George Lucas appeared at the TCM Classic Film Festival at a screening of 'The Empire Strikes Back,' revealing why Yoda talked backwards.

George Lucas speaks at the “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” screening. Getty Images for TCM. Yoda is introduced in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back” voiced by Frank Oz.

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A few years ago, George Lucas, who sold "Star Wars" to Disney in 2012 for around four billion US dollars, had offered a similar explanation for Yoda's unusual way of speaking.