It was a myth that the prequel trilogy has virtually zero changes for the blu-ray release, but the fact is it has undergone some several changes to make it better, including replacing the puppet version of Yoda with a CGI one.
The Yoda puppet in Ep. I was made to appear younger than his OT counterpart, and while he did look a bit awkward, I much prefer the puppet to the computer generated character. The CGI Lucas used was not top notch, and while the CG characters are more detailed, they appear cartooney (like Ang Lee's Hulk) and were less convincing than the practical effects. The films would've benefitted had CGI been used only for action scenes (and puppets for close ups), or if they'd used better CGI altogether.
I don't understand how people can say/believe that a puppet, a practical effect, looks "fake" compared to CGI. I can understand in some instances where CGI might be more "lifelike," but certainly not more "real" than a puppet.
In the web documentaries included on the episode II DVD they brought up a good point about the Phantom Menace Yoda puppet: it is too articulate! The original puppet was very much about performance on the part of the puppeteers because it's range of movement was so limited and as a result the key to expressing the character was in subtle but deliberate manipulation. The one in PM was so advanced and had such a broad range of movement and emotion built into the technology that it always came off
Adding in the CGI Yoda to Episode I is a change I'm all right with for the sake of consistency, but I will admit that there's a certain charm out of him still being a puppet.
Adding in the CGI Yoda to Episode I is a change I'm all right with for the sake of consistency, but I will admit that there's a certain charm out of him still being a puppet.
I'm surprised they used a puppet in the original. He was like the only unrealistic-looking thing in the movie. All the rest looked beautiful. Glad they changed it! But they should've made his mouth move more
I like the CGI Yoda, but the flaw is the audio. It would've been much better if Frank Oz re-dubbed Yoda's parts to make CG Yoda's mouthing a little accurate.
The puppet version in The Phantom Menace looks horrible. The CGI version is a bit better but the lip movement is messed up. The best Yoda is the puppet version in the original trilogy! Thumbs up if you agree!
first time i watched the phantom menace on dvd i was thinking about throwing it from a cliff; he looked way better in the original series than in that god damn movie. thank god they replaced for the cgi. :D
Prefer the puppet. It reminds ms yoda is playful and even though wise he has a naivety about him, in episode V when he meets Luke after he crashes he is adorable.
Prefer the cgi but the shadow of the ears is better for the puppet is better because its real - lazy cgi guys - lucas should fire them and redo it again :-)
I totally forgot about the puppet in Phantom menace!! Geez, this brings back memories, I haven't seen Phantom Menace since it was in theaters probably, so I was about 4 or 5 when I saw it. Damn that puppet looks bad. If you ask me they need to have Steven Spielberg direct a new 4,5, and 6. But I don't think that will happen any time soon so they need to fix it up as much as possible and make Yoda CG in that trilogy as well and get rid of the CG sarlacc beak.
i think the cgi version looks better in phantom menace because it looks more realistic and and not as crazy looking like the puppet. this is my opinion no offense
The puppet looks like a puppet - CGI looks like CGI..... You choose... I choose something which actually looks as if it exists in real life so that I'm not constantly telling myself "this looks like CGI". Puppets can look amazing - check out the 'Vogons' from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie
I'd really hate to be the guy to say anything positive about the new version, but I will admit that the new version does have improved lighting overall.
Color and lighting face lifts are pretty much the only CGI thing I support, unless the whole movie is a digital film (Toy Story, etc).
@PeGeProd The puppet in epidode one looked retarded, looks like Yoda's malformed cousin. The CGI makes him look like in the other prequels, which I think is awesome.
I can only say that the puppet looks like a puppet and the CGI looks like a CGI. You can call it perfect when Yoda looks like a real living person, like the other jedis in the room.
The cgi blu ray version looks way better. The original puppet in the movie looked fake and not real. Plus the cgi matches with epi 2 and 3 of yoda. I thought the movie was better with the cgi yoda.
@PusherInc I actually like the puppet better especially during the parade scene where he looks happy. The CGI Yoda during that scene just looks depressed. Like some one below me said, I also think the puppet had a certain charm here that the CGI look just didn't fit and worked better for Episodes II and III.
