A Color You’ve Never Seen (Until Now) One of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars galaxy, Yoda’s tiny green-skinned figure is instantly recognisable. But what if we told you he almost looked very different? Archival sources indicate that Yoda’s original concept and early script references described him as a bluish creature, not the emerald sage we know today. The Evidence: Script, Concept Art & Comics According to early drafts of The Empire Strikes Back, the screenplay described Yoda’s first appearance on Dagobah thusly: “Mysteriously standing right in front of Luke is a strange, bluish creature, not more than two feet tall. The wizened little thing is dressed in rags.” In addition to the draft, early Marvel Comics adaptations of the film, based on the screenplay, portrayed Yoda with blue or purplish tones — a clear indication the final green came later. Concept art from the late 1970s also…
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back Voted Greatest Film of All Time
The Empire Strikes Back has topped a poll of the greatest movies of all time. I can’t say that we are really all that surprised at this news. Despite the beef that some people have with the movie, it is still a classic. It’s a part of pop culture and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone today who doesn’t at least know of the movie. The movie, which came out in 1980, beat over 301 other titles in Empire magazine. Yahoo! UK News brings us more on the story: Creator George Lucas said it was a “privilege” to be voted top. Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather came second in the survey involving 250,000 film fans. “The fans like The Empire Strikes Back the best, partly because it is so dark. “It’s an overall story and as it happens in the second act, things get dark. “I never really planned it…