Star Wars legend Yoda’s original name is not at all what I expected

So, when Yoda was first conceived, he had a very, very different name that I’m really, really glad was changed. The Star Wars prequels are suddenly starting to make WAY more sense now that I’ve heard this.

George Lucas is a funny man. On one hand, he created the Star Wars universe as we know it. Without him, it quite literally wouldn’t exist.

On the other hand, the name he had for Yoda was… Buffy.

Look man, I’m not sure where he pulled this one from, but the funniest part of all this is that the folks over on the r/movies subreddit were thoroughly unfazed to learn that this was George’s original idea.

Andor will wrap up for good this week, a sad day for us Star Wars fans.

“I remember hearing about this a week or two ago and it really made me think what the prequels would have been like if people would have told George NO to some of his really dumb ideas,” commented user jumpyg1258.

“Lucas had so many terrible ideas, but he hadn't become 'George Lucas' yet, so there were people around him that could rein in his awful plans,” replied user krepitus.

“By the time the prequels rolled around, no one dared tell him, 'Jar Jar is a really, really bad character', or 'The announcer for the pod races is just a terrible idea'.”

So, what made George change his mind in the end? A better writer.

According to Screen Rant's Kara Hedash, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’s screenwriter Leigh Brackett took one look at the name “Buffy” and thought, “Hell no”.

The whole thing really puts the prequel series into perspective for me, because that entire trilogy was clearly just George Lucas throwing whatever he wanted into the mix while a bunch of people stood around and nodded gently.

Makes me wonder what the original trilogy would have been like if he had his way…