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yoda lives as a ghost

After months of speculation by fans, the rumours that Yoda would return in The Last Jedi were true. The green alien, who died in Return of the Jedi and became a Force ghost could be heard in The Force Awakens, but in its follow-up he turned up in his very own ghostly flesh. Confirming he was a puppet in the style of the original trilogy, Johnson has explained why the 900-year-old Jedi came back. Speaking to Variety, he said: “It really was [a puppet]. I realised Yoda would have a natural place in this.”