Why Is Yoda the Ultimate Rock Star?

I've always said that when I grow up, I want to be a short green guy, just like Yoda. Why? Yoda is the ultimate rock star, and I'm not just saying that. Maybe it's just something that all of you reading this have always thought about, just didn't know how to put it into words. Yoda has the attitude, the charisma, the know-how, and - just like Tom Petty and some other rock and rollers - the looks to probably have been the first rock star in a galaxy far, far away.

When I say rock star, referring to Yoda, you know I don't mean musically. And maybe that's where some people might be mislead a bit. To be a rockin' person (or being) you have to be cool, and c'mon, does it get any cooler than Yoda?

Now, for a short dude, Yoda is an example to follow. He's like a foot tall, which doesn't really differentiate him much from Klaus Meine, the Scorpions' lead singer, and we know that guy gets what he wants. So I guess size actually does matter in this case and, like Meine - who always stands out due to his short size in band pictures - Yoda uses it to his own advantage.

"Do or do not. There is no try." That is Yoda's main motto and perfectly describes the attitude of any and all self-respecting rockers in the world. When you set out on a path to become a rock star, you cannot go around trying things out when what those things actually want from you is for you to do them, not try to do them.

As far as looks are concerned, we only need to check out the visages of Tom Petty, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, the Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe and pretty much all of the guys in Kiss without make-up, for us to realize that the way your face looks, really needn't get in your way to become the very best at what you do, whether it be rocking a million faces or taking care of a Sith or two.

If you're a rock star in the making and think that things are standing in your way, you could do worse than watch The Empire Strikes Back and check out the scene where Luke Skywalker is training with Yoda in order to become a Jedi. The messages you get there can go far into making you believe more in yourself than you have up to this point. Yoda is the ultimate intergalactic rock star, showing us that all you have to do is believe in yourself and you can go out and wield your lightsaber, or guitar, for all the world to admire.

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