Also, I've never read mention of this, but Yoda seems to me in many ways like Dersu Uzala from...Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala! (I think my favourite K movie) - e.g. f

Also, I've never read mention of this, but Yoda seems to me in many ways like Dersu Uzala from...Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala! (I think my favourite K movie) - e.g. forest-dwelling, short, benevolent, wise, and they speak similarly. I believe Lucas helped with the financing of several of K's later films.