paragraph_text: Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0. Somerville went 41 test matches before scoring his first, and only test try against Fiji in 2005. Somerville played domestic rugby for Canterbury Rugby Football Union and for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition, having played 100 matches for the latter after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999. Somerville's nickname is Yoda, after the fictional character from Star Wars due to their resemblance.

paragraph_text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG Inc. On August 15, 2008 the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film was released in theaters; it served as the official pilot episode and the introduction of the series. The series made its debut on the American Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. The show itself takes place during the three - year interim between Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith. Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes, to fill a half - hour time slot. Star Wars creator George Lucas originally claimed that ``there (would) be at least 100 episodes produced ''. In total 121 episodes were produced in the series.

paragraph_text: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J.J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the seventh main installment of the Star Wars franchise, following Return of the Jedi (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions. The Force Awakens is the first Star Wars film to not involve franchise creator George Lucas. Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the film follows Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire.

paragraph_text: The Star Wars Trilogy Bad Lip Reading videos also spawned a second musical number titled ``Bushes of Love '', which featured Ben Kenobi singing to Luke Skywalker about the perils of love. The song would hit # 2 on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart. Hamilton creator and star Lin - Manuel Miranda described the song as`` THE summer jam of 2017''.

paragraph_text: Han Solo Star Wars character Harrison Ford as Han Solo in a promotional image for Star Wars First appearance Star Wars (1977) Created by George Lucas Portrayed by Harrison Ford (Episodes IV -- VII, Holiday Special) Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) Voiced by Harrison Ford (Holiday Special animated inserts and Lego: The Force Awakens) Kiff VandenHeuvel (Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, old) A.J. Locascio (Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, young) Other: Perry King (radio dramas and read - along storybook CDs) Neil Ross (Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Force Commander and Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi) David Esch (Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds) Lex Lang (Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike and Star Wars: Battlefront II) John Armstrong (Star Wars: Empire at War, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Disney Infinity 3.0, and Star Wars Battlefront) Keith Ferguson (Robot Chicken, Mad and The Lego Movie) Michael Daingerfield Hall (Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles and Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales) Katie Leigh (Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, young) Ross Marquand (Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars) Information Aliases Captain Solo Gender Male Occupation Captain of the Millennium Falcon General in the Rebel Alliance Smuggler Affiliation Galactic Empire Rebel Alliance New Republic Resistance Galactic Alliance (in Legends) Title Captain General Spouse (s) Leia Organa Sana Starros Significant other (s) Qi'ra Children Ben Solo Legends: Jaina Solo Jacen Solo Anakin Solo Relatives Luke Skywalker (brother - in - law) Anakin Skywalker (father - in - law) Padmé Amidala (mother - in - law) Legends: Mara Jade Skywalker (sister - in - law) Ben Skywalker (nephew) Allana Solo (granddaughter) Homeworld Corellia

paragraph_text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation with the division Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series debuted on the US version of Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy during the three years between the prequel films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series Star Wars: Clone Wars. Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half - hour time slot. In 2007, Star Wars creator George Lucas stated ``there will be at least 100 episodes produced (about five seasons) ''. Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, was not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series. There is also an online comic, depicting story - snippets between the single episodes.

paragraph_text: Probably the most famous Swiss literary creation, Heidi, the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Alps, is one of the most popular children's books ever and has come to be a symbol of Switzerland. Her creator, Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), wrote a number of other books on similar themes.

paragraph_text: Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz on May 25, 1944) is an English - born American puppeteer, filmmaker and actor. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street. He is also known for being the puppeteer and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars films.

paragraph_text: In 1971, Lucas signed a contract with Universal Studios to direct two films. He intended one of them to be a space opera; however, knowing film studios were skeptical about the genre, Lucas decided to direct his other idea first, American Graffiti, a coming - of - age story set in the 1960s. In 1973, Lucas started work on his second film's script draft of The Journal of the Whills, a space opera telling the tale of the training of apprentice CJ Thorpe as a ``Jedi - Bendu ''space commando by the legendary Mace Windy. After Universal rejected the film, 20th Century Fox decided to invest in it. On April 17, 1973, Lucas felt frustrated about his story being too difficult to understand, so he began writing a 13 - page script with thematic parallels to Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress; this draft was renamed The Star Wars. By 1974, he had expanded the script into a rough draft screenplay, adding elements such as the Sith, the Death Star, and a protagonist named Annikin Starkiller. Numerous subsequent drafts evolved into the script of the original film.