The way he looks and acts, i prefer him to be a puppet like the original.
But in Episode 1 i must say the CGI works much better since the Puppet in Ep 1 really just looked ugly, it was not Yoda...:-( So kind of a good change...
The other canges i don't know about, the newly added NOOOO! was not a smart move, and the Ewoks can now blink? I liked it when they could not. made them special!
The only reason they needed to CG Yoda in Ep II and III was because he was flipping around with a lightsaber. I preffered him as a puppet in Ep I cuz he didn't fight. It was refresing to see a younger puppet version!
Blu Ray looks better, i have the Saga and it looks incredible and possibly the best Blu ray available yet!, i hardly care about the CGI. But of course itll piss uber fans off since Star wars is treasured by them more so than Lucas. Fans should check out a film called Fan boys btw, fricken awesome!
@SharnOfTheDEAD You know one thing I really liked about Fanboys? When you watch it with the cast commentary playing, right when the end credits start they all admit to really liking The Phantom Menace. This was especially satisfying to me as I very much enjoyed it myself, and find it to be underrated
@SharnOfTheDEAD You know one thing I really liked about Fanboys? When you watch it with the cast commentary playing, right when the end credits start they all admit to really liking The Phantom Menace. This was especially satisfying to me as I very much enjoyed it myself, and find it to be underrated
As long as they don't add a CGI Yoda to the original series, awesome. It makes senseto add a CGI to the 2000 series though, because otherwise you have weird shifting styles throughout the three movies.
Please, everyone, we've all shelled out so much money on different versions of these movies. Do not fork over any more money to Lucasfilm for these movies. Download the hell out of them, share them with your friends and family, burn them onto Blu-Ray, save digital copies. Do everything you can to undermine a successful release of these films.
The CGI version looks so much better, I always thought that the Yodi in Episode 1 looked terrible and never actually looked like Yoda, while I am not a big fan of Lucas continually changing the movies this one is actually a really great change.
Puppet in Ep.1 is badly lit, plus sitting down doesn't help, body moves like the muppet show - Puppet in original trilogy is lit to disguise the "puppetness" :)
ah... as much as I LOVE the original trilogy and the use of puppets and animatronics instead of fucking CGI, I must admit this change seems a little necessary. am I the only one who thinks yoda actually looks OLDER as a puppet in episode 1 then he did in episode 5?
this looks ok and it is the only change that I really like because the CGI yoda is the yoda for the prequels. Puppet Yoda is for the original epical trilogy
This was a necessary change. NOW JUST STOP DOING STUPID STUFF LIKE MAKING GREEDO SHOOT FIRST!!! OR OBIWAN DOING THE MOST INSANELY MENTAL SCREAM EVER TO SCARE THE TUSCAN RAIDERS!!!!
I have to say the new Yoda looks more like Yoda from ESB & ROTJ than the puppet in TPM. Something's just off on the face of the puppet. The puppet looks like Yoda's older brother, Shmoda.
Okay. This change I like. Looks much better and fits well with the other films. I always thought this puppet Yoda was kind of silly for Phantom Menace. But this looks way better.
@10191927 Having Yoda duel with a lightsaber at all looks ridiculous. He should be at a level of mastery that he shouldn't have to use a lightsaber. In the original trilogy neither he nor the Emperor bothered with them.
This is the one change of the bunch that I consider an improvement. There was something that always threw me off about the puppet they used for Yoda in TPM. It just didn't look like him at all. I still remember seeing it for the first time on a clip during Leno, Letterman, Conan or something like that before the movie actually released. Looking at it, all I could think was "that's not Yoda". I think that this change was necessary so that Yoda would have a consistent look throughout the films.
@taterboob I feel the same way! Still, why couldn't they have just used the original yoda puppet in the first place. George Lucas makes thing way too complicated.
The puppet yoda in this film looked horrible anyways. Looking nothing like the yoda puppets in the original trilogy.I realize that the Star Wars franchise is Georges bread and butter, but if he wants to continue to profit from the original Star Wars trilogy he needs to stop messing with the films. The originals that came out in theaters were great pieces of art. I only had a chance to see the original films on cable TV in the 90's.
