When Yoda was introduced to the Star Wars universe back in Empire Strikes Back in 1980, the one thing that really stood out about him was the way he spoke. Sometimes, he spoke relatively normal, and other times, he tossed in the verbs for his sentence right at the end, but we all just assumed that is how every person of Yoda's species talked. After an episode of Tales of the Jedi released on Disney+, we now know that's not the case at all. Meet Yaddle, the female of Yoda's species. Well, it's more like "re-meet Yaddle," as she appeared a couple of times in Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, but she never spoke. She also looked a bit rough. Yaddle is voiced in the one episode by Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), and she speaks like everyone else who speaks Galactic Basic–the common language in the Star Wars universe. That's right, she doesn't say things like, "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try" or "The greatest teacher, failure is." Not everything Yoda said was jumbled, but his most memorable quotes are. Yaddle, on the other hand, says things like, "Whatever lies he's told you, whatever you have done, you can make up for it now by bringing him to justice." No riddles. Completely coherent. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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