@@spngrmYeah but saying it don’t exist means your job is done for the day. Like when the judge just puts the guy to prison that the prosecutors brought him, you know. Don’t mean he the criminal.
Based on Grogu still being an infant at 50 years old as well as Yoda & Yaddle’s overall ages by the time they died, I’m willing to speculate their species may also have a significantly lower birth rate than most others which might factor into a need for secrecy about the rest of their people…
@@kadegetslaid634 I think it was more about the fact the doctor pershing was ordered to start working on cloning technology and that Grogu was a target of that cloning technology not a clone but a donor by force
@@harrisonankers-burke They're not really cloning Grogu, they're adding him to a bunch of other clone donors to form something in the middle. It's called a Strandcast; a clone formed from several donors and artificially aged up to adulthood.
What if every single one of Yoda species is so powerful with the force that together they use the force to keep their planet, forever, closed and invisible to less powerful species?
PLOT TWIST! He's one the weakest ones that was ostracized from them hence why he and other jedi of his species never want to mention their world to anyone else; because they're not strong enough to compete with their own kind that is most likely on universe manipulating level of power.
He refuses to divulge any info about his home world because his species legs are a delicacy throughout the galaxy and they pair well with siracha and blue juice.
I think it is most likely that Yoda's species resides outside the known galaxy, so it would make sense that the general public, Jedi, and Republic/Empire know little to nothing about them. If so then Yoda had good reason for not wanting them to know, but it also does beg the question of why and how Yoda left his home world in the first place.
I was asking myself similar question. What if Yoda came from another galaxy? It's not that crazy idea if you take for consideration that this species live average for 900 years. If they live so long they should be everywhere. I wander how long pregnancy takes? Few years or 90...which is a bit crazy.
I agree with the theory that grand master Yoda come from a world that's strong in the force therfore making every member of Yoda's species force sensitive. Might of fact Yoda's species are so, strong in the force that they have no need for highly advanced technology. They have the means to for interstellar travel but, are staunch isolationist. And any member of their species who want to venture out into the galaxy cannot come back.
Sooooo, Yoda's people are the Amish of Star Wars? Their youths can choose to leave their home and travel, but if they choose to stay in the wider world they cannot return.
The short answer is simple, only Lucas knows and it was always his intention to keep it a secret. It builds suspense and keeps people wandering. A great tactic for a writer. As to if he has any idea behind the why we may never know. Maybe he has a reason but it's possible there never was a reason. Maybe in the future, he builds on that mystery or even writes this mystery into existence but as of right now, I am pretty sure it's just to keep people like us guessing or at least was intended to be that way at first.
Quite possible that even Lucas hadn't thought of it yet - he didn't birth all the lore and hadn't figured everything out even by the time he'd done the first three movies...
Lucas doesn't know either. He admitted a mentor figure for Luke was needed but he already killed off Obi Wan in the first movie, so Yoda was just a replacement and he never cared about his origin.
Given that there were spies within the Republic, Yoda also probably feared that maybe the Separatists would also try to find his planet, and Count Dooku at the time was even more brutal when forcing a planet to submit to him. On both sides of the war, whenever a potential weapon is discovered, it is exploited as much as possible, and Yoda may have feared that his people would become one such weapon should they be discovered.
I always figured that force sensitivity in Yoda’s species was very rare, making the ones that are very powerful and why only a handful of them have left their home world. I agree that their secrecy is due to some sort of vow those that leave must take
As a kid I always thought Yoda's species were created by the Force to help even the odds for the light side since they're highly skilled and incredibly wise.
I kinda always figured that as comfortable and knowledgeable that Yoda was about Dagobah that it was his home world. But as an adult I have no idea what he is or where he is from.
Yoda's origin story is a strange yet curious tale , yoda left his homeworld with a friend and got stranded on a system close to his home world. Yoda's master discovered him, and he was taken to the jedi because he was force sensitive. My opinion is that Yoda's homeworld is hidden in the unknown regions , it is a dangerous world where the scars of ancient wars have left it's mark ( the old republic) the sith wiped out 97 per cent of Yoda's species in a cruel genocide 2 thousand years prior to the phantom menace . Now there are few remaining, the species is so rare and pure of heart that none of them turn to the dark Side. They appear known to the light Side of the force when the galaxy needs them ( grogu ) is the first since Yaddle .
They say now in mando that probably grogu is cloned i think you heard the doc explain it 2 dna togeher and make one i thinknif tou see tails of the jedi when dook kills yadle dna that is my theorie
Maybe Yoda himself doesn't know. Maybe the species just pops into existence randomly at various spots in the galaxy. Obviously Grogu's approximate age was known to the Imperial remnant in Mando episode 1 so the species isn't completely unknown to scientists of the galaxy.
A theory came in my mind. What if their memories of the way to come back to their home has been erased?? I mean, every member we saw of this race were very strong in the force, so there's a high probability that this race is equivalent of the sith pure blood but for the light. It means some of them surely have the capacity to manipulate memories of people, like the jedi but in a stronger way. So, erasing their memories of the way to come back could be a safety.
I've seen some comments saying this, but I think it's a combination of two things. What you said about the memory wipes and, perhaps, that yoda's species tends to live a more simple, traditional, and especially cultural lifestyle. Due to their species inherent strength in the force, and cultural expectations, they are not actually allowed to leave their homeworld until they have reached a unity that could be described as "One with the force", and most who achieve this zen state will not want to leave the peace they have known and can pass on to their descendants. The exceptions are those like Yoda and Yaddle, who were called to the stars by the force.
@@krel7160 sorry but i've never heard of the "one with the force" with yoda species, it was just a theory that came to meby analysing few things a knew about it ; and no, yo be more precise i thought about it like a defensive system, more than a social or philosophical thing
if all/most of yoda's species is force sensitive, than they are the true antithesis of the sith race its easy to see why he would want to hide all information about himself and his people, especially considering the state of the galaxy during the empire and even after
I like to believe Yodas species is born from the Force. Created by the force when it feels the balance tipping too much into the dark. - Example - Grogu was "born" the same year as Anakin.
