How I FIXED Yoda in The Last Jedi
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- After watching "The Last Jedi" it's no secret that Yoda looked a little "different" since the last time we saw him in his original puppet form back in 1983. So I decided to take it upon myself and use visual effects to improve scenes of Yoda.
#starwars #yoda #vfx
In 2002 people complained that CGI Yoda in attack of clones didn't look as real as the puppet and was an abomination. In 2024 People complain that the puppet in TLJ doesn't look right and try to fix it with CGI.
I don't think either of these are inconsistent claims; the CGI Yoda from Attack of the Clones and the puppet Yoda from TLJ both look too different from the one in empire.
The original Yoda in Phantom Menace was worse than either. So bad that Lucas digitally replaced it on subsequent reissues. The one from TLJ was fairly close to the original from Empire. Although it wasn’t great, it was far better than the one originally used in Phantom Menace.
Because fans are crack pots.
He's back! Our original trilogy boy has returneth!
They did a pull from the original Yoda mold, but didn't have the knowledge that an additional lip extension was added later. If they had only reached out to the original model makers they would have figured this out, but Lucasfilm didn't. That's why Yoda looks odd.
They did the same with the Jedi fights in the sequels and shows. Never contacted Nick Gilliard, who created, enhanced, and perfected the fictional martial arts from the Jedi and Sith. Instead they reached out to wushu masters. That's like, instead of using the fictional languages Tolkien created, Peter Jackson had simply wrote everything in arab in the movies.
They never reach out to any of the people involved in the 6 original films. Even George Lucas was ignored as a consultant. It's crazy.
@@marceloabad8545 after what Lucas did with the prequels I think it's easy to see why they didn't want his advice
@@marcinmcula99 Yes that's true Kennedy would never dare to take any risks, she's very afraid of Disney's quarterly results.
@@marceloabad8545I mean The Last Jedi was the most risky Disney Star Wars film. They took a chance to really break the formula of previous star wars films. Once they got back lash they went back and played it completely safe with ep. 9 and that was even worse. I think ep 7 is a real fun Star Wars movie to watch but I really like ep 8 more, although there’s a few things I didn’t like. But ep 9 is just bad.
@@marcinmcula99 Too focussed on milking OT nostalgia.
I'd love to see something like this done on prequel Yoda!
Thought about that myself lol
It would make him way more in line with the character
@@thetin-candalorian3319Actually if you think about it, the reason why Yoda looks more rigid than he does in the prequels is due to living in a swamp for nearly 20 years without the proper hygiene, nutrition and health care he’d be used to during the Clone Wars. So it makes sense this would be the current state he’d be in after all these years.
@@alleyvoid thank you for the reply! I mean no disrespect but that’s not exactly what I was talking about. I was more talking about the characterization than the appearance. I can explain my thoughts further if need be
@@thetin-candalorian3319oh!! I gotcha bub, I see what you’re saying now.
I’m still heartbroken, crushed, and deflated from my one viewing of TLJ on December 14, 2017….
Oh jesus, get over it already
@@half-lifescientist1991 man…if only….
I wonder if this would work to de-jankify the CGI Yoda in AOTC
Yes please.
Someone's looking for easy likes.
@@minicle426 I'm working on an edit of Attack of the Clones and keep thinking Yoda looks a lot worse then he does in ROTS. So uh... sorry i seem generic to you spore man.
It looked so off that it took me completely out of it when I first watched it. His cherub cheeks are what really stood out to me
YES! And, We haven't even mentioned how off-kilter his thinking and conversation was in Rian Johnson's canon-desecrating film. That movie is ground zero for when virtually everything went south with Star Wars. Granted there were decided cracks and fissures already there, after JJ Abrams' back-where-we-started beginning to this ill-fated trilogy that I don't even consider canon, and will never watch again.
He looked like a Muppet in The Last Jedi.
Now we need AI to fix the script of this movie.
AI would surely fail and crash.
Or maybe to fix the fandom.
@@unavailable87 If fandom doesn't care about the quality of his franchise, it's not a fandom.
Besides many people think the disney movie Wish was written by AI and people hated that movie
@@iteddie9202 Wish was still better than TLJ.
Proving that 80% of Yoda was in the original sculpt! Excellent demo, thank you.
Fun fact: The original sculpt of yoda was basically a combination of Albert Einstein and the modeler Stuart Freeborn.
That's amazing. I would've loved to see the original and your version side by side though!
thanks! That's actually not a bad idea, I'll probably have to do that later on.
Yoda’s appearance alone was disturbing, thanks for doing this. He looked completely ‘Disnified’ in the movie.
In the shot where he's stamping his little feet, he seems out of proportion, like he's suddenly a foot taller.
