Star Wars 41 (1977)

Continuing the Star Wars celebration this month is today’s quirky Talk Like Yoda Day.

Star Wars 41 (1977)

While the history of the day is muddled, the choice for the day is not. May 21, 1980, was the release date for the much anticipated sequel to Star Wars. Opening weekend box office receipts tallied almost $5 million for 126 theaters. That translates to nearly $20 million in 2025 dollars.
Yoda was a result of Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi’s death in Star Wars. Writer and director George Lucas realized he had nothing for Ben to do for the last quarter of Star Wars, so he had Darth Vader kill him.
Kenobi’s death meant Luke Skywalker had no one to teach him in the ways of the Force. Enter Yoda and his odd syntax. Rather than the more common subject-verb-object American’s use, Yoda spoke in objective-subject-verb. While highly uncommon – only found in 0.3 percent of known languages – it does occur.

So, remember the excitement as the saga continued with a rereading of Yoda’s first appearance in comic books or a rewatching of The Empire Strikes Back or both.