That's a fun theory indeed, but I don't think it fits. A member of a species that can live for nearly a thousand years to balance out a human with a life-span of 100 at best? True, the dark side can extend one's life significantly, but it's not like Yoda's species can't fall to the dark side either. "Spawning" a Yoda to tip the balance to the right direction doesn't seem to be executed right, nor does it seem very reliable.
I think I remember an old interview with George Lucas where he said he purposely wanted the origins of Yoda's species a secret and would never allow anyone to write about it in any of the extended media like comics and books
I believe the members of Yoda's species who leave their homeworld have their minds wiped regarding its location. It's not that Yoda will not divulge that information, he simply can't. This could have happened to Grogu's mother. She was banished, or chose to leave for some reason, while she was pregnant with him, and after he was born something happened to her.
@@devonchannel9355 Eventually Grogu would have been kicked out of the Jedi order for eating a whole group of Anzellan younglings (the tiny little technician aliens).
@@Just_Pele if Grogu ended up being trained as a Jedi and they didn’t fall to order 66 it would have been cannon that grogu would have eaten babu frick you can’t change my mind
I'll go with the idea that Yoda has access to 'The World Between Worlds" and therefore can travel to past and future. This sets up a Robert A. Heinlein's March 1959 short story 'All You Zombies' paradox where (spoilers) - _ Grogu is baby Yoda sent- back in time by Yoda to protect him. I'll leave the Yaddle spoilers to those you read the Heinlein short-story.
In the future whatever ruling galactic government discovers their home world, feels threatened and goes to destroy it, Yoda is sent back by his best friend and commander Grogu and protect his mother yaddle before she had him, he ends up sleeping with her and 9 months later she gives birth to Grogu
@@cameronmccoy5051 Nope, baby-Yoda is sent back in time. Adult Yoda later goes FURTHER back in time to act as guardian... Err- it's easier to just read the Heinlein short story..
@@apachehelicopter9819 Good application of The-Terminator timeline. Spoilers-- - - - - Heinlein's short story 'All You Zombies' adds a whole 'nother layer of mind beinding...
Well maybe we don’t see them interact with each other because they communicate telepathically with each other. That could explain why Grogu hasn’t learned to talk yet. Maybe they don’t have a home world. I have thought since baby yodas age was revealed that they are birthed from the force when it needs to balance something like sideous creating Anakin. That is why they are the same age. The force may create them somewhere around other species and have the other species raise them. Their cuteness mixed with force mind manipulation gives them whatever protection and parental guidance they need. That’s why in season 1 of the Mandalorian every living being who goes to capture baby Yoda ends up protecting him instead until IG-88 a non living droid gets to him. Baby Yoda couldn’t mind control the droid. That could also be why Yoda, Yaddle and baby Yoda don’t act at all alike. They weren’t raised in the same culture. They were raised by a host culture as basically a force parasite until they are able to fend for themselves fully.
Wild theory, and the concept of "the force balancing itself out" personally outstayed its welcome in the canon to me, but I love the idea of force parasites.
What if Yoda's species are like the people on dathomir where the can use magic along with the force, and explains why Yoda would rather have his species kept a secret. Or Yoda was raised at the Jedi temple and doesn't remember his kind.
Couldn’t agree more. In a seemingly counterintuitive way, the mystery actually adds a TON of depth to the characters, their species, and their power in the Force.
If it ever was answered it would need to be carefully done. Still with the way Lucasfilm is setting up the long game with characters like Grogu, Omega and even possibly Paz Vizla's son, there could be a future storyline with fully grown adult Grogu seeking out his home world.
I agree that it should not be revealed. But it would be interesting to toy with the idea a bit in canon... like how this video is speculating why it is never revealed.. maybe answer that. Or give us more information about the species without revealing who they actually are or where they come from.
For some time, it has been my opinion that members of Yoda's race only leave their home world if they have above a certain level of Force sensitivity. That there are not more, and the high strength of those we see, suggests that Yoda, Yaddle, and Grogu could be outliers in terms of their strength in the Force.
It would've been strange if Yaddle and Yoda never spoke since they were both on Jedi council. And they were noted to be close to one another, I read the book long ago probably 15 years or so but I remember vaguely grieving after her death. Plus she was much better liked by the younglings and padawans since she was kinder, Yoda was always more detached and she was all heart.
@@austinbevis4266 yes but the way he goes about it is different from Yaddle she was a kind granny type. Yoda is kind and beloved but he is also somewhat distant, like most Jedi. Kids would go to granny Yaddle to whine and complain and get comforted. She was exceptional in the Jedi order, she was even 100 years closed in a hole and when she came out she was kind to the peoples descendants who captured her contrary to their expectations.
I've given it much thought with the way he carries himself and how Grogu acts being so young. I imagine Yoda was the outcast from his world and maybe his ways were too severe or too violent for his world forcing him to find people who he could better relate with being the jedi. On the other side which would make sense perhaps yoda keeps his homeworld secret because he is one of the few beings like Yaddle who perfers the light side. I say perfer because maybe his homeworld is filled with light and dark side users living in unison. Or a more believable theory, his homeworld is filled with dark side users cut off from the galaxy and he keeps it secret to protect the galaxy from an unbeatable species of dark side users.
I personally believe that the statue of Yogurt in Spaceballs was directly inspired by this trading card artwork. As for Yoda and his species, there is a reason why his species is kept secret, whether its a solid and amazing backstory or if there was no story at all is irrelevant now. The creator wants it this way and the mystery is just too much fun.
Here's a wild idea: what if Grogu was present at the Jedi Temple because he was born there? This would explain Yoda & Yaddle refusing to interact when anyone else is present; their isolation from each other reinforces their ability to hide from their fellow Jedi the fact that they have a son.
It would be interesting if Grogu was the child of Yoda and Yaddle. They were both very old Jedi; and likely had known each other for a long time. Also being 2 isolated members of their species likely very far from or unable to return to their native world it would make sense for them to procreate; especially considering the potential their child could have. Yoda could have planned this; to birth a successor to train and eventually take on the mantle of Jedi Grandmaster. Whether they are related or not I believe this was Yoda's vision for Grogu until order 66 happened.
@@borrachowave5384 There were exclusions to this rule for species with "population problems". So ... when there is just one male and one female, this could be a good reasoning.
@@undercov3erboss340 It doesn't matter. It's a massive universe and not everyone needs to be related. That's the kind of ignorant crap people kept demanding that Rey "needed" to be s Skywalker or a Palpatine or even more illogically Obi Wan's long lost child for her to end up being forced into being a Skywalker when her being a nobody was a better direction but people like you always demand everyone be related for some stupid reason.
@@Petulant_Kragg The Alien Species "The Ones" of Mortis belonged to. Supposedly they were either genocided or driven out of the Galaxy by The Rakata prior to the formation of The Infinite Empire
My theory before the introduction of Grogu was that Yoda's species is... Human. Think about what Yoda said to Luke during his final moments in "Return of the Jedi". "Look I so old to young eyes?"; "When 900 years old you become, not so good you will look, hmm?" Basically, my theory was that Yoda is what happens to a human who lives for 900 years.
I remember reading a comic where Yoda and Yaddle interacted. It was when Yaddle was rescued from her hole when she was a padawan and accepted as a jedi master.
A bit hypocritical that yoda served the republic and Jedi yet refused to let them know about his people showing how he knew how messed up the two orders were in reality.
Grogulorian, "Grogu" is going to have quite the curious life story, if he makes it to an adult...with his species Force potential, raised amongst a warrior family, such as the Mandalorians...
So, we do know that one of Yodas species was on the council during Knights Of The Old Republic. Amnesiac Revan was set on his quest to defeat the Sith by one. I'm guessing that Yoda's species decided not to join the Old Republic a LONG time ago. If they are so Force Powerful, the "Yoda Council" might have foreseen what happens to the Old Republic thousands of years ago and just Noped Out. Individuals, who don't know about the future because they are Younglings, wouldn't be told about the Forseeing but would be made to give a Vow Of Silence before being allowed to go out into the Galaxy. I pity any fool who parks a warship in their planets orbit. Star Destroyer goes CRUNCH... tiny metal moon now in orbit.
What if Yoda and Yaddle were in love and purposely avoided one another so they would never arouse suspicion and Grogu is the product of their illicit affair. If Yoda did break the rules of the order and was in love with Yaddle and had a secret child with her it could also account for why Yoda was unable to perceive that Palpatine was a Sith.
Yoda species has an extremely long lifespan. Typically on earth animals that have a large lifespan have lower birth rates. As a result, it might be a protection of measure to preserve his speeches from outside harm that could take years to replace those lost.
I hope Disney never touches where Yoda is from or his species name. George Lucas made it very clear he wanted that to remain a mystery and I respect that a lot. So unless George makes some sort of origin, I don't even want to entertain the idea.
@@DMBLaan I can't agree, the Mando is doing fine, Andor was excellent, Rebels was outstanding, the last season of Clone Wars is unmatched story telling... Bad Batch is rocking, Asoka is much anticipated, Jedi Tales was very well received... the SWTOR trolls are an expected reality when Bioware manages to finish an update to the game, even rarer for them to release new content. The game was amazing when it was new, 12 years ago. Now, it's very dated and they have recycled Malgus and Reven several times to try and milk the KOTOR fanbase. They won't fix bugs that have been present since day one and spend more time and effort on the cartel market than serving the player base that keeps the bills paid.
@@Dewydidit Except that a huge amount of those shows and their plots are ripped from better Legends stories. Mando, for example, is just a huge rip off of Boba's Legends storyline.
@@DMBLaan Are you suggesting Oteg isn't a knock off Yoda, or Valkorian isn't a Palpatine knock off? We BOTH love Star Wars and we BOTH love SWTOR, but you seem determined to crap on anything not "Legends", which was a mess from conception. Can we also agree that Thrawn was perhaps the BEST Legends character and was revamped very well in Rebels? No Asoka in Legends, but now she's probably the favorite character for most Star wars fans.
I assume that one Grogu is somewhat advanced as a force user, Yoda's force ghost will at least have a chat with the kid. At most, Yoda had prepared for this moment and can guide Grogu to his homeworld and some fun holocrons. Just a thought.
The 1993 P3 Yoda’s World trading card is one of the rare trading cards to obtain in Star Wars card collecting. Nobody really knows how many of those trading cards are out there, but myself personally, I’ve heard of only 12. That card is a mystery just like Yoda‘s race. There is a backstory to the card as well. The card has been reproduced, but owning a rare original, is something special!
Nah no thanks. Its better and more interesting as an unknown. Whenever things that were mysterious for a long time are explained it ends up being lame. Which would be even more lame because it would be an explanation by disney star wars
@@johndalton3124 That would prove quite a challenge. People have been wondering about Yoda's species for more than four decades. Revealing Yoda's origins and the lore of his species would be a huge thing with incredible expectations, both rational and emotional. I don't think we'll ever know, even if Lucas has it thought out. The risk would be tremendous.
I’ve said this on other Star Wars UA-cam channels and since I like yours a lot I’ll say it to you now. I personally believe that we won’t know much of anything about Yoda & Yaddle’s species until George Lucas either dies or is on his deathbed. If on his deathbed, I can see him giving Dave Filoni permission to either use a pre-written backstory Lucas had about his species, or at least permission for Feloni and Favreau to write one of their own.
There is direct contact and communication between Yoda and Yaddle in one of the new High Republic books. Durring a battle, there are two people trapped underground from a mudslide/cave-in. Yoda and Yaddle go to the scene, one says "Water" the other says "Earth" and then they target the respective part of the problem with the Force, and pulling and moving the water and mud away to rescue the two trapped people. Earlier in the same book, they do have a conversation via a holo communication, and Yaddle has a youngling she's taking to the Jedi for training with her, who when she see's Yoda in the hologram asks "Is that your brother?" to which Yaddle says "No." Just some interesting things that are new information to help add to the mystery.
One small correction. Yoda and Yandle did directly interact with each other in the high republic book Cataclysm. Although that was during a battle and that book was released after this video was made.
We have little on Yoda's species, because George created Yoda after killing off Ben, to create more suspension & have fans wondering how Luke woukd get his training. ;) Good content!
It was never anybody's business to know, and it had no bearings on his duties as a Jedi. It doesn't seem like anybody in the organization actually cared about where he came from enough to make an issue out of it. And as the video pointed out, Yoda had very good and understandable reasons for not telling anybody about his species or where he came from.