Don't let blu-ray cloud your vision, yoda is still yoda, Blu-ray or not... you feel yourself slipping towards the dark side... these assholes are ripping you off your hard earned cash for a minuscule change in quality
Normally I'd go for the puppet Yoda as I'm not that big of a fan of CGI, but this change was better. The puppet Yoda looks weird, I think it's the eyes, the CGI one looks less scary.
The History of Movies are already fucked up. Why would he change it? It's better as it is George Lucas! Stick to the original and take the dick out of your asshole and redo the Blu-Ray. Just change the color contrast and make it clear. How easy is that! I ain't buying it, even though I've waited 6 fucking years EVER since Blu-Ray existed. I will buy the movie IF it's $10 under.
ugh. even more destruction of classic SFX footage. Classic Jim Henson work replaces with shoddy CGI. Though I suppose the Yoda in EP1 didnt look as good as the older ones.
his expressions look way better
BubBaL00 6 days ago
imagine if yoda had a ninja fight during sw 4,5 or 6. imagine how difficult that would have been!
TheLiamsta1997 2 weeks ago
0:27 and 0:58 for freeze comparison
jmsspr 2 weeks ago
CGI Yoda looks okay, and the transition was kind of necessary considering the fight scenes involving Yoda in Ep. 2 & 3.
Shr3dMast3r 2 weeks ago
they both suck
andreacinefilo 2 weeks ago
CGi looks better.
BoxxyFan 2 weeks ago
It was a myth that the prequel trilogy has virtually zero changes for the blu-ray release, but the fact is it has undergone some several changes to make it better, including replacing the puppet version of Yoda with a CGI one.
GratisEngel 2 weeks ago
The Yoda puppet in Ep. I was made to appear younger than his OT counterpart, and while he did look a bit awkward, I much prefer the puppet to the computer generated character. The CGI Lucas used was not top notch, and while the CG characters are more detailed, they appear cartooney (like Ang Lee's Hulk) and were less convincing than the practical effects. The films would've benefitted had CGI been used only for action scenes (and puppets for close ups), or if they'd used better CGI altogether.
thespringheeledjack 2 weeks ago
I don't understand how people can say/believe that a puppet, a practical effect, looks "fake" compared to CGI. I can understand in some instances where CGI might be more "lifelike," but certainly not more "real" than a puppet.
thespringheeledjack 2 weeks ago
Lucas did the right thing here. That puppet just looked goofy.
yourockmywalrus 2 weeks ago
the blu ray one looks more real
MegaCoolboy00 3 weeks ago
The one good change george lucas has made
WeEatBrainz 3 weeks ago
What about Yaddle?
Toschez 3 weeks ago
CG Yoda looks pretty good, but the facial expression didn't match the dialogue as much IMO.
AKDJANGO 4 weeks ago
In the web documentaries included on the episode II DVD they brought up a good point about the Phantom Menace Yoda puppet: it is too articulate! The original puppet was very much about performance on the part of the puppeteers because it's range of movement was so limited and as a result the key to expressing the character was in subtle but deliberate manipulation. The one in PM was so advanced and had such a broad range of movement and emotion built into the technology that it always came off
Blindriverside 4 weeks ago
The lighting is crap on the cgi yoda.
PiratedFilmsPro 1 month ago
i like the cg version better cuz it makes yoda look younger than original yoda wich he is in episode 1
joeywelch2000 1 month ago
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btz2005 1 month ago
I don't mind the CGI Yoda, just as long as they don't mess up anything. And in this case, they did mess up one thing...THE LIP SYNC.
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Adding in the CGI Yoda to Episode I is a change I'm all right with for the sake of consistency, but I will admit that there's a certain charm out of him still being a puppet.
A113Pixar 1 month ago
Adding in the CGI Yoda to Episode I is a change I'm all right with for the sake of consistency, but I will admit that there's a certain charm out of him still being a puppet.
A113Pixar 1 month ago
and this is why george lucas is shit.