Very nice job. It's weird how they supposedly scanned the original puppet to make that scene, and yet Yoda ended up looking like an old grandma ! And even though I pretty much like how Yoda looks in the prequels, he would be absolutely perfect with your technique !
I doubt the original puppet is in very good shape. Rubber/latexy stuff deteriorates over time.
This is such a great improvement, Dude! Most impressive!
It’s hilarious to me that the studio can’t create a replica of their own production made Yoda but fans can
Along with the Hera's video, this is an outstanding and much needed work. Don't stop here!
@@jxodbfo68 new videos in the works!
First of all great job. I remember when seeing the film, I was ecstatic that they went back to using Puppetry to represent Yoda. This is a great first pass at trying to match Yoda from the original trilogy. There is a lot of nuance that comes from live puppeteering a character And I feel like there is an opportunity here to continue to build up on what you’re doing. Bravo!
This looks so much better than the screen used puppet, looks like the original from ESB! Well done 👍
@@AlphaMunky thanks! I only used a ESB Yoda dataset, so that’s why it looks that way 😎
@@alleyvoid you did an impeccable job, I hope lucasfilm pay notice to this video 😁
Even though I liked The Last Jedi, I must agree that Yoda looked so weird during that sequence
I’m glad that you made him closer to the original (Though I wonder if you could do the same for the prequels, at least for the council scenes in The Phantom Menace)
This is really impressively executed, but I do feel what you gain in ESB resemblance you do lose in the puppet’s expression
thanks! Yeah, I get what you mean. It was sorta a concern on my part to, but I'm happy was I was kinda able to get some of that emotion to still show when Yoda smiles in those subtle movements.
I get the sentimental value of using a puppet Yoda for this scene. But since they used cgi for Maz and Snoke, not using a cgi Yoda like from the prequels 2 and 3 just felt out of place to me.
Thinking about it after watching your efforts in this video, I think the best compromise would have been to make a mostly puppet Yoda and have his body move via puppetry. But then cgi his face or maybe even just his mouth so he could properly pronounce the words in his lines.
@@CritStanley all very good points!
Mmm you made also the rest of his scene with luke?
I involuntarily burst out laughing in the cinema when i saw Yoda. Thought he had a peanut allergy reaction. For years people have said its just the puppet was under different lighting.
They've said it, because the newer puppet was made from the same molds. Posing, lighting, materials, and even the camera lens will all change the perception.
Between that and the weird crackhead looking Yoda puppet from the phantom menace idk why they cant do puppet Yoda properly outside of the OT
Personally, I think the biggest problem with the TLJ puppet is around the mouth area. Using the mouth of the deepfake and keeping the eyes from the original would probably look the best since the eyes of the deepfake don't fully close. But still tremendous work!
really? When I first saw Yoda in this I was taken out of it completely. I always thought the over glossiness in his eyes was the major issue rather than just the overall face itself. I mean sure he's had some reflection highlights before in either puppet or CG form, but this just felt like it had pool ball glossiness. Hope this makes sense, it's like 3AM as I'm writing this LOL!
I thought his head looked pointy in TLJ
It’s his cheeks
I haven't seen this since the theater that fateful day. Thank you for reminding me why.
Comparing the frame where it cuts out at 1:51 finally allowed me to comprehend how the model was wrong instead of just having that gut feeling that it was wrong. The mouth especially is an entirely different shape and the TLJ version looks squashed!
This is really awesome, would love to see this done to prequels Yoda.
Man I love this movie.
This looks amazing!
Bruv Disney should hire you for this stuff!
@@LordGladius66 I’m hopeful 😂
Thank you so much for fixing Yoda. As I'm older now, my eyes begin to get a little smaller/squint. When they went into the 'prequels', they made Yoda's eyes get smaller...in the earlier episodes?!?!
Having Yoda have smaller eyes took away the cuteness that Lucas initially brought to the character, why he did that in 'his' prequels is beyond me. At least Baby Yoda/Grogu had cute eyes.
Thanks again! If Lucas ever retouches hihs prequels, hopefully he'll adjust Yoda to the TESB and your perfections.
That is SO MUCH BETTER! It actually looks like Jedi Grand Master Yoda. I don't know what the hell that bloated puppet thing was, in The Last Jedi. Now, if only you could use your software to fix the godawful writing, characterization, and dialogue of this atrocity. May The Force Be With You.
P.S. I'll bet, your depiction of Yoda in this clip is better than what Leslye Headland did for, The Disney + Series Whose Name Shall Never Be Spoken Of Again.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought your Yoda looked high 😂😂💀💀💀
@@KGBeast. OMG🤣
Very well done! Did you do the full scene or is this just a concept?
@@JXEditor Thanks! I guess you could call it more of a concept? When I was making this, I saw it more as a milestone as to how far you could push limits on deepfakes.