Think about it from his perspective. Yoda is a game changer in almost any battle he enters. Now with an army of him you would have a nearly unstoppable force. But some of them would fall to the dark side. On a mathematical level it would happen. And then you more or less have nuclear level threats fighting each other. It would be cataclysmic for everyone not in their species who got caught in the crossfire.
In world building for any story, some things should just be left a mystery because it allows us as readers to fill in the gaps with our own imagination and is more fun that way
one inference we can possibly make about his species if we go by the theory that yaddle and yoda are secretly the parents of grogu is that his species might be on the brink of extinction. using ki adi mundi as an example, his species had a very low male population and with permission from the jedi order, he actually was able to have multiple children on his home planet but could not show any type of emotional connection. if yoda's species is facing a similar problem, we can at least have that as a concrete fact.
Jocasta Nu: "If an item does not appear in our archives, it does not exist."
Obi-Wan: _wildly gestures at YODA_
Yeah, I always thought that was kind of a dumb thing for her to say. Like a third of the galaxy is literally called the "Unknown Regions".
@@spngrmYeah but saying it don’t exist means your job is done for the day. Like when the judge just puts the guy to prison that the prosecutors brought him, you know. Don’t mean he the criminal.
Doesn't want them to be enslaved.
Based on Grogu still being an infant at 50 years old as well as Yoda & Yaddle’s overall ages by the time they died, I’m willing to speculate their species may also have a significantly lower birth rate than most others which might factor into a need for secrecy about the rest of their people…
Might explain why the need for cloning them ( GrogU)
@@Fuzzmo147 grogu isn't a clone
@@kadegetslaid634 I think it was more about the fact the doctor pershing was ordered to start working on cloning technology and that Grogu was a target of that cloning technology not a clone but a donor by force
@@harrisonankers-burke They're not really cloning Grogu, they're adding him to a bunch of other clone donors to form something in the middle. It's called a Strandcast; a clone formed from several donors and artificially aged up to adulthood.
What if every single one of Yoda species is so powerful with the force that together they use the force to keep their planet, forever, closed and invisible to less powerful species?
PLOT TWIST! He's one the weakest ones that was ostracized from them hence why he and other jedi of his species never want to mention their world to anyone else; because they're not strong enough to compete with their own kind that is most likely on universe manipulating level of power.
Maybe powerful enough to match revan
@@austino101145123 like leonardo davinci in futurama
@@bigal3109 EXACTLY!!!
He refuses to divulge any info about his home world because his species legs are a delicacy throughout the galaxy and they pair well with siracha and blue juice.
I think it is most likely that Yoda's species resides outside the known galaxy, so it would make sense that the general public, Jedi, and Republic/Empire know little to nothing about them. If so then Yoda had good reason for not wanting them to know, but it also does beg the question of why and how Yoda left his home world in the first place.
Or George Lucas never bothered to explain him because he said Yoda was supposed to be a mysterious being and left it at that.
Superman/Dragon Ball type scenario
Maybe a special “force teleport”
@@Pqddington Just ignore everything that happened in the sequel trilogy. Nothing that happened there makes sense.
I was asking myself similar question. What if Yoda came from another galaxy? It's not that crazy idea if you take for consideration that this species live average for 900 years. If they live so long they should be everywhere.
I wander how long pregnancy takes? Few years or 90...which is a bit crazy.
I agree with the theory that grand master Yoda come from a world that's strong in the force therfore making every member of Yoda's species force sensitive. Might of fact Yoda's species are so, strong in the force that they have no need for highly advanced technology. They have the means to for interstellar travel but, are staunch isolationist. And any member of their species who want to venture out into the galaxy cannot come back.
Your spelling ability is terrible
Brilliant!😊
Or they CAN come back, but Yoda was like "ya know, probably shouldn't..."
Starting to sound a bit like Dr. Who
Sooooo, Yoda's people are the Amish of Star Wars? Their youths can choose to leave their home and travel, but if they choose to stay in the wider world they cannot return.
The short answer is simple, only Lucas knows and it was always his intention to keep it a secret. It builds suspense and keeps people wandering. A great tactic for a writer. As to if he has any idea behind the why we may never know. Maybe he has a reason but it's possible there never was a reason. Maybe in the future, he builds on that mystery or even writes this mystery into existence but as of right now, I am pretty sure it's just to keep people like us guessing or at least was intended to be that way at first.
I watched and a video of George Lucas talking with some people. He said that yoda was the illegitimate child of miss piggy, and Kermit the frog. Lol
Quite possible that even Lucas hadn't thought of it yet - he didn't birth all the lore and hadn't figured everything out even by the time he'd done the first three movies...
@@adb888 Exactly, its a "mystery" because Lucas never had any idea either lol
Lucas doesn't know either. He admitted a mentor figure for Luke was needed but he already killed off Obi Wan in the first movie, so Yoda was just a replacement and he never cared about his origin.
@@Morcorco I find it funny he killed off Obi-Wan because he was OP, but then replaced him with someone more OP.
Given that there were spies within the Republic, Yoda also probably feared that maybe the Separatists would also try to find his planet, and Count Dooku at the time was even more brutal when forcing a planet to submit to him. On both sides of the war, whenever a potential weapon is discovered, it is exploited as much as possible, and Yoda may have feared that his people would become one such weapon should they be discovered.
I like your idea the best 😜
@@jonathancapel3595 Seems unlikely. You’re talking about the last 80 years of a being nearly a millennium old.
I always figured that force sensitivity in Yoda’s species was very rare, making the ones that are very powerful and why only a handful of them have left their home world. I agree that their secrecy is due to some sort of vow those that leave must take
As a kid I always thought Yoda's species were created by the Force to help even the odds for the light side since they're highly skilled and incredibly wise.
Well the great thing about their origins being kept a secret since the 70s is that they can be whatever you imagine them as.
I'm pretty sure that's Gandalf and the Istari in LotR 😂😂
@@Azkaellon9001 Except Yoda isn't coming back as Yoda The White😂
Hm
I kinda always figured that as comfortable and knowledgeable that Yoda was about Dagobah that it was his home world. But as an adult I have no idea what he is or where he is from.
