The Jedi with the most authority serve on the Jedi Council, among who Yoda and Mace Windu acted as de facto leaders at the height of the Republic.
Yoda later returned and brought a contingent of these clone warriors to assist in the rescue of Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padmé and the Jedi Knights at the end of Attack of the Clones to begin the fabled Clone Wars.
Yoda was later moved to the post of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation in the government named on 3 September 2008, replacing Djibril Bassolé.
July 30 - In a board meeting, Yoda introduced a resolution calling on Chiba to resign because of an alleged conflict of interest.
The original video spawned several recreations, including one by two students from the University of California, one featuring the puppet Yoda from Star Wars, another by a single high school student named Riley Harmon, who "cloned" himself in post-production to simulate the duet, and one by former Formula One driver Scott Speed along with his friend and fellow race driver Colin Fleming.
The box includes a limited-edition full-color print of a painting by artist Ralph McQuarrie, "Yoda and R2-D2 in the swamps of Dagobah".
In the cast reunion extra feature on the McHale's Navy first season DVD set, Edson Stroll (Virgil in the series) states that Yoda had later changed his name to James Yoda and worked as a Toyota vice-president.