BassHeadsProduction 1 month ago
I'm surprised they used a puppet in the original. He was like the only unrealistic-looking thing in the movie. All the rest looked beautiful. Glad they changed it! But they should've made his mouth move more
PECOAAC 1 month ago
1:25 some quite differences
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I like the CGI Yoda, but the flaw is the audio. It would've been much better if Frank Oz re-dubbed Yoda's parts to make CG Yoda's mouthing a little accurate.
KJRA2009 2 months ago
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KJRA2009 2 months ago
I'm glad they changed this.
OZORxORON 2 months ago
The puppet version in The Phantom Menace looks horrible. The CGI version is a bit better but the lip movement is messed up. The best Yoda is the puppet version in the original trilogy! Thumbs up if you agree!
TheThingKing 2 months ago 5
@TheThingKing Frank Oz should've re-dubbed all of Yoda's parts.
KJRA2009 2 months ago
I prefer the puppet version, maybe its the nostalgia talking.
nerdydesi 2 months ago
first time i watched the phantom menace on dvd i was thinking about throwing it from a cliff; he looked way better in the original series than in that god damn movie. thank god they replaced for the cgi. :D
Autom4tic 2 months ago
Prefer the puppet. It reminds ms yoda is playful and even though wise he has a naivety about him, in episode V when he meets Luke after he crashes he is adorable.
oXIdizzyIXo 3 months ago
Prefer the cgi but the shadow of the ears is better for the puppet is better because its real - lazy cgi guys - lucas should fire them and redo it again :-)
beldub01 3 months ago
Yoda always looked ugly in TPM.
Question is, which one is the ugliest?
WolfieboyMachi 3 months ago
I totally forgot about the puppet in Phantom menace!! Geez, this brings back memories, I haven't seen Phantom Menace since it was in theaters probably, so I was about 4 or 5 when I saw it. Damn that puppet looks bad. If you ask me they need to have Steven Spielberg direct a new 4,5, and 6. But I don't think that will happen any time soon so they need to fix it up as much as possible and make Yoda CG in that trilogy as well and get rid of the CG sarlacc beak.
TheMattMan095 3 months ago
i think the cgi version looks better in phantom menace because it looks more realistic and and not as crazy looking like the puppet. this is my opinion no offense
BurnBird1 3 months ago
The puppet looks better, in my opinion. It makes a connection with the original movies.
asl19999 4 months ago
The puppet looks like a puppet - CGI looks like CGI..... You choose... I choose something which actually looks as if it exists in real life so that I'm not constantly telling myself "this looks like CGI". Puppets can look amazing - check out the 'Vogons' from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie
Rafterman123 4 months ago
the voice dosen't really match up int he CGI version
yodaya70 4 months ago
I'd really hate to be the guy to say anything positive about the new version, but I will admit that the new version does have improved lighting overall.
Color and lighting face lifts are pretty much the only CGI thing I support, unless the whole movie is a digital film (Toy Story, etc).
Scrythe 4 months ago
Tricky. The puppet looks real. But it doesn't look anywhere near as much as Yoda as the CGI does.
So my vote goes to the OT puppet.
PeGeProd 4 months ago 2
@PeGeProd My vote to.
0neWayStudios 2 months ago
@PeGeProd The puppet in epidode one looked retarded, looks like Yoda's malformed cousin. The CGI makes him look like in the other prequels, which I think is awesome.
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mauriciocalderonmora 4 months ago
I can only say that the puppet looks like a puppet and the CGI looks like a CGI. You can call it perfect when Yoda looks like a real living person, like the other jedis in the room.
lightsidemaster 4 months ago 2
@lightsidemaster lol The Jedi are the only thing in the whole shot that looks real.
itsameray 3 months ago
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lightsidemaster 4 months ago
why do people care about the worst in the series being edited to look better?
n00b64thewrath 4 months ago
why does yoda always look angry as cgi?
byebyelegoguy 4 months ago
The cgi blu ray version looks way better. The original puppet in the movie looked fake and not real. Plus the cgi matches with epi 2 and 3 of yoda. I thought the movie was better with the cgi yoda.
