5 Greatest Creations of Makeup Artist Stuart Freeborn

Yoda, "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)

Arguably Freeborn's masterpiece, Yoda's features were based on Albert Einstein, though many have pointed out that the pint-sized Jedi guru also bears more than a passing resemblance to Freeborn himself. Yoda is perhaps the most lifelike of the "Star Wars" puppets (you know you got all choked up when he succumbed to "forever sleep" in "Return of the Jedi") and went on to become one of ... more 

Yoda, "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)

Arguably Freeborn's masterpiece, Yoda's features were based on Albert Einstein, though many have pointed out that the pint-sized Jedi guru also bears more than a passing resemblance to Freeborn himself. Yoda is perhaps the most lifelike of the "Star Wars" puppets (you know you got all choked up when he succumbed to "forever sleep" in "Return of the Jedi") and went on to become one of the franchise's most popular (and quotable) characters, brought to life by the puppeteering talents and voicework of Frank Oz. less