For the Hyperspace members among us who didn't catch it, here's the first image of a digital Yoda replacing the puppet in Episode 1:

Here's the closest shot I've been able to find of him pre-digital to that one.

Personally I far prefer the digital goodness. I'm a bit worried our 2007 DVD's will have everything replaced by a digital Yoda in Episodes V and VI and that puppet looks just fine to me.

Of course it's worth noting that this is just a "test snippet" as they say that will appear in the DVD and doesn't actually confirm he'll be in Episode I by the 2007 DVD's, I'll leave you with this quote from Rick McCallum's Hyperspace Chat and let you make your own call on that though.

"In the 3d versions or any subsequent versions of the films do you know if Mr.Lucas plans on making anymore changes? like for example inserting a fully digital yoda in The Phantom Menace?"

McCallum: "God, you're good too. I can't answer that without being shot... but easy the future is to see for you."

Up for comment: Is this a positive change for you, or did you prefer the Episode I puppet?

Would you be opposed to Yoda being replaced digitally in Episode V and VI, or would you consider this to be "keeping a trie through the saga" much like Boba Fett's voice being replaced by Jango's in the 2004 DVD's?
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