Yoda's Hut was the last residence of Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi Order, during his years of self-imposed exile on Dagobah. Initially, Yoda used the E3-standard starship lifeboat that had brought him to Dagobah as a temporary shelter. However, the lifeboat started to degrade within a year due to the planet's swampy environment, which forced the Jedi to construct a small house for himself.[1] He chose to build it on a knoll at the base of a great gnarltree between a sweet water lagoon and an area where he could gather yarum seeds.[1][4] He also built a garden to grow food in.[5]
Yoda used pieces of his lifeboat[3] and crafted wattles from gnarltree roots to create his hut, along with mud, stones, and bark.[1][3] With several open windows and two circular entries, he surfaced the interior with smooth, white adobe clay, which made for a clean, attractive, and, most importantly, dry home.[1] He also incorporated the backup power supply from the lifeboat.[3] Yoda actually needed to construct two huts: one in lowlands and, for the wet season, one in the highlands.[6]
The humble hut included a sitting room with a wooden stump for a table and a kitchen area. In the middle of his home, Yoda cooked at a small stove. Behind the stove was a storage area with windowsills covered in drying seeds, berries, and herbs. In the back of the shelter was a sink with running water and Yoda's spice collection, along with a few clay pots and bowls. A sleeping loft hung above with sleeping mats and blankets, though in his final years Yoda slept on the ground level. Tools and keepsakes were kept stored away in a nook. The sitting area made up the rest of the building.[1]
The open doors and windows, due to the hut's proximity to the lagoon, resulted in Yoda being visited by many creatures; he would often find snakes, lizards, butcherbugs, and spiny bograts scampering across the floor. He didn't mind the company, and only swept the venomous ones back outside.[1]
The Grand Master died there[7] in 4 ABY[8] in the presence of his apprentice Luke Skywalker.[7] With the hut vacant, it was reclaimed by the swamp and the many creatures Yoda befriended during his stay.[1] Sometime later, the hut was destroyed by Dagobah's torrential rains.[2]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back
- LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season — "Twas the Night Before Life Day"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Flight of the Falcon" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Gambit on Geonosis" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources[]
- Journey Through Space (as Yoda's house)
- Ultimate Star Wars (First identified as Yoda's Hut)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- LEGO Classic Star Wars (Set: 75208 Yoda's Hut)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 77 (Databank A-Z: Grand Master Yoda) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small (Picture only)
- LEGO Star Wars (Set: 4002019 Christmas X-Wing)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Legacy"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Practical"
- "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Making of Season Two"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian — "Making of the Season 2 Finale"
- Star Wars 100 Objects
- Yoda in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Yoda's Hut in the Databank (backup link)
Non-canon sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Journey Through Space
- ↑ "The Light That Falls" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
- ↑ "There is Another" — From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas