When talking about Yoda, it's pretty much impossible not to mention Frank Oz. Oz both voiced and was the lead puppeteer behind the character after The Muppets' Jim Henson suggested his name to George Lucas, and it's fair to say that, without him, Yoda wouldn't have been the hit he originally was.
First introduced in Empire Strikes Back, Master Yoda is the oldest of the Jedi and the one who trains Luke after Obi-Wan's death in A New Hope. He does this reluctantly, but by the time he departs in Return of the Jedi, he does so with the knowledge that Luke is equipped to confront his father, bring balance to the Force.
Of course, Yoda hasn't had the best treatment. The decision to turn him into a CGI lightsaber-wielding swordsman in Attack of the Clones still doesn't sit right, but there's still plenty of love for Oz's puppet all the same.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