Yoda's origin story is a strange yet curious tale , yoda left his homeworld with a friend and got stranded on a system close to his home world. Yoda's master discovered him, and he was taken to the jedi because he was force sensitive. My opinion is that Yoda's homeworld is hidden in the unknown regions , it is a dangerous world where the scars of ancient wars have left it's mark ( the old republic) the sith wiped out 97 per cent of Yoda's species in a cruel genocide 2 thousand years prior to the phantom menace . Now there are few remaining, the species is so rare and pure of heart that none of them turn to the dark Side. They appear known to the light Side of the force when the galaxy needs them ( grogu ) is the first since Yaddle .
They say now in mando that probably grogu is cloned i think you heard the doc explain it 2 dna togeher and make one i thinknif tou see tails of the jedi when dook kills yadle dna that is my theorie
Maybe Yoda himself doesn't know. Maybe the species just pops into existence randomly at various spots in the galaxy. Obviously Grogu's approximate age was known to the Imperial remnant in Mando episode 1 so the species isn't completely unknown to scientists of the galaxy.
Exactly what I think
I always thought they looked like some kind of asexual amphibian plant thing. If they ever get a full backstory I hope it's along those lines.
I heard that in the new cannon Yoda was actually born in Coruscant and brought to the Jedi temple as an infant
A theory came in my mind. What if their memories of the way to come back to their home has been erased?? I mean, every member we saw of this race were very strong in the force, so there's a high probability that this race is equivalent of the sith pure blood but for the light. It means some of them surely have the capacity to manipulate memories of people, like the jedi but in a stronger way.
So, erasing their memories of the way to come back could be a safety.
I've seen some comments saying this, but I think it's a combination of two things.
What you said about the memory wipes and, perhaps, that yoda's species tends to live a more simple, traditional, and especially cultural lifestyle. Due to their species inherent strength in the force, and cultural expectations, they are not actually allowed to leave their homeworld until they have reached a unity that could be described as "One with the force", and most who achieve this zen state will not want to leave the peace they have known and can pass on to their descendants.
The exceptions are those like Yoda and Yaddle, who were called to the stars by the force.
@@krel7160 sorry but i've never heard of the "one with the force" with yoda species, it was just a theory that came to meby analysing few things a knew about it ; and no, yo be more precise i thought about it like a defensive system, more than a social or philosophical thing
if all/most of yoda's species is force sensitive, than they are the true antithesis of the sith race
its easy to see why he would want to hide all information about himself and his people, especially considering the state of the galaxy during the empire and even after
I like to believe Yodas species is born from the Force. Created by the force when it feels the balance tipping too much into the dark. - Example - Grogu was "born" the same year as Anakin.
That's a fun theory indeed, but I don't think it fits. A member of a species that can live for nearly a thousand years to balance out a human with a life-span of 100 at best? True, the dark side can extend one's life significantly, but it's not like Yoda's species can't fall to the dark side either. "Spawning" a Yoda to tip the balance to the right direction doesn't seem to be executed right, nor does it seem very reliable.
Ok but when anakin was born yoda was still in his prime so????
Hey, I never said it was a sound theory, it's just what I like to believe.
definitely not
@@Erabbz no he wasn’t lol. Yoda was in his prime 200-300 years before Anakin was born
I think I remember an old interview with George Lucas where he said he purposely wanted the origins of Yoda's species a secret and would never allow anyone to write about it in any of the extended media like comics and books
I believe the members of Yoda's species who leave their homeworld have their minds wiped regarding its location. It's not that Yoda will not divulge that information, he simply can't. This could have happened to Grogu's mother. She was banished, or chose to leave for some reason, while she was pregnant with him, and after he was born something happened to her.
I think Dooku killed her. (What, simplest explanation)
grogu was banished for eating the newborn yoda babies(this is why he likes those frogs they subconsiously remind him of home)
@@devonchannel9355 Eventually Grogu would have been kicked out of the Jedi order for eating a whole group of Anzellan younglings (the tiny little technician aliens).
@@Just_Pele if Grogu ended up being trained as a Jedi and they didn’t fall to order 66 it would have been cannon that grogu would have eaten babu frick you can’t change my mind
@@devonchannel9355 He would have eaten the whole damned Frick family.
Yoda was the FrankOzian species.
The Frankoshian species from the planet of Franck Ozzh.
I'll go with the idea that Yoda has access to 'The World Between Worlds" and therefore can travel to past and future.
This sets up a Robert A. Heinlein's March 1959 short story 'All You Zombies' paradox where
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Grogu is baby Yoda sent- back in time by Yoda to protect him.
I'll leave the Yaddle spoilers to those you read the Heinlein short-story.
You mean sent forward in time?
In the future whatever ruling galactic government discovers their home world, feels threatened and goes to destroy it, Yoda is sent back by his best friend and commander Grogu and protect his mother yaddle before she had him, he ends up sleeping with her and 9 months later she gives birth to Grogu
@@cameronmccoy5051 Nope, baby-Yoda is sent back in time. Adult Yoda later goes FURTHER back in time to act as guardian...
Err- it's easier to just read the Heinlein short story..
@@apachehelicopter9819 Good application of The-Terminator timeline.
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Well maybe we don’t see them interact with each other because they communicate telepathically with each other. That could explain why Grogu hasn’t learned to talk yet. Maybe they don’t have a home world. I have thought since baby yodas age was revealed that they are birthed from the force when it needs to balance something like sideous creating Anakin. That is why they are the same age. The force may create them somewhere around other species and have the other species raise them. Their cuteness mixed with force mind manipulation gives them whatever protection and parental guidance they need. That’s why in season 1 of the Mandalorian every living being who goes to capture baby Yoda ends up protecting him instead until IG-88 a non living droid gets to him. Baby Yoda couldn’t mind control the droid. That could also be why Yoda, Yaddle and baby Yoda don’t act at all alike. They weren’t raised in the same culture. They were raised by a host culture as basically a force parasite until they are able to fend for themselves fully.
Wild theory, and the concept of "the force balancing itself out" personally outstayed its welcome in the canon to me, but I love the idea of force parasites.
Anakin wasnt created by Sidious, he was created by the midicholrians
@@carytreasure heard in one of these star wats channels that Sidious manipulated those medichlorians to create anakin
@@tedl2711 it wasn't sidious, it was his master, plagueis
@@eidolontyr ok still someone still messed with the force and it messed back
What if Yoda's species are like the people on dathomir where the can use magic along with the force, and explains why Yoda would rather have his species kept a secret. Or Yoda was raised at the Jedi temple and doesn't remember his kind.
