Toen Yoda in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi verscheen juichde veel oudere fans, want dit was geen CGI maar gewoon een oldskool pop die zo geliefd was in de originele trilogie. Frank Oz was wederom in de rol gekropen van de groene muppet met een arm in zijn arie en had de website Collider een interview met hem en daar van kan je hier onder een stukje lezen.

I think I speak for a lot of fans- the Yoda puppet meant a lot. So, because I have no idea- how involved were you in doing everything on set?

FRANK OZ: I was everything. That's what they hired me for. They had two people, three people turn on a grate to help me. It's a four-person character. I flew back and forth to London about three times and rehearsed for a couple weeks with them. It's very intense rehearsal because you have four people trying to do one thing, very, very specifically. So, every single word, every single move, had to be rehearsed again and again. Therefore, we don't take time on the set. The last time I flew over there, I rehearsed with the three guys again, and then we went and shot for a day and a half- night and a half.

I would imagine that there were a lot of people on set that wanted to see you work and see this being filmed. Did you get the vibe when you were doing it, you know how special it was to so many people? Were there extra people there watching?

FRANK OZ: Well, I didn't pay attention because I am very, very focused. I have to get the best job I can possibly get- that's all I care about, is the quality. But my wife was there, and she said, I guess this is true, but she said everybody was working and then when I came on the screen everybody completely stopped working. That's kind of exciting, but I didn't notice it because I'm too involved. But that's a wonderful feeling, I guess. If I felt it. (laughs).

I heard when they were doing Rogue One, when Vader came to set to film the sequence towards the end of the film, that when he showed up on set to start doing that it was just silence and people, and a very large crowd. I would imagine it would be similar for you.

FRANK OZ: Those characters, all those characters, run so deep in all of us. George was so amazing about that- to create this mythology with such depth. It really effects all of us.