Yoda ' s hut Yoda ' s hut was both the home and final resting place of Yoda , Grand Master of the Jedi Order . Construction . Yoda ' s hut was a dwelling made by Jedi Master Yoda during his self - imposed exile on Dagobah , starting from 19 BBY . The hut was simple , constructed of mud , but utilized his E3 - standard starship lifeboat model escape pod energy source . Despite this , Yoda had to draw upon the Force at all times just to hold it together . Yoda salvaged most of the parts from his escape pod to build this hut . He utilized deck grating for a solid foundation , illumination panels for lighting , and thrust nozzles for shaping his windows and doorway . He then packed mud from around the area to form the outer " shell " of his home . Then , the only matter that remained to be built was the interior . Interior . Yoda then tempered leftover scrap metal to form crude household wares such as his metal pot and sink . Another use of the excess metal was to train Luke Skywalker in the use of his lightsaber . Yoda had numerous metal bars constructed , which he flung at Luke to enhance his reflexes and speed . It is possible that these poles were leftover means of support used in the construction of his hut . Yoda also carved an intricate series of ducts through the tree which provided his sink with sluice water from Dagobah ' s torrential rainstorms . Hollowing out a niche near the tip of his hut , Yoda fashioned a small sleeping room complete with a light source salvaged , again , from remains of the escape pod . Inside there were many Jedi relics that Yoda scavenged from the smoking ruins of the Jedi Temple , such as an ancient Jedi manuscript , at least two lightsabers , and at least four Marksman - H combat remote s . He also had more mundane items made from Dagobah ' s natural resources that he stored on his walls , such as various poles crafted of wood ( for different purposes ) and a handcrafted fireplace . Inventively , Yoda also carved out storage niches for the diverse amount of seeds , nuts , and plants that he found strewn around his swampy adopted homeworld . Yoda also used glowing crystals to illuminate his home . Exterior . Yoda ' s hut was constructed inside the base of a tree , though it ' s never been confirmed if it was a gnarltree or some other species . It is evident that it probably wasn ' t the former as there was no visible root system , a trait commonly associated with the tree phase of the knobby white spider . He lived there from 19 BBY to 4 ABY . After the wise Grand Master of the Jedi Order ' s death , his hut deteriorated almost to the point of being unrecognizable from any other feature on Dagobah within days . However , when Luke revisited the remains of the dwelling in 9 ABY , it was still prominent enough to be noticed . It appears that without Yoda ' s Force influence to keep the building from falling down around him , the cobbled - together structure ' s overtaxed escape pod parts failed in their support duties quickly . History . Though he was largely undisturbed in his humble abode , there were rare cases in which Yoda ' s privacy was intruded upon . A clone of Galen Marek , Starkiller , met Yoda when he visited Dagobah to find himself . Rebel pilot Luke Skywalker landed on Dagobah to find Yoda at the behest of Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s Force ghost . After landing in the swamp , Skywalker met the Jedi Master , who took him back to his hut . Skywalker later had to find his way back to the hut as part of his training . He would return sometime later to complete his training , but found Yoda to be nearing the end of his life , and remained at his Master and friend ' s bedside as the last of the Jedi entrusted their kind ' s future to Luke and peacefully passed on to the afterlife . From then on , Yoda ' s hut went dark and would remain uninhabited . Arhul Hextrophon met Yoda here , although the scholar kept it to himself . Years later , he probably discreetly suggested that the New Republic base on Dagobah be christened Mount Yoda in honor of the Jedi Master of old . Behind the scenes . Originally Yoda ' s hut was to resemble a mosque with stained glass windows , though this concept was abandoned to illustrate the Jedi ' s minimalist outlook . It was probably also deserted for purely practical reasons . Because of the combination of the hut ' s small quarters and the puppeteers operating Yoda , any action in the hut required the moves to be carefully plotted beforehand to allow for good camera angles . It had walls thick enough that insects took a long time to make their way in .