PusherInc 4 months ago 19
@PusherInc I actually like the puppet better especially during the parade scene where he looks happy. The CGI Yoda during that scene just looks depressed. Like some one below me said, I also think the puppet had a certain charm here that the CGI look just didn't fit and worked better for Episodes II and III.
harriettewinslow 1 month ago
Good changes for the hated Prequel trilogy.
Bad changes for the beloved Original trilogy.
Lucas...you crafty BASTARD!!
MCBigman 5 months ago
For that scene, Yoda showed more emotion as a Muppet.
drstrangelove1968 5 months ago
the puppet looks like a muppet
MrMonaco911 5 months ago
@MrMonaco911
The puppeteer is Frank Oz, who did some of the Muppets and also some of the Sesame Street characters.
That said, I prefer the CGI one if only because it looks more humanoid, as opposed to the puppet which looks...well, like a puppet.
19andoverlol 5 months ago
I'm a fan of the Original Yoda from Episode 5.
The way he looks and acts, i prefer him to be a puppet like the original.
But in Episode 1 i must say the CGI works much better since the Puppet in Ep 1 really just looked ugly, it was not Yoda...:-( So kind of a good change...
The other canges i don't know about, the newly added NOOOO! was not a smart move, and the Ewoks can now blink? I liked it when they could not. made them special!
andvas1994 5 months ago
Normally I'd say puppet, but fuck, that is one ugly ass puppet.
Nanaman12345 5 months ago
The only reason they needed to CG Yoda in Ep II and III was because he was flipping around with a lightsaber. I preffered him as a puppet in Ep I cuz he didn't fight. It was refresing to see a younger puppet version!
stupreme 5 months ago
The Blu-ray version definitely looks better. The puppet's eyes just look freaky. It's like he's stoned
JaysPlace20 5 months ago 2
Muppet anytime. Reminds me of Jim Henson.
ulon 5 months ago
Blu Ray looks better, i have the Saga and it looks incredible and possibly the best Blu ray available yet!, i hardly care about the CGI. But of course itll piss uber fans off since Star wars is treasured by them more so than Lucas. Fans should check out a film called Fan boys btw, fricken awesome!
SharnOfTheDEAD 5 months ago
@SharnOfTheDEAD You know one thing I really liked about Fanboys? When you watch it with the cast commentary playing, right when the end credits start they all admit to really liking The Phantom Menace. This was especially satisfying to me as I very much enjoyed it myself, and find it to be underrated
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@SharnOfTheDEAD You know one thing I really liked about Fanboys? When you watch it with the cast commentary playing, right when the end credits start they all admit to really liking The Phantom Menace. This was especially satisfying to me as I very much enjoyed it myself, and find it to be underrated
JaysPlace20 5 months ago
It looks like they copied Yoda from episode three and pasted into this scene.
The puppet actually has emotion on its face. The CGI one may look less weird, but he looks bored and disinterested.
CaptainPositron 5 months ago
It did need to make Yoda look a little younger.
TheCaptainAlmight131 5 months ago
@TheCaptainAlmight131 I don't know man, +/- 50 years for Yoda is not that big of a difference
laur3ooo 5 months ago
1:02 Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?
71stealth 5 months ago
This video could have just started at 1:05.
FarleyTube 5 months ago
As long as they don't add a CGI Yoda to the original series, awesome. It makes senseto add a CGI to the 2000 series though, because otherwise you have weird shifting styles throughout the three movies.
Klokinator 5 months ago 24
@Klokinator
1999
Usul573 5 months ago
@Usul573
= practically 2000.
Klokinator 5 months ago
@Klokinator
But not, it was filmed in the summer of 1997 and released in May 1999.
Words and numbers yes, but if we do those wrong we can't communicate at all.
Maybe I'm just cranky, don't mind me.
Usul573 5 months ago
@Klokinator they did edit 4 5 6 yodas too for blu ray
SirTimothyMarton 2 weeks ago
@Klokinator and the puppet looks terrible
drifter402 2 days ago
only good change ever
DrLizardo8 5 months ago
So the kid is the puppet?
echo1v 5 months ago
It makes no difference, I will never buy the Phantom Menace.
