JORDAN GOES FOR SIXTY
Cfor more scenes, you will. “Star Wars” producers are planning to bring back Yoda, according to a source familiar with Episode IX of the storied franchise. “The success of the scenes featuring Yoda in ‘The Last Jedi’ were huge,” says our insider. If all goes according to plan, the sci-fi space saga will rejoin the series in spirit to mentor a young warrior played by British actress we’re told. “Yoda will again appear as a ghost as he acknowledges Rey’s success and growth as a Jedi,” we hear. “The scenes are due to be put together later this year.” We’re also told that Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia character will not be digitally revived for future films. Fisher died in December 2016, but appeared in Episode VIII a year later, thanks to scenes that had already been filmed. who played Yoda’s prized student Luke Skywalker, told ABC News on Thursday that with Fisher gone and Han Solo character having been killed off in 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” his enthusiasm for the series has waned.
“It really has tarnished my ability to enjoy it to its fullest,” said Hamill, whose mystical character was killed off in 2017’s “The Last Jedi,” but could also come back as a spirit. It doesn’t matter to him either way.
“I don’t care anymore, on that level,” he confessed. “Because Han Solo is gone, Luke is gone.” Even though actor Peter Cushing died in 1994, the “Star Wars” special effects team revived his character using CGI technology for the “Rogue One” prequel in 2016.
In “Star Wars” lore, Yoda is a 900-year-old character voiced by legendary puppet master He has in some form or another appeared in six “Star Wars” flicks, including his debut in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back” and his physical death in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi.”
The diminutive green monk-like character has numerous fan clubs online and original 2-inch plastic Yoga action figures sold in 1981 sell for $350. His Airness has eaten. and a handful of pals took over the private dining room at Jade Sixty Asian Steakhouse on Thursday night, where they hung out for about three hours and left around 11:30 p.m. We’re told that the former Chicago Bulls star (photo) ordered porterhouse steaks, lobster and Peking duck for his team. The Knicks fired their coach last week and have been interviewing possible replacements. Jordan, a co-owner of the Charlotte Hornets, is not a candidate, but wouldn’t that have been fun?