@@alleyvoid Nice job! Makes me look forward to finding out where your next milestone will be 🤔
Glad to see that I wasn't the only OT fan who thought Yoda looked 'off' in the Last Jedi. Die hards yelled at me, insisting the puppet was perfect!
You fixed Yoda, but the movie is still broken.
It killed STAR WARS as a whole. To fix anything, the entire "sequels" would have to be undone and purged from history.
@@mercatorjubio3804it’s too late
@@kunserndsittizen2655 unfortunately you are right, what would have to be done will never happen.
@@mercatorjubio3804 I don’t care about STAR WARS anymore. Really I only love the first movie. There was nothing like it. EMPIRE was a great direction but I hate cliffhangers and was disappointed in Jedi after waiting 3 years.
@@kunserndsittizen2655 I loved JEDI, because it was really the first one of them I actually saw in the theatre. EMPIRE was my favourite, when I was still a fan, I loved the original trilogy to bits. The prequels were a bit of a letdown already, but I could live with those. However Disney has managed to kill my interest in STAR WARS completely. I went from a super-fan (watching the movies over and over, buying merchanise etc.) to being completely indifferent. After Ep.7 never have I rewatched any of the old films any more and I have no interest in doing so ever again. STAR WARS is dead to me.
Someone has recently created a perfect yoda puppet and recreated scenes from Empire. It would be a great source to get more reference footage
I think I may or may not know who you're talking about. I think you maybe referring to Star Wars Icons channel, it's the only recent Yoda recreation I've seen so far regarding practical effects, I have watched a little bit of their scene recreations, I think what they've done is fantastic with the whole puppetry. If they ever wanna collab on that sorta thing, just send em my way. Let's make some more Yoda stuff!
@@alleyvoid yeah that’s the one! I was waiting for them to do a comparison video to their version, turns out I was already watching their version. Mind blowing.
Nice! Big improvement
Looks very good. The only thing I might adjust a little more is the light and shading right on his face. The rest of him has just a slightly softer look, and a little more blue to him from the force ghost look.
that looks flawless! good job!!
thank you!!!
I heard they actually used the exact same puppet from the OT, but it was so old it fell apart and they had to glue it together hence why it looked weird...btw, what's the point of using a puppet when 90% of the movie is CGI?
maybe they wanted the OG feel, idk.
The whole movie needs casting into the fires of Mordor tbh.
this is pretty great. I think one thing to improve this overall effect is to pull the eyes from the puppet in plate footage and track them over the deepfake's pupils. Those reflections and information go a long way in selling the notion of life in a deepfake.
@@Agills-Photography now that you mention it, well dang, why didn’t I think of that? I may end making another version of this when I get done deepfaking prequel Yoda. Stay tuned bub.
Excellent work ! It felt like the real Yoda :)
Of all the things wrong with TLJ, the Yoda in it is actually my favorite version
Okay, so far so good.
Now fix the entire movie and make it disappear from history!
The studio should know there’s molds that still exist for Yoda smh lol. Gino, Mike Warren, Philip Thomas Robinson, have one of the best Yoda replicas out there.
Like fixing a scuffed rivet on the Titanic.
thank you. apply this to the prequels
Nicely done bro!
Although i like the puppet we got in the original version of the movie as well, the puppet from the original trilogy does look better, and the work that you have done is nothing short of amazing! It looks really impressive! Flawless.
@@philipcao1275 thanks bub! Tbf, I thought the puppet from TLJ was also good for what it was, specifically the close up shots, because Yoda looked very genuine. Saying that, the OG version from the early 80’s is still the only iconic look of Yoda from when we first see him and has left a mark on cinematic history all together. So ofc, there was always gonna be pushback from the public no matter what because of the likeness.
Yoda ate some Force Ghost shellfish.
Great job fixing Yoda. Now if you can fix the rest of the movie, we'll all be happy.
This is really good. Perhaps a bit too sharp?
Wow this Looks amazing!
As long as he still thinks his stick is better than bacon. That's what matters most.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 my stick is my friend, born from a log, look at my stick!
You fixed Yoda but there’s no fixing this movie
My stick... My stick... My stick is better than bacon!
If only Yoda would be the only thing needing fixing in that disaster of a movie..
Why does this one look sooooo much better!!! How come Disney couldn't do this?
@@danielpinsky3812 Cuz the mouse ain’t got nothing on me! Jk jk! In all honesty, deepfakes weren’t really too much of a thing when this movie was made. So my guess is, they had to heavily rely on their special effects department to get it just right. I’m sure if they were aware of the impact of deepfakes. They would’ve found a way to use it! Cheers bub!
Can you fix the script as well now please?
The Sequels desperately trying to pander to OT nostalgia in another half-arsed manner.
