Creator Leslye Headland spoke to Entertainment Weekly about why she reintroduced Yoda to counter the "powerhouse" of Darth Plagueis.
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"That's why it was important to introduce Yoda," Headland said "If you were going to introduce Plagueis, then you needed a formidable other side of that[...]