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Thanks!! Us too. lol

Thanks!

Thanks!!

Thanks!

@@STARWARSICONS Of course! I've seen the costumes as well, they're superb! I love seeing people with this much attention to detail. Would love to see you delve into the audio side of things someday, recreating things like C-3P0's modulation or the explosion sounds.

Yeah they're like little chicken/lizard feet. lol

Thanks for the kind words. Have no idea what discord is. lol

@@STARWARSICONS What's the best way to contact you?

@@StarWarsStory via email contact@starwarsicons(dot)com

Thanks!!

Before Stuart passed, he sold off his original assets to several private collectors. I was given access to those assets along with access to the original skull/mech and wardrobe which still reside in the LFL archives.

​@@STARWARSICONS Amazing. What would you say is the easiest way for one to replicate the head mold in order to create similar Yoda puppets?

Love that!

We defiitely want to do this! I think the only thing holding it up is not having accurate prequel wardrobe.

​@@STARWARSICONS As someone who definitely has a big preference towards the OT I don't necessarily care, but I admire the attention to detail!

@@LordVaderTyrannus I agree, still I bet seeing the OT yoda in the prequel would be pretty cool.

@@STARWARSICONS I have been interested in doing this for a while. I have a cyberman yoda that I put against a blue screen, but the yoda I have is not nearly as lifelike as yours. It's also just the head, not a full puppet like you have. I used canva's ai object removal and the clone stamp tool in photoshop to remove yoda from the background of scenes from the prequels. With some clever masking you can replace yoda, I can send you some examples if you're interested

@@manx306 I appreciate it, but I think if I'm going to do it I'd like to do it as practically as possible without bluescreen. :)

Thanks! There are two other vids on my channel that show the entirety of those clips with dialogue and everything. :)

Thanks! In order to authentically recreate the puppet, I had access to the original mech and wardrobe which is still in the LFL archives, the rest of the components were acquired from private collectors who obtained them directly from Stuart Freeborn before he passed. Most of those components are not accessible by LFL which is why they've struggled with an ESB era likeness/performance. We tried our best to honor Frank's amazing performances as best we could in our shot for shot scene recreation videos which can also be found on this channel. :)

@@STARWARSICONS wow, amazing that you acquired all that! It still blows my mind that Lucasfilm couldn’t even recreate Yoda properly.

Luke's Yoda, I like that! Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks for saying so. I really hope so. :)

Thanks! That's partially because they never had access to the original components like I did. Getting their attention is quite difficult. lol

Thanks!!

Thanks! Seeing him again after all these years is EXACTLY how we felt as well!

Thanks so much! Check out my page for the full length versions. There are 2 different ones!

Because Rian Johnson the dumb dumb recreated the Yoda from return of the Jedi, when people expected the one from empire.

No offense taken. Frank is the man. Unfortunately, the interior of the head mech is precisely fit to my hand size/shape so he wouldn't be able to. Best I can do is emulate and extrapolate from the amazing performance Frank and his team put together.

Thanks! In order to authentically recreate the puppet, I had access to the original mech and wardrobe which is still in the LFL archives, the rest of the components were acquired from private collectors who obtained them directly from Stuart Freeborn before he passed. Most of those components are not accessible by LFL which is why they've struggled with an ESB era likeness/performance. We tried our best to honor Frank's amazing performances as best we could in our shot for shot scene recreation videos which can also be found on this channel. :)

I 1000% agree!!

Have to say I'm not personally much of a fan of that version, but would like to recreate some of the ep 1 scenes with the ESB era looking puppet as in my opinion would have been epic.

Yes!! That's exactly the response we want!

Thanks!!

Thanks you!

Well maybe one day there will be an opportunity to use this puppet for an official production. ;)

I love that! But yeah maybe doing something wrong if people aren't realizing that's new shot for shot footage with our puppet.

Are these for sale?

Thanks Collin!

Thanks! In order to authentically recreate the puppet, I had access to the original mech and wardrobe which is still in the LFL archives, the rest of the components were acquired from private collectors who obtained them directly from Stuart Freeborn before he passed. Most of those components are not accessible by LFL which is why they've struggled with an ESB era likeness/performance. We tried our best to honor Frank's amazing performances as best we could in our shot for shot scene recreation videos which can also be found on this channel. :)

I'm hoping they'll just ask me. ;)

Thanks Owen!

Thanks Peter!

That's because I had access to all the original ESB assets and didn't take any artistic license where as the production of The Last Jedi didn't have access to the assets and most of that puppet had to be re-sculpted. In order to get the correct ESB look not only do you have to have access to ALL the original assets, but you have to re-create the internal mech in the same manner as the original.

just credit the work. add to the positive. not the negative.

@@standoutsteel023 Right! Really talented artists did beautiful work with what they were given access to. Nobody dedicated to working on movies at this level is just some hack.

@@standoutsteel023You know it’s true. Don’t get mad little man

@@standoutsteel023 ok Dad

@@-.-.11 im 6ft5, 275lbs. doesnt work that with me

Thanks!

I think what's done is done, but would love to use my yoda in any upcoming official productions!

@@STARWARSICONS Ah, well. One can dream I guess. I just would have loved to see someone fix the versions of Yoda in TPM, and TLJ to look more cohesive. I bet some fan edit projects would love that. It's brilliant work you did. I thought it was the original footage at first. Amazing.

@@DamonCzanik Thanks! Still would be fun to go back to try to recreate some of those prequel scenes with the OT puppet.

Mouth is moved via the right hand as per the original. :)

Thanks so much!! Even though I'm the one who made it, it still gets me in the feels just the same. Awesome to hear others having the same kind of reaction! :)

@@STARWARSICONS I can imagine you'd have an even greater emotional reaction to it than others after all of the love and passion that went into this. Your hard work and dedication really shows. May the Force be with you

Because movie props are crafted for movie making and the materials used from the original Yoda puppet disintegrated over time. All public information about it was because Lucasfilm went to their archives and people shared that info online.

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks! The recreation sequences were shot using a low end 4k sony camcorder against backdrops in my living room! lol