Darth Vader, Chewbacca and Yoda are the first characters you think of when Star Wars is mentioned - but what if the little green man was suddenly a completely different colour? View 4 Images Yoda first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back (Image: Lucasfilm)

Star Wars icon Yoda was never supposed to be green. ‌

Archival sources and a new evidence from the special effects makeup artist who worked on the puppet suggests that the little green man was supposed to be a different colour entirely. ‌

According to reports, Yoda was meant to be a "bluish" colour as the final Empire Strikes Back screenplay reads: "Mysteriously standing right in front of Luke is a strange, bluish creature, not more than two feet tall. The wizened little thing is dressed in rags." ‌

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