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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
I like seeing that there is actual physical, tangible objects and on-location sets.
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Agreed. Nice to see them bring it back to the old school.
I was doing some sleuthing and I turned up this about the Star Wars puppets:
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In addition to his own puppetry projects, Henson aided others in their work. In 1979, he was asked by the producers of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back to aid make-up artist Stuart Freeborn in the creation and articulation of enigmatic Jedi Master Yoda. Henson suggested to Star Wars creator George Lucas that he use Frank Oz as the puppeteer and voice of Yoda. Oz voiced Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back and each of the four subsequent Star Wars films. The naturalistic, lifelike Yoda became one of the most popular characters of the Star Wars franchise. Lucas even lobbied unsuccessfully to have Oz nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.[25]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson
I think I may have heard about this before, but never believed it. Pretty cool stuff.