# What species was Yoda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470 "2005-06-30T03:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/1 "2005-06-30T03:29:53Z")
I’m sure it was addressed in some novel somewhere. Was Dagobah his home planet? Was there ever a Mrs. Yoda? Was he born or hatched? I think a book about his childhood would be interesting (so long as George Lucas had absolutely nothing to do with it). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/2 "2005-06-30T03:33:39Z")
It says [here](http://scripts.cgispy.com/faq.cgi?user=xiojade&a=viewfaqs&cat=Yoda#2) that Yoda is a “Whill” from the planet Grentarik. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/3 "2005-06-30T03:34:27Z")
Well…depending on what part of the EU you refer to…Yoda is either a) species unknown, b) a Whill, or c) Muppettus Rejectus. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/4 "2005-06-30T03:38:31Z")
Personally, I think he is Miss Piggy’s illegitimate father. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/5 "2005-06-30T03:53:49Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > It says [here](http://scripts.cgispy.com/faq.cgi?user=xiojade&a=viewfaqs&cat=Yoda#2) that Yoda is a “Whill” from the planet Grentarik. That link also says that, “_Lucas plans to begin production of Episode 7 by 2014_” Say wha…?? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/6 "2005-06-30T04:38:21Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > That link also says that, “_Lucas plans to begin production of Episode 7 by 2014_” > > Say wha…?? As an aside, if that were true, and we get to 2014 and the technology has advanced to the point where digital humans have broken from the uncanny valley and hear Lucas say he never really made a Star Wars the way he wanted because “the technology was not available up until now”, I’ll believe him. I think we would all believe him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/7 "2005-06-30T04:48:01Z")
> [@The Hook](#): > > As an aside, if that were true, and we get to 2014 and the technology has advanced to the point where digital humans have broken from the uncanny valley and hear Lucas say he never really made a Star Wars the way he wanted because “the technology was not available up until now”, I’ll believe him. I think we would all believe him. 😛 By that point we may have not just computer generated actors, but primitive computer generated _acting_. Which well may be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/8 "2005-06-30T04:49:30Z")
Er, replace the word “actors” with “characters”. Hate it when I ruin a joke like that. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/9 "2005-06-30T04:50:38Z")
And that was supposed to be a sub tag not a url tag. I’m going to bed now. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/10 "2005-06-30T05:33:48Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > That link also says that, “_Lucas plans to begin production of Episode 7 by 2014_” > > Say wha…?? Yeah, I think it can safely be said that that site is not any kind of authority on Star Wars information. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/11 "2005-06-30T05:52:58Z")
His species and homeworld are officially unknown, according to [starwars.com](http://starwars.com). ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/12 "2005-06-30T06:21:53Z")
Wouldn’t trust the Whill thing. That FAQ says his last name is D’Kana, but I distinctly remember that his name was Yoda Dracoda, at least it was when Empire came out. Where did I see that though? On the Kenner toys packaging? He had a little orange plastic snake, heh. Yoda Dracoda though, definitely. Anyone else remember that? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/13 "2005-06-30T08:36:12Z")
> [@Grossbottom](#): > > Wouldn’t trust the Whill thing. That FAQ says his last name is D’Kana, but I distinctly remember that his name was Yoda Dracoda, at least it was when Empire came out. > > Where did I see that though? On the Kenner toys packaging? He had a little orange plastic snake, heh. Yoda Dracoda though, definitely. > Anyone else remember that? No, but I do remember the little snake. ---
**Author:** ![drgnrdr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@drgnrdr07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgnrdr07)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-was-yoda/310470/14 "2005-06-30T15:32:18Z")
According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda) Yoda’s race is unknown and Lucas denies the Whill connection.