Yoda’s species should always remain a mystery.
Couldn’t agree more. In a seemingly counterintuitive way, the mystery actually adds a TON of depth to the characters, their species, and their power in the Force.
If it ever was answered it would need to be carefully done. Still with the way Lucasfilm is setting up the long game with characters like Grogu, Omega and even possibly Paz Vizla's son, there could be a future storyline with fully grown adult Grogu seeking out his home world.
I agree that it should not be revealed. But it would be interesting to toy with the idea a bit in canon... like how this video is speculating why it is never revealed.. maybe answer that. Or give us more information about the species without revealing who they actually are or where they come from.
Disagree, I think it would be cooler, almost like Galactus and Silver Surfer type of origin story that’s really grand but integral to the universe.
Theyre jews
I hope Disney never answers these questions. I enjoy the mystery of it all
Word! Word! Plz don’t ruin the beauty of these mysteries for the lazy writings and lack of creation!😩🙏🏼
Nah keep it mysterious not everything needs to be explained and expanded upon.
Agreed. If ever an explanation comes, it HAS to come from Lucas, or never!
@@allicide166 maybe but no I don't think it should be exposed.
I half agree; I don't want Disney to answer, but I would like an answer or three.
Theory: maybe yaddle and yoda's species are so connected to the force there able to communicate through it
Maybe they did it through the force to 🤔
For some time, it has been my opinion that members of Yoda's race only leave their home world if they have above a certain level of Force sensitivity. That there are not more, and the high strength of those we see, suggests that Yoda, Yaddle, and Grogu could be outliers in terms of their strength in the Force.
It would've been strange if Yaddle and Yoda never spoke since they were both on Jedi council. And they were noted to be close to one another, I read the book long ago probably 15 years or so but I remember vaguely grieving after her death. Plus she was much better liked by the younglings and padawans since she was kinder, Yoda was always more detached and she was all heart.
Eh I don’t like whoever wrote that story then. Any film or televised appearance of yoda shows that he’s a kind and compassionate person
I remember finding things like this back in the early 2000s. I never found much on them at that time but I was always looking at the lore.
@@austinbevis4266 yes but the way he goes about it is different from Yaddle she was a kind granny type. Yoda is kind and beloved but he is also somewhat distant, like most Jedi. Kids would go to granny Yaddle to whine and complain and get comforted. She was exceptional in the Jedi order, she was even 100 years closed in a hole and when she came out she was kind to the peoples descendants who captured her contrary to their expectations.
I've given it much thought with the way he carries himself and how Grogu acts being so young. I imagine Yoda was the outcast from his world and maybe his ways were too severe or too violent for his world forcing him to find people who he could better relate with being the jedi. On the other side which would make sense perhaps yoda keeps his homeworld secret because he is one of the few beings like Yaddle who perfers the light side. I say perfer because maybe his homeworld is filled with light and dark side users living in unison. Or a more believable theory, his homeworld is filled with dark side users cut off from the galaxy and he keeps it secret to protect the galaxy from an unbeatable species of dark side users.
I personally believe that the statue of Yogurt in Spaceballs was directly inspired by this trading card artwork. As for Yoda and his species, there is a reason why his species is kept secret, whether its a solid and amazing backstory or if there was no story at all is irrelevant now. The creator wants it this way and the mystery is just too much fun.
I think you got it spot on. Yoda wanted to keep his people safe from the Galaxy at large. In this smart he was.
Here's a wild idea: what if Grogu was present at the Jedi Temple because he was born there? This would explain Yoda & Yaddle refusing to interact when anyone else is present; their isolation from each other reinforces their ability to hide from their fellow Jedi the fact that they have a son.
But he never went out and search for him again after the fall of the Jedi.
@@rocketlioness Fair, but how could he without Palpatine sensing him?
I don't know why but that card image made me immediately think of Space Balls.
It would be interesting if Grogu was the child of Yoda and Yaddle. They were both very old Jedi; and likely had known each other for a long time. Also being 2 isolated members of their species likely very far from or unable to return to their native world it would make sense for them to procreate; especially considering the potential their child could have. Yoda could have planned this; to birth a successor to train and eventually take on the mantle of Jedi Grandmaster. Whether they are related or not I believe this was Yoda's vision for Grogu until order 66 happened.
Let’s not go with this because we still haven’t learned…not everyone in Star Wars needs to be related!
@@Warrka4 We aren't talking about the Skywalker family. It also makes sense for their species with their very long lifespan.
Would be abit sly of Yoda not to let any of the other Jedi mandem have a girl if he’s secretly pipping Yaddle😂
@@borrachowave5384 There were exclusions to this rule for species with "population problems". So ... when there is just one male and one female, this could be a good reasoning.
@@undercov3erboss340 It doesn't matter. It's a massive universe and not everyone needs to be related. That's the kind of ignorant crap people kept demanding that Rey "needed" to be s Skywalker or a Palpatine or even more illogically Obi Wan's long lost child for her to end up being forced into being a Skywalker when her being a nobody was a better direction but people like you always demand everyone be related for some stupid reason.
It’s possible that Disney has no clue the implications when creating Grogu.
My friend has a theory that Yodas race is extragalactic and on the run from the Yuuzhan Vong.
Interesting...
His species seems to be strong with the Force and the Vongs hate the Force... so your theory actually makes some sense.
My concern there is that a species of Yoda’s wouldn’t have to or have any trouble running from anything.
@@josephflynn9792 the Yuuzhan Vong are some nasty folks.
@@Evan-lr8nq so is an entire planet of yodas
I want to know why Grogu has solid black alien-like eyes. Yoda and Yaddle have human-like eyes
I think the distance between Yoda and Yaddle have something to do with their failed romance? Grogu is their bastard?
this is dumb. i love it
Maybe Yoda secretly IS a member of the Celestial Race and their secrecy is due to the rest of the Galaxy assuming their destruction.
Celestial race?
