For a little green balding dude who generally moves at a slow pace, Yoda is a character
full of surprises.
But that’s why we love the Jedi master; easily underestimated, he packs a punch, both
in combat and in the wisdom department, and is easily one of the most respectable characters
in the entire Star Wars franchise.
Now that the Mandalorian has opened up a pandora’s box concerning his species (and flooded the
internet with Baby Yoda memes) we wanted to take a closer look at the quintessential jedi
master and the sorts of abilities he has exhibited over the years, with our list of the top 10
hidden secret powers you didn’t know Yoda had.
10 Precognition This one may be a slight given considering
Yoda’s track record.
The Force allows Yoda to tap into precognitive powers, in which he can see the future and
possible outcomes of situations.
Sure comes in handy when you’re trying to make the universe a better, safer place.
And this isn’t just a regular ol precognitive power, friends.
Yoda’s precognitive abilities are vastly advanced, and he can control when he witnesses
visions, unlike others less trained and honed with the Force.
Yoda can even see his own death, and knew that the Jedi would lose in the Clone Wars.
Despite knowing this knowledge, he was also aware that his precognitive visions were not
set in stone, hence making him a master at perceiving and interpreting what these visions
and their possible outcomes mean, and how to overcome particular obstacles.
9 Long Distance Jedi Calling Otherwise referred to as remote communication
or telepathic communication, Yoda has the ability to communicate with other Jedi even
when he’s incredibly far away from them.
Even while he’s on other planets!
It’s a tactic of his that he uses when in remote locations, or to communicate with Jedi
in precarious situations who need aid.
He communicates across the galaxy in the animated Star Wars Rebel series when he’s in captivity.
This also acts as a means to track Jedi, whether as a safety measure, or just to check up on
them and ensure that they’re doing their job correctly as jedi.
So in other words, he can spy on you and see what you’re up to.
He knows when you’ve been bad or good.
He’s like Santa, but shorter and greener and exponentially more powerful.
8 Detect Force Illusions The Clone Wars series gave us a lot more insight
on some of the more refined combat moves Yoda can pull off using the Force.
He is the penultimate Jedi master after all.
During the series, at one point Darth Sidious planted a trap for Yoda in which he created
an illusion of a fellow jedi master, Sifo-Dyas, being tortured.
Thing was, Sifo-Dyas was responsible for commissioning the creation of a clone army on the planet
of Kamino, and Yoda and friends were aware of this fact.
So rather than being tempted by the illusion, Yoda played it cool, and was able to detect
that seeing his old comrade being tortured was actually, in fact, just an illusion created
out of the Force.
7 He can rap We aren’t even kidding.
When DVDs were in their golden era, and the Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD, there
was an easter egg you could find by entering the number 1138 on your remote control.
This revealed a video of Yoda hanging out with some storm troopers, break dancing and
lip synching to The Roots song Don’t Say Nothing.
And at the end of the video, he states that the rapping was hard on his throat in a very
Yoda way.
I quote, “that voice, hard on my throat it is.”
It is definitely worth googling.
You’re all welcome.
6 He Can Procreate Okay, so this is an unconfirmed hidden power.
For a long, long time, many people believed that Yoda was asexual.
And then THIS HAPPENED.
BABY YODA.
But not actually baby Yoda.
Long story short, and spoilers/fan theories ahead my friends, many people believe that
the Baby Yoda aka The Child (the one who has become a meme sensation) is actually Yoda’s
offspring.
The reasoning behind this?
We’ve never seen another creature that looks like Yoda in the entirety of Star Wars canon
until now, minus the appearance of Yaddle, who was a female background character, a Jedi
master, in Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace.
According to Jon Favreau, the creator of the Mandalorian, The Child was conceived out of
a desire to explore the mystery around Yoda and his species, so there will in fact be
some sort of link there that we don’t have answers for yet.
Yoda is of an unknown species, and all we know is that all three of these aliens are
incredibly powerful in the Force.
The Mandalorian takes place after the Return of the Jedi, meaning this theory could be
plausible.
So Yoda’s got hella powerful genes, my friends.
5 His Toes While we’re on the topic of ridiculous abilities,
let’s talk about something that many wouldn’t dare imagine is a mistake; the fact that in
variation iterations of Yoda to appear over the years, the number of toes he has fluctuates.
Sometimes Yoda has three toes.
Sometimes he has four.
Some fans have actually analyzed this, seeing that he actually grows a toe if you follow
this chronologically.
This has given rise to a theory that as he ages, he grows more toes.
So this is either a product of LucasFilm and Disney dropping the ball, or it’s some sort
of aging advantage that Yoda is aware of.
Or maybe its a biological trait of his species.
How many toes does Baby Yoda have?
4 The Force Wave Yoda is a pro when it comes to using the Force
in combat.
We’ve seen him bust out some pretty powerful Force pushes in the past.
But turns out he’s got a trick up his long sleeves that are even more effective.
We’re talking about the Force Wave, a highly potent blast of Force energy that is capable
of creating a massive wave that can knock back foes within the user’s blast radius.
We see Yoda do this move alongside Mace Windu in the Clone Wars series as a means of pushing
back a swarm of Super Battle Droids during the battle of Coruscant.
3 Soul Reading Yoda can read the history of an individual’s
soul.
That might sound a little absurd at first, but it’s something that he can do in order
to see whether or not a Jedi has fallen victim to the dark side.
In the novel the Dark Disciple, which is technically canon, he reads the soul of Quinlas Vos in
order to test his faith.
All he has to do is touch an individual in order to read their soul.
We have yet to see more of this ability in action, though, so who knows the full extent
of what he can do with it.
2 Shiak Over the years, Jedi have come up with interesting
ways of using their lightsabers in combat.
For example, Anakin Skywalker, as Darth Vader, could make his lightsaber act like a boomerang.
Yoda has a similar trick, one that is arguably much more brutal, all things considered.
It’s a move called the Shiak, which is basically impaling a foe with his lightsaber.
The Shiak is actually considered to be an honourable move, and takes great skill to
pull off, and assures that your victim will die depending on the placement (most Jedi
use it on their foe’s arm or leg, which is not fatal, obviously).
Darth Maul also uses it on Qui-Gon Jinn in the Phantom Menace.
1 Battle Mediation This one is really cool.
Yoda is able to strengthen his allies from a distance when they are in battle by using
an ability called battle mediation.
It’s a Force ability that lets him empower said ally’s fighting abilities, stamina
and general morale in order to give them an upper hand in battle.
It fills their spirits with hope, and gives them a reason to keep fighting with optimism.
Yoda has pulled this move a number of times throughout his history, empowering the Wookies
during the Battle of Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith, but also in one of the Star Wars
comics, Republic Hidden Enemy.
And this arguably helped turn the tide of the battle in the Wookies favour against the
Separatist droid army.
There we
have it friends!