Thoughts on Prequel Yoda
In Episode II he’s leading the clone army and croaking orders such as “Around the survivors a perimeter create” and “To the forward command center take me.” Call me intolerant, but mightn’t you want a commanding general in the heat of battle with a slightly more polished grasp of basic syntax? His dramatically phrased bits of wisdom may fly in the Jedi Council chamber, but this is combat.
Let’s say you’re a clone trooper (an ARC trooper, not one of those regular wussy clones) at the battle of Geonosis when your division is suddenly surrounded by droidekkas and super battle droids. Their laser cannons aimed at your nads, you have approximately half a second to react before you’re a patty melt. You look to Yoda your fearless Jedi leader for guidance.
“Outnumbered we are.” he declares. You turn your blaster on yourself to “avoid the droid.” Your lifeless CG body slumps to the ground.
Yoda continues, “But the Force on our side have we!” He flicks his wrist and the droids scatter like Q-tips in a nor’easter. The troops proceed and your clone wife and clone kids get a form letter from Palpatine’s office about how much he “loves Democracy.”
So I guess my point is that Yoda seems like a pretty bad choice to lead an army because of the way he talks. Not to mention he’s three feet tall and has the rheumatism.