@@Petulant_Kragg The Alien Species "The Ones" of Mortis belonged to. Supposedly they were either genocided or driven out of the Galaxy by The Rakata prior to the formation of The Infinite Empire
That would definitely explain their secrecy given what happened the last time they tried to interact with the wider galaxy
Let's hope we see more of Yoda species in the future of Star wars
in the meantime ever heard of the Verdan?
it would make yoda a lot less interesting though
Let's hope not, anything Disney touches gets ruined when it comes to starwars
We got grogu and the dark side is in power behind the scenes. Keep the faith and don't get greedy early.
The real question here is how did Yoda get to the Jedi? Who was his Master as a Padawan? And who who discovered him as a youngling?... 🤔
real reason is Yoda would never betray his daddy// Jim Henson's workshop- tis a magical place.
My theory before the introduction of Grogu was that Yoda's species is...
Human.
Think about what Yoda said to Luke during his final moments in "Return of the Jedi".
"Look I so old to young eyes?"; "When 900 years old you become, not so good you will look, hmm?"
Basically, my theory was that Yoda is what happens to a human who lives for 900 years.
But there's a catch humans cannot live for 900 years
explain grogu’s existence
@@canvey6758 as I said in the first sentence, this theory was from before Grogu was introduced to the series.
That makes zero sense.
Yoda and Yaddle are the same person and Grogu is “their” parthenogenesis baby.
If we get an Official Name for his Species & Home Planet, it should be a Tribute to Frank Oz.
I remember reading a comic where Yoda and Yaddle interacted. It was when Yaddle was rescued from her hole when she was a padawan and accepted as a jedi master.
A bit hypocritical that yoda served the republic and Jedi yet refused to let them know about his people showing how he knew how messed up the two orders were in reality.
Grogulorian, "Grogu" is going to have quite the curious life story, if he makes it to an adult...with his species Force potential, raised amongst a warrior family, such as the Mandalorians...
So, we do know that one of Yodas species was on the council during Knights Of The Old Republic. Amnesiac Revan was set on his quest to defeat the Sith by one. I'm guessing that Yoda's species decided not to join the Old Republic a LONG time ago. If they are so Force Powerful, the "Yoda Council" might have foreseen what happens to the Old Republic thousands of years ago and just Noped Out. Individuals, who don't know about the future because they are Younglings, wouldn't be told about the Forseeing but would be made to give a Vow Of Silence before being allowed to go out into the Galaxy.
I pity any fool who parks a warship in their planets orbit.
Star Destroyer goes CRUNCH... tiny metal moon now in orbit.
the trading card looks like something from Spaceballs
Pretty sure the idol on the trading card is none other than the great Yogurt.
Space balls the flame chrower 😂
"Adorable!"
I think his people are like the Watchers in the Green Lantern, always in the background quietly pulling the strings of the Galaxy
What if Yoda and Yaddle were in love and purposely avoided one another so they would never arouse suspicion and Grogu is the product of their illicit affair. If Yoda did break the rules of the order and was in love with Yaddle and had a secret child with her it could also account for why Yoda was unable to perceive that Palpatine was a Sith.
Great theory but yoda doesn't seem like the romantic type.
Literally no
That's most un-yoda-like. They'd have to pon far Yoda to make sense at all. He's got pointy ears already, don't make him friggin spock, lol.
no
im going with this one.
He's an uncovered Jawa.
Yoda species has an extremely long lifespan. Typically on earth animals that have a large lifespan have lower birth rates. As a result, it might be a protection of measure to preserve his speeches from outside harm that could take years to replace those lost.
True, and that would add to the explanation of why Yoda never speaks about his home world.
That's true, Yoda's species wouldn't be able to compete with humans. So secrecy is their only way to survive.
Well now i feel sad for grogu.
Ok pretty sure the card showed them worshipping yogurt from spaceballs 😂
It all makes since now. They are making a new Star Wars story line with this little guy. Fixing and exploring plot holes
I hope Disney never touches where Yoda is from or his species name. George Lucas made it very clear he wanted that to remain a mystery and I respect that a lot. So unless George makes some sort of origin, I don't even want to entertain the idea.
It’s actually part of the contract they made when he sold to them they had to actually get approval for grogu from him
I wonder if his species doesn’t even exist, if they’re just manifestations of the force at the time
It makes me sad that the Old Republic mmo is the ONLY Legends property still officially being worked on
I lament they don't do a better job than rehashing Malgus and Revan. Love the SWTOR, but they have no concern for lore themselves.
@@Dewydidit They're doing a better job expanding Legend's lore than Disney is with their New Canon.
@@DMBLaan I can't agree, the Mando is doing fine, Andor was excellent, Rebels was outstanding, the last season of Clone Wars is unmatched story telling...
Bad Batch is rocking, Asoka is much anticipated, Jedi Tales was very well received... the SWTOR trolls are an expected reality when Bioware manages to finish an update to the game, even rarer for them to release new content.
The game was amazing when it was new, 12 years ago. Now, it's very dated and they have recycled Malgus and Reven several times to try and milk the KOTOR fanbase. They won't fix bugs that have been present since day one and spend more time and effort on the cartel market than serving the player base that keeps the bills paid.
@@Dewydidit Except that a huge amount of those shows and their plots are ripped from better Legends stories. Mando, for example, is just a huge rip off of Boba's Legends storyline.
@@DMBLaan Are you suggesting Oteg isn't a knock off Yoda, or Valkorian isn't a Palpatine knock off?
We BOTH love Star Wars and we BOTH love SWTOR, but you seem determined to crap on anything not "Legends", which was a mess from conception.
Can we also agree that Thrawn was perhaps the BEST Legends character and was revamped very well in Rebels?
No Asoka in Legends, but now she's probably the favorite character for most Star wars fans.
I assume that one Grogu is somewhat advanced as a force user, Yoda's force ghost will at least have a chat with the kid. At most, Yoda had prepared for this moment and can guide Grogu to his homeworld and some fun holocrons. Just a thought.
The 1993 P3 Yoda’s World trading card is one of the rare trading cards to obtain in Star Wars card collecting.
Nobody really knows how many of those trading cards are out there, but myself personally, I’ve heard of only 12.
That card is a mystery just like Yoda‘s race. There is a backstory to the card as well.
The card has been reproduced, but owning a rare original, is something special!
He fears Cathleen Kennedy. The dark nexus of the known universe.