paragraph_text: Yoda Star Wars character Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back First appearance The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Created by George Lucas Voiced by Frank Oz (Episodes I -- III, V -- VIII, Star Tours -- The Adventures Continue, Star Wars Rebels) John Lithgow (The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi radio dramas) Greg Berg (one episode of Muppet Babies) Peter McConnell (Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) Corey Burton (Read - along storybook CDs) Tom Kane (Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie), various TV shows and video games) Performed by Frank Oz (lead puppeteer, Episodes I, V -- VI, VIII) Deep Roy (costume, uncredited, Episode V) Warwick Davis (costume, uncredited, Episode I) Additional performers: Kathryn Mullen, David Barclay, Mike Quinn, Wendy Froud, Don Austen, David Greenaway, Katherine Smee Information Full name Yoda Species Unknown Gender Male Occupation Jedi Master Affiliation Jedi Order Galactic Republic Title Grand Master of the Jedi Order (Episodes I - VI) Member of the High Jedi Council (Episodes I - III) General in the Grand Army of the Republic (Episodes II - III)

paragraph_text: Eventually Johnson was renamed Sullivan. The name was suggested by an animator who had attended Texas A&M University, inspired by one of Texas A&M's historic icons, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, nicknamed ``Sulley ''by students. Sullivan was also planned to wear glasses throughout the film. However, the creators found it a dangerous idea because the eyes were a perfectly readable and clear way of expressing a character's personality; thus, the idea was rejected.

paragraph_text: The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA LV in the United States. "Whale Whores" addressed the topic of Japanese whaling, condemning both the whalers themselves and the activists who fight against them. The episode is particularly critical of the reality television series "Whale Wars" and its star Paul Watson, an environmental activist who is prominently featured in "Whale Whores".

paragraph_text: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film co-written, co-produced and directed by J.J. Abrams. The sequel to 1983's Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. It stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars film not produced by franchise creator George Lucas. Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, it follows Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire.

paragraph_text: Yoda () is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise created by George Lucas, first appearing in the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back". In the original trilogy, he trains Luke Skywalker to fight against the Galactic Empire. In the prequel trilogy, he is amongst the most powerful members of the Jedi Order and a general of clone troopers during the Clone Wars. Before his death in "Return of the Jedi" at the age of 900, Yoda was the oldest living character in the "Star Wars" franchise in canon, until the introduction of Maz Kanata in "The Force Awakens".

paragraph_text: In early 2013, co-creator Jane Campion said that Top of the Lake comes to a distinct ending, and there would be no additional series. Despite this, it was announced in October 2014 that the series had been renewed for a second season. China Girl began shooting on location in Sydney, Australia in December 2015.

paragraph_text: 100 Monkeys is an independent funk rock band from Los Angeles, California.The members of the group are Ben Graupner, Jackson Rathbone, Jerad Anderson, Ben Johnson, and Lawrence Abrams. The band name comes from the idea of the "hundredth monkey effect".

paragraph_text: Qui - Gon Jinn Star Wars character Liam Neeson as Qui - Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace First appearance The Phantom Menace (1999) Last appearance The Clone Wars (2008 -- 2014) Created by George Lucas Portrayed by Liam Neeson Voiced by Liam Neeson (Episode II and The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels; archive recording) James Warwick (The Phantom Menace (video game), Jedi Power Battles, Star Wars: Obi - Wan and Galactic Battlegrounds) Fred Tatasciore (Clone Wars) Tom Kane (The Yoda Chronicles and Droid Tales) Information Gender Male Occupation Jedi Master Affiliation Jedi Order Galactic Republic Homeworld Coruscant

paragraph_text: Patent Bending is a Canadian reality television series that premiered August 22, 2006, on the Discovery Channel. The series is based on building some of the weird, fantastical ideas inventors have patented over the last century. Once physically realised, the flaws in these ideas tend to be humorously obvious and explain the ideas' lack of commercial success. The team then tries to come up with an improved version, thus the "bending" part of the title, meeting with varying results.

paragraph_text: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J.J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the seventh main installment of the Star Wars franchise, following Return of the Jedi (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions. The Force Awakens is also the first Star Wars film to not involve franchise creator George Lucas. Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the film follows Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire.

paragraph_text: Benjamin has made guest appearances in several animated shows. He was in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes ``Bus of the Undead ''and`` The Last One'' as Mothmonsterman, in ``Broodwich ''as Mr. Sticks, in`` Bible Fruit'' as Mortimer Mango, and played the live - action role of Master Shake in ``Last Last One Forever and Ever '', credited as Capt. Turd Mahoy. He also made a cameo appearance as a government agent in the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters alongside frequent collaborator Jon Glaser. He has appeared in Family Guy as Carl, a movie trivia obsessed convenience store clerk who also portrayed Yoda in the Star Wars parody episode`` Something, Something, Something, Dark Side''.

Question: In what year did the creator of Yoda come up with the idea for Star Wars?
Answer: 1973