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Yoda

Nine hundred years old, Yoda had trained Jedi's for eight centuries, and was very powerful in the Force. He was the leader of the Jedi council, the group which oversees all of the Jedi. When young padawans begin their first foray into Jedi training, they do so under Yoda's guidance. Many of the Republic's greatest Jedi trained under Yoda when they were children -- schooled in groupings called clans. Once the Jedi hopefuls grew older, approaching their teenage years, they would then be paired to an elder Jedi Knight or Master to continue training one-on-one.

The pall of the dark side fell over the Republic during its twilight years, and Yoda grew increasingly concerned. Sensing the grave uncertainty of the future, Yoda recognized the need for answers. The Jedi Council dispatched Obi-Wan Kenobi to investigate an assassination attempt apparently carried out by Separatist forces. What he found was all the more troubling. An entire clone army had been secretly created for the Republic, by decree of a late Jedi, Sifo-Dyas.

Yoda voyaged to the distant world of Kamino to gather the newly created Republic Military, and arrived on Geonosis to rescue the survivors of an ill-fated Jedi taskforce. The Clone Wars began. Yoda, acting as general, oversaw the battle from the forward command center. The clones handily defeated the Separatists on Geonosis, but many escaped. Yoda followed his instincts to a darkened hangar where Count Dooku had grievously wounded Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Yoda and Dooku engaged in battle and at an opportune moment Dooku fled as the ancient Jedi Master saved his younger compatriots.

This first battle of the Clone Wars was a victory for the Republic, but Yoda was troubled. Too much had been clouded by the dark side, and the judgment of the Jedi order was perhaps sullied by complacency and arrogance.

When the Republic turned into the Empire, Yoda and his fellow Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, were forced into hiding.

Yoda spent his final years living on the swamp planet of Dagobah, where shortly before he died he took on his last apprentice, Luke Skywalker, sent to him by the ghost of Obi-wan. Yoda’s body disappeared as he became one with the Force.

Yoda trained Luke as he had trained many Jedi before him and eventually told Luke the truth about his father.