ThePieNibbler 5 months ago
They both don't move properly to suggest they're speaking... shit all around.
killustrator 5 months ago
the muppet looks a little retarded, no wait a lot retarded!
TheRyanmscott75 5 months ago
@TheRyanmscott75
He looks awesome and he's funny as hell. Retarded doesn't even work as a description.
noobzorz47 5 months ago
he seems to be too bright or something, almost green screen looking
jackonmsn 5 months ago
CG looks really awkward to me.
PGCooper1939 5 months ago
I never realized how much grover comes through
MrDeerecub1977 5 months ago
This is deffo a good change in my opinion. The puppet works great in the originals but in episode 1 Yoda looks too rubbery.
sexytim91 5 months ago
Please, everyone, we've all shelled out so much money on different versions of these movies. Do not fork over any more money to Lucasfilm for these movies. Download the hell out of them, share them with your friends and family, burn them onto Blu-Ray, save digital copies. Do everything you can to undermine a successful release of these films.
pizzamakerILOVEIT 5 months ago
@pizzamakerILOVEIT Howabout you go fuck yourself with a cactus.
Ven0m2k6 5 months ago
The puppet like better I do
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CGI Yoda looks MILES better.
Stevie Wonder can see that.
Kozzy06 5 months ago
CGI Yoda looks MILES better.
Stevie Wonder can see that.
Kozzy06 5 months ago
Omg I am now a believer... Cgi all the way.
Deep down frank oz probably agrees as he he also a director who would see the bigger picture and much wider scope than just his part.
Ep5 yoda: do not touch w cgi, dagobah yoda is the holy grail
gpliao 5 months ago
I have to agree this CGI Yoda is really nice.
manic221 5 months ago
The CGI version looks so much better, I always thought that the Yodi in Episode 1 looked terrible and never actually looked like Yoda, while I am not a big fan of Lucas continually changing the movies this one is actually a really great change.
toddgei 5 months ago
Puppet in Ep.1 is badly lit, plus sitting down doesn't help, body moves like the muppet show - Puppet in original trilogy is lit to disguise the "puppetness" :)
akula444 5 months ago
The puppet actually looks more realistic
jmoli93 5 months ago
Nah, the CGI is way better.
DaveO15 5 months ago
Both the muppet and the CG version in this movie sucks compared to the original trilogy muppet.
charvelgtrs 5 months ago
@charvelgtrs The puppet thez used for Episode I is actually exactly the same one they used in the original trilogy.
Spongesponger 5 months ago
@Spongesponger
No it's not. It's a totally different puppet.
charvelgtrs 5 months ago
i always thought that the phantom menace yoda looked shit. I'm glad it was fixed
TheIceworx 5 months ago
On the dvd version his left eye is making him a total derp lol.
thechibikapu1 5 months ago
ah... as much as I LOVE the original trilogy and the use of puppets and animatronics instead of fucking CGI, I must admit this change seems a little necessary. am I the only one who thinks yoda actually looks OLDER as a puppet in episode 1 then he did in episode 5?
NEScRETRO 5 months ago
@NEScRETRO similar to The Time Lords and Merlin, Yoda ages backwards...
viksox13 5 months ago
@viksox13
well you're certainly wrong there, considering how brittle he looked when he died... unless you're joking, which you must be
NEScRETRO 5 months ago
Aww, I kinda miss Boggly-Eyed Yoda...
Scruffy193 5 months ago
The CGI one is way better, but in the end, neither have much emotion going on at all when they talk.
snakemaster7 5 months ago
both look like shit
grimreap22 5 months ago 2
this looks ok and it is the only change that I really like because the CGI yoda is the yoda for the prequels. Puppet Yoda is for the original epical trilogy
TheDominicanJoker 5 months ago
How all you need to do lucas is get steven blum to voice jar jar binks and i'll be happy xD
AniRenkin 5 months ago
Now if they only could replace Jake Lloyd with CGI also.
Hefa75 5 months ago
@Hefa75 I though he was CG already?
digitalintent 5 months ago
Much much better.