What if Yoda’s species is so pacifist that Yoder and Yatel are seen as rebellious and they were exiled from their home planet.
Lol. Like Vulcans sent to Starfleet ships on Lower Decks.
The image of yoda's people worshipping looked exactly like the Spaceballs statue of Yogurt.
Yoda's species is so secretive because George wants them to be. It was part of his deal with Disney to never talk about them.
Imagine a Yoda jedi army against sideious
Yodas species could be endangered
By what???
They're Jawas. They've been playing us for chumps with that scavenger stuff.
Can you imagine a movie or TV show involving Yoda species?
Nah no thanks. Its better and more interesting as an unknown. Whenever things that were mysterious for a long time are explained it ends up being lame. Which would be even more lame because it would be an explanation by disney star wars
@@TraaaaaasshBooooaaaatttt if it were done by Favreau or Filoni i could see that kind of project being pretty sick tho
@@johndalton3124 nah leave it a mystery
there is a TV show it’s called “The Mandalorian”
@@johndalton3124 That would prove quite a challenge. People have been wondering about Yoda's species for more than four decades. Revealing Yoda's origins and the lore of his species would be a huge thing with incredible expectations, both rational and emotional. I don't think we'll ever know, even if Lucas has it thought out. The risk would be tremendous.
Yoda, Yodel, Master Vandar and his species are amazing
I am dedicated to the theory that Yaddle, to quote the wise Philosopher Rick James, is a super freak and rocked Yoda’s world so hard.
That's Cannon to me 💯💯💯💯
Picturing a squad or platoons of near yoda level mastery of the force.
I’ve said this on other Star Wars UA-cam channels and since I like yours a lot I’ll say it to you now. I personally believe that we won’t know much of anything about Yoda & Yaddle’s species until George Lucas either dies or is on his deathbed.
If on his deathbed, I can see him giving Dave Filoni permission to either use a pre-written backstory Lucas had about his species, or at least permission for Feloni and Favreau to write one of their own.
we need to make him immortal be any means necessary
There is direct contact and communication between Yoda and Yaddle in one of the new High Republic books. Durring a battle, there are two people trapped underground from a mudslide/cave-in. Yoda and Yaddle go to the scene, one says "Water" the other says "Earth" and then they target the respective part of the problem with the Force, and pulling and moving the water and mud away to rescue the two trapped people. Earlier in the same book, they do have a conversation via a holo communication, and Yaddle has a youngling she's taking to the Jedi for training with her, who when she see's Yoda in the hologram asks "Is that your brother?" to which Yaddle says "No."
Just some interesting things that are new information to help add to the mystery.
Long story short…because George wanted Yoda and his race to remain a mystery.
Well, since the Jedi archives didn't have information Yado's species didn't exist.
There should be more information about Yoda species right?
George we need answers
it does not exist in the archives
betray george lukas we can not
@@josephgallagher1685 Alright I hope we get to know more of the Yoda Species
@@halfblood_drag0n betray Lucas we will not, information we need
These explanation videos are way better than the sequels. Part of me would much rather Disney just put this on the movie theaters.
They never mention their home world because they were created using dark side alchemy by one of the rakata to use as shock troops when invading
sorce
But they age slow....
we need a series based on yodas race so badly. Hopefully grogu will bring us enlightenment
I think that Grogu is Yoda and Yaddles son
Now THERE'S a plot twist no one saw coming!!
One small correction. Yoda and Yandle did directly interact with each other in the high republic book Cataclysm. Although that was during a battle and that book was released after this video was made.
We have little on Yoda's species, because George created Yoda after killing off Ben, to create more suspension & have fans wondering how Luke woukd get his training. ;)
Good content!
Anyone else with the dark side chuckle when he mentions "cut short" after referencing order 66?
I like to think that Yoda's lifestyle on Dagobah is reminiscent of his people's lifestyle on their home planet.
I always thought that Yoda hiding his species was a bit dishonest and never made sense that any grandmaster would ever be dishonest or shady.
Yoda is in fact, the wisest; why would he do something unwise
He’s master in a space magic religion (cult), obviously there will be a great many secrets.
It was never anybody's business to know, and it had no bearings on his duties as a Jedi. It doesn't seem like anybody in the organization actually cared about where he came from enough to make an issue out of it. And as the video pointed out, Yoda had very good and understandable reasons for not telling anybody about his species or where he came from.
Think about it from his perspective. Yoda is a game changer in almost any battle he enters. Now with an army of him you would have a nearly unstoppable force. But some of them would fall to the dark side. On a mathematical level it would happen. And then you more or less have nuclear level threats fighting each other.
It would be cataclysmic for everyone not in their species who got caught in the crossfire.
He comes from muppet land. He always was my favorite character.
At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if Grogu is Yaddle & Yoda's secret love child...
The fact Grogu and Yaddle are much younger than Yoda makes it very clear his species is still thriving on some level in population growth.
Now I need a biopic novel about Master Yoda and how he came to the Jedi
wonder if grogu is yaddle and yoda's child...
I always held a theory that Yoda, and now Yaddle and Grogu, are light side versions of the witches of Dathomir.
Maybe they can communicate telepathically with their species
Like how ahsoka spoke with Grogu
In world building for any story, some things should just be left a mystery because it allows us as readers to fill in the gaps with our own imagination and is more fun that way
one inference we can possibly make about his species if we go by the theory that yaddle and yoda are secretly the parents of grogu is that his species might be on the brink of extinction. using ki adi mundi as an example, his species had a very low male population and with permission from the jedi order, he actually was able to have multiple children on his home planet but could not show any type of emotional connection. if yoda's species is facing a similar problem, we can at least have that as a concrete fact.
Rule #1 taught to Grogu/Baby Yoda
"We do not talk about being a baby yoda"
I always had the head canon that they may be the jedi/je'daii species similar to how there is a sith species
Got to love the subtitles the called Yoda Yoga😂😅
The statue on the trading card looked like Mel Brooks’, “Yogurt” from SpaceBalls
ROFL! That trading card looks like a Space Balls scene.
For real
Grogu is the offspring of Yoda + Yaddle
I hope not. I don't want Grogu to be related to Yoda or Yaddle in any way other than being the same species as them
The best way to look at it. The Seige and Bombardiment of Madelor.