Again... youtubers do it better than Disney/Lucasfilm
A better way to fix episode 8 would be to burn every copy
you are a genius
@@TejanoTigre 💚
How does this look more like the original??!?!?!?
The puppet is almost certainly dimensionally accurate. But it will use newer materials that better mimic skin (the original looks like it is made out of plaster), it'll have different lighting (including being lit by firelight that will glint off of more reflective eyeballs), potentially different lens length which can distort the face (hence why you look different in the mirror than in photos), and then finally it's how Frank Oz has chosen to pose Yoda now vs then. He's quite 'gobliny' in Empire, since he spends a good portion being mysterious or hostile, whereas in TLJ he's there to be sagely and warm so it would make sense he's pulling very different expressions.
This isn't really speculation. The new puppet was made from the original molds, painted by the same woman, and then puppeteering by the same person. The only difference would be better materials (because again, the original doesn't look a thing like skin, since they couldn't do that kind of material then) and how it was shot. It looks off, but that's how things go. It's still miles less cursed than the Phantom Menace one.
Beautiful work. Now PLEASE do this to the crap that was Yoda in AOTC & ROTS.
🤦♂️
So much better.
Can you fix the story too? The character writing as well? Can you fix the whole Disney trilogy while you're at it
? haha
Sometimes CGI is actually preferable to practical effects...
Bloated Yoda was just one of a trillion things wrong with Ruin Johnson's shitfest.
My stick is much denser than bacon.
It’s just a stick! It’s my stick!
The deepfake helped me to see the problems with the puppet used the Last Jedi. For one the eyes look too glassy, TLJ Yoda has no lips compared to the original trilogy version, also the new puppet doesn’t have much wrinkles under the eyes.
I fixed it by not watching it. I think I spent my time more wisely :)
Glad I'm not the only one who thought the Yoda puppet in The Last Jedi looked horrible...
How do they get it so wrong?
ua-cam.com/video/6r-kbS-cEt4/v-deo.htmlsi=YODAr01WhpY6OVKW&t=7 - funny, because at this moment he really looks like the version from the RotJ. In reality the original puppet also looks from scene to scene different. They used several different puppets for TESB, too, and the lighting can also make it look different. All in all, it looked much more similar (especially in the second half of the scene) to the OT version than the CGI version and the TPM Muppet.
Nothing beats the real puppet and Oz interpretation. This version is so lifeless and artificial, you fixed nothing, dude.
It's amusing when random dingdongs strut around thinking they've "fixed" Star Wars 😄
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@@ianhudsonthomas lol, thanx!
@@ianhudsonthomas the hubris in this statement
@@marcinmcula99 of what nature is this hubris you hath claim i am partaking in, fine fellow?
TLJ Yoda looks like he has diabetes.
Good work.
Now can you fix the script?
Now deep fake Michael Myers so he has a consistent mask in all
The films
I could only afford to watch your process. The clip from the sh*t ridden disaster of a movie started giving me heart palpitations and a churning stomach so that's when I hit the stop button...
can someone redo the alien in alien 3...its all that is missing from Finchers gift to alien fans
wdym?
You made it worse, buddy.
Cool!
Hey I have been making and keep improving a real-time digital version in Maya and Unreal Engine. Please check it out at my username, I would like to talk you about Yoda stuff.
This is so tedious to make a deepfake ...let alone an alien one. Great job with the deepfake/edit
@@geomfilms thanks! Btw, been an avid watcher, your channel is fun!
@@alleyvoid oh wow thank you so much. I just made first 2 deepfake faces. Man that takes a long time to make one...but you making Yoda face and manually matching up the movement is crazy tedious
Can you fix the remaining 130 minutes
Sorry, but no matter how hard you try, there is just no SAVING The Last Jedi. :(
It's freaking lot better
YOU DON'T FIX SOMETHING THAT HAS IMPLODED !
Gonna be honest, he looks weird as hell. I prefer the version from the movie
Agreed, In my opinion the version we already have of Yoda from TLJ looks much better than this “fixed” version
Much better. Now the rest of the movie needs to be fixed lol
comeon man. He looked great in The Last Jedi. People sometimes.
I totally agree, the OT version of Yoda here looks weird in my opinion, so the version from TLJ looks natural
The deepfake Yoda's eyes don't close all the way.
I think I can finally see thanks to this why the films model looked so wrong. Your deepfake shows how much Yoda's mouth shape is much further forward than TLJ's. I don't know how else to describe it other then saying his head shape literally is the shape someone's hand makes when they try to make an O with one hand. Your deepfake found that true Frank Oz hand shape inside the puppet
Sweet Christ those movies were bad ay
Is there any way you can re-do the whole garbage movie?
That’s much better, thank you. This movie and scene still suck though.