that Yoda was the greatest lightsaber duelist within the Star Wars setting, and found the notion of it not holding up under intense scrutiny almost offensive, and I effectively blamed the creators for messing up. While my butthurt has had almost ten years to subside, I still stand by many of the points that I made, I've simply come to view them as limitations that will only come up some of the time, rather than defining weaknesses that invalidate Yoda.
The basic truth of the matter is that Grandmaster Yoda, in how he is described and presented, isn't perfect or unbeatable.
[00:43] - Power of the Jedi Sourcebook - Chapter 6: Jedi Traditions - The Jedi Council - Mace Windu, Jedi Swordmaster - Pg 112
[01:46] - Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - Part II: The Emperor's Emissary - Chapter 13
[04:09] - Fightsaber: Jedi Lightsaber Combat - Lightsaber Combat through the Star Wars Saga - Attack of the Clones
[04:18] - Revenge of the Sith - Part Two: Seduction - Chapter 15: Death on Utapau
[05:35] - The Empire Strikes Back - Film, 1980
[05:43] - Attack of the Clones - Chapter 9
Why Yoda Isn't Great (original) - [youtube.com/watch?v=H2N7pI543fA]
Mask of the Jedi - [youtube.com/watch?v=1f1JV1sqSUo]
Back in August of 2012, when my channel and my skills were still in their infancy, I uploaded a six-minute opinion piece where I stated my position that Grandmaster Yoda was one of the most overrated characters in all of Star Wars, particularly in the realm of lightsaber combat. However, my original argument was overly harsh and heavily biased, based on a petty sense of betrayal after my follow-up analysis started to poke some holes in Yoda. Previously, I had completely and unreservedly bought into the idea that Yoda was the greatest lightsaber duelist within the Star Wars setting, and found the notion of it not holding up under intense scrutiny almost offensive, and I effectively blamed the creators for messing up. While my butthurt has had almost ten years to subside, I still stand by many of the points that I made, I've simply come to view them as limitations that will only come up some of the time, rather than defining weaknesses that invalidate Yoda.
The basic truth of the matter is that Grandmaster Yoda, in how he is described and presented, isn't perfect or unbeatable.
[00:43] - Power of the Jedi Sourcebook - Chapter 6: Jedi Traditions - The Jedi Council - Mace Windu, Jedi Swordmaster - Pg 112
[01:46] - Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - Part II: The Emperor's Emissary - Chapter 13
[04:09] - Fightsaber: Jedi Lightsaber Combat - Lightsaber Combat through the Star Wars Saga - Attack of the Clones
[04:18] - Revenge of the Sith - Part Two: Seduction - Chapter 15: Death on Utapau
[05:35] - The Empire Strikes Back - Film, 1980
[05:43] - Attack of the Clones - Chapter 9
