Ewan McGregor considers himself "extraordinarily lucky" to have been able to act opposite the puppet version of Yoda used in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, before Yoda was replaced by ...

“They built a puppet for Episode I: The Phantom Menace but made the mistake of trying to update Yoda,” Maley shared at the For the Love of Sci-Fi convention. “They re-sculptured him and made ...

and that’s how Ewan McGregor describes his experience working with the Yoda puppet. He described sharing a scene with him when Yoda walked alongside him in Phantom Menace as an unbelievable ...

After all, he’s been CGI since the prequel films except for the original cut of The Phantom Menace when he returned as an updated puppet. Now Nick Maley, the special effects make-up artist best ...