DO OR DO NOT: Learn The Unknown Story of Yoda's Puppeteer
Filmmaker Jamie Benning is beloved around these parts for his excellent "Filmumentaries," projects that combine rarely-seen behind-the-scenes videos with interviews he's conducted himself and commentary tracks from Blu-ray and DVD releases of the films he's highlighting. If you've read this far and have no clue what I'm talking about, trust me: you're going to want to dive into these because they're amazing. Watch Filmumentary entries for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Back to the Future.
I thought I'd seen every project Benning had made, but early this morning, he tweeted a link to one that's exactly one year old today that I somehow missed the first time around.
It's called Do or Do Not, and it's a short, hyper-focused documentary about Dave Barclay, the puppeteer for Yoda on The Empire Strikes Back. If you're looking to hear some cool behind-the-scenes stories about the production of arguably the best Star Wars movie of all time, this is the place: