The one thing that's most evident when it comes to the first two Star Wars movies Disney is putting out (The Force Awakens and Rogue One) is that the studio has every intention of mixing familiar characters with new ones. The Force Awakens alone saw Luke, Leia and Han return, and in one scene we even briefly heard the voices of both young and old Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Yoda.

However, that last character almost had a much bigger role in the film, according to Force Awakens editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. They told ET...

"There was one point where we were actually thinking of having Yoda in the film, and then we decided not to. Frank Oz came in for a day and did a whole bunch of Yoda and he was over the moon to do it -- and we were tickled pink!"

We're not sure how Yoda would've been used in the movie, though he probably would've appeared in Rey's Force vision as a physical character instead of just a voice. That said, maybe they didn't want to go all-in on Yoda because he's being saved for another movie, be it Rogue One or Episode VIII. 

With Yoda already popping up on the animated series Star Wars Rebels, we definitely know Disney isn't done with the character yet. Should he live on in the movies, or is it time to move in another direction? Does Yoda still have a lot to offer as a character?