Know now do we why speaks that way does Yoda. “Star Wars” creator George Lucas is peeling back the curtain on why Yoda speaks backwards in the film franchise. “Yoda had a very distinctive way of talking,

Star Wars creator George Lucas reveals why Yoda speaks strangely 45 years after the character's debut in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Solved a mystery, George Lucas has. The 80-year-old “Star Wars” creator spoke at the 45th anniversary screening of “The Empire Strikes Back” at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday and explained why Yoda talks backwards in the films.