KidMagnum 5 months ago
CGI Yoda looks fucking awesome don't know why you would complain about this one.
4darklink 5 months ago 2
This was a necessary change. NOW JUST STOP DOING STUPID STUFF LIKE MAKING GREEDO SHOOT FIRST!!! OR OBIWAN DOING THE MOST INSANELY MENTAL SCREAM EVER TO SCARE THE TUSCAN RAIDERS!!!!
HAN SHOT FIRST!!!!!!!
ArkhamAvalon 5 months ago
I have to say the new Yoda looks more like Yoda from ESB & ROTJ than the puppet in TPM. Something's just off on the face of the puppet. The puppet looks like Yoda's older brother, Shmoda.
pffreese 5 months ago
I have to say the new Yoda looks more like Yoda from ESB & ROTJ than the puppet in TPM. Something's just off on the face of the puppet.
pffreese 5 months ago
I think that the cgi version suits better with the prequels. they should also fix Yoda in attack of the clones because he seems quite fat
matt31k 6 months ago
kinda disappointed he replaced Yoda with CG instead of Jake Lloyd
DarkProphet94 6 months ago
But will it blend?
OMEGAxWARRIOR 6 months ago
I. like the muppet better
boredtodeathstudios 6 months ago 6
Okay. This change I like. Looks much better and fits well with the other films. I always thought this puppet Yoda was kind of silly for Phantom Menace. But this looks way better.
10191927 6 months ago
@10191927 CG Yoda looks even sillier when he's in a lightsaber duel.
KenoshiAkai 6 months ago
@KenoshiAkai I think a puppet dueling yoda would be far, far worse.
10191927 6 months ago
@10191927 Having Yoda duel with a lightsaber at all looks ridiculous. He should be at a level of mastery that he shouldn't have to use a lightsaber. In the original trilogy neither he nor the Emperor bothered with them.
KenoshiAkai 6 months ago
Yoda Looks like he been smoking some pot
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I can't see any improvement.Jake Lloyd is still there.
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onirban06 6 months ago
Replacing yoda with CGI yoda was a good move.
My20GUNS 6 months ago
miss piggy with a cold i sound like, mmmmm
Tmartin1438 6 months ago
Hold the front page. George Lucas actually makes a good change to his movies.
zionravescene 6 months ago
HOLY FUCKING CGI!!
goodisgoog 6 months ago
this was the only good change
Ralenissocold 6 months ago
This is the one change of the bunch that I consider an improvement. There was something that always threw me off about the puppet they used for Yoda in TPM. It just didn't look like him at all. I still remember seeing it for the first time on a clip during Leno, Letterman, Conan or something like that before the movie actually released. Looking at it, all I could think was "that's not Yoda". I think that this change was necessary so that Yoda would have a consistent look throughout the films.
taterboob 6 months ago
@taterboob I feel the same way! Still, why couldn't they have just used the original yoda puppet in the first place. George Lucas makes thing way too complicated.
readygo242 6 months ago
Respond to this video...All these changes are so hard to keep up with, and quite frankly they cause me stress. Not a good thing.
readygo242 6 months ago
The puppet yoda in this film looked horrible anyways. Looking nothing like the yoda puppets in the original trilogy.I realize that the Star Wars franchise is Georges bread and butter, but if he wants to continue to profit from the original Star Wars trilogy he needs to stop messing with the films. The originals that came out in theaters were great pieces of art. I only had a chance to see the original films on cable TV in the 90's.
PearlJammer07 6 months ago
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Looks a lot better.
HonestGamersReviews 6 months ago
Just as long as Lucas doesn't TOUCH Yoda in "The Empire Strikes Back". He does that and I get my torch and pitchfork.
samsullithegenius 6 months ago
@samsullithegenius What of Yoda in Jedi?
Litshttam 6 months ago
It's an improvement.
Christhefireshark 6 months ago
Beer leads to Anger, Anger leads to Fish Bait, and Fish Bait... leads to pulling the ears off a Gundar!
garamonde 6 months ago
Looks good. So Lucas was 1 for 30 in his changes in the Blu-Ray release.
jkapprentice 6 months ago
Don't let blu-ray cloud your vision, yoda is still yoda, Blu-ray or not... you feel yourself slipping towards the dark side... these assholes are ripping you off your hard earned cash for a minuscule change in quality
hemsy444 6 months ago
whatever version you watch, the freak on the left of Yoda looks like shit....messed up eyebrows :-)
hemsy444 6 months ago
I liked yoda better when he looked completely stoned... hopefully they don't change him in the original trilogy.
Terminatification 6 months ago
in this vision mace windu uses a 9mill and smokes weed, also he hates the cops
OMEGAxWARRIOR 6 months ago
How is it that the puppet is more emotive than the CGI!?
ThatNickGuy28 6 months ago
GATT
KissFan808 6 months ago
definite improvement. in particular eye movement was missing on the puppet i think.
tinsulpop 6 months ago
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THEY CHANGED JAR-JARS VOICE! I uploaded the leaked blu-ray clip
ChuckNoarus 6 months ago
Normally I'd go for the puppet Yoda as I'm not that big of a fan of CGI, but this change was better. The puppet Yoda looks weird, I think it's the eyes, the CGI one looks less scary.
Yabuturtle 6 months ago 34
@Yabuturtle Puppet!Yoda looks like he belongs in the Ninja Turtles. o_o;
kphantom14 5 months ago
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@Yabuturtle Puppet!Yoda looks like he belongs in the Ninja Turtles. o_o;
kphantom14 5 months ago
puppet yoda looks like his totally baked XD!! lol
tomer311 6 months ago
The History of Movies are already fucked up. Why would he change it? It's better as it is George Lucas! Stick to the original and take the dick out of your asshole and redo the Blu-Ray. Just change the color contrast and make it clear. How easy is that! I ain't buying it, even though I've waited 6 fucking years EVER since Blu-Ray existed. I will buy the movie IF it's $10 under.
Theatermedia10 6 months ago
Yoda looks like a stoner on the DVD
Finkardop 6 months ago
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This one's okay George. But I swear to god if you ruin any dramatic... wait...
No, NOOOOOOOO!
blakereed92 6 months ago
yea the cgi yoda is better gj george.
never liked the puppet.
Dahak753 6 months ago
I always thought the puppet Yoda looked "Crazier Then Hell"
Miles3363 6 months ago
Isn't that the CGI one from A Musical Journey?
ValinKrai 6 months ago
Unnecessary changes...I say if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
Stantheman08221975 6 months ago
The puppet Yoda looks like he's on something, and the CGI Yoda looks like fake and poorly lip synced.
DustinThePooper 6 months ago
I actually agree with the new Yoda. That puppet looked like crap. You can't tell me Yoda changed that much in 10 years.
mcgeenl 6 months ago
ugh. even more destruction of classic SFX footage. Classic Jim Henson work replaces with shoddy CGI. Though I suppose the Yoda in EP1 didnt look as good as the older ones.
GojiGuy 6 months ago
That yoda was a puppet, not cgi lol.
mupp33n 6 months ago
I like the CGI Yoda in the blu-ray better than the puppet. Puppet Yoda looked like he was stoned through out the whole movie
iceflow420 6 months ago
This was the only nessicary change
Glory2Eva 6 months ago
I like this change. But, it would have been better to use a REAL puppet like in Empire.
SSShops 6 months ago
Cool. Maybe next he can replace that shitty kid actor with some more realistic CGI.
CatAtomic99 6 months ago
Hmmm like it you will!
Nealos101 6 months ago
how would i sum up everything about george lucas in 3 words, jar jar binks.
I rest my case.
tedmaulz 6 months ago
The CG Yoda is much better.
But the original trilogy was perfect the way it was first released.
mcsdaver 6 months ago
Why did they make the Phantom Menace puppet look so much different than the Empire one?!
PatTheNESpunk 6 months ago 4
@PatTheNESpunk my guess would be they wanted yoda to look slightly younger than in number 5
frootofaloom 6 months ago
@frootofaloom The puppet looks totally different, not just a few years younger. Ah well, just another prequel screw-up.
PatTheNESpunk 6 months ago