CT Why did Yoda stay on Dagobah when Luke went to Cloud City?

His duels with Dooku and Sidious were only 20-odd years before though, which to someone who's 900 isn't all that much. I find it strange how he suddenly becomes incredibly weak within a tiny fraction of his life.

 

It’s not uncommon for old people to suddenly decline very fast. My grandmother went from being mostly self-sufficient to require almost constant care in the last months of her life.

Also, if you consider how Yoda had spent those 20 years it is no wonder he began to feel his age: he lived in an isolated swamp on a planet with dark side energies, his only intelligent company being the occasional visit from Qui-Gon’s ghost. With nothing to do but to wait for Luke to show up, he had plenty of time to dwell on his failure to destroy the Sith, his regret at the destruction of the Jedi Order (and the subsequent loss of those he cared for) and the Republic. Mentally and physically that is not a healthy way of living.

 

I think Yoda's lightsaber dueling days where over. I think he was already sick when Luke arrived for his training. I mean, It didn't take to long between movies. By the ROTJ, Yoda can barely talk..

 

Because he had to survive in order to train 'The Other' in case something happened to Luke. Also, he was over 800 years old I think he knew he was no match for Vader in that age.

 

What was he going to do; sit on Luke's lap?

 

Where else could he go!?

 

Yoda stayed on Dagobah because he was having a new washing machine delivered and had to be in between 9am and 4pm to have it installed...

 

Going into a bit of further details.......

If Yoda faced Vader, it really wouldn't have been pretty. Those memories would've flooded Vader's mind like a typhoon.
Vader would've probably killed Yoda in one hit.
Luke would've gone into full basket case mode and would've been bawling all over the place; "first my aunt and uncle, then Obi-Wan, now Yoda?! WHY?!?!?!?!" You get the picture.
Luke wouldn't have been able to stand up to Vader, and would've probably either fallen to the dark side or died at Vader's hand.
So, in retrospect, it's a really good thing that Yoda stayed on Dagobah.

 

Maybe Yoda sensed that Luke would turn Vader back to the light side. He was so insistent that Luke must face Vader alone, and that Luke must face Vader before being a true Jedi. Why? Sure, Jedi trials, but surely there would have been other options for Luke's trials, and it's not worth risking the life of one of the few remaining Jedi and the success of the rebellion just for the sake of a trial. However, it is strange that Yoda and/or Obi-Wan (along with other surviving Jedi) didn't hunt down Vader shortly after ROTS. Take out Vader and there's only Sidious left, and if Yoda alone was able to stand his ground against Sidious for a while, I think that Yoda, Obi-Wan, and a bunch of other Jedi together could have taken him on, as long as it had happened shortly after ROTS before they got too old.

 

No one except Luke thought Vader could be redeemed and that was after ESB. What was Yoda's quote? "Once you start down the path to theDark Side, forever will it dominate your destiny." He did not believe Vader could be redeemed and neither did Obi-Wan.

 

I dunno why Yoda, Obi-Wan, and any other remaining Jedi just hung it up after ROTS. Even if it were just Yoda and Obi-Wan remaining, you only have two Sith lords to destroy and one of them is now in a mechanical suit. Never really understood that.

 

In the books, several Jedi do attempt to kill Vader- and die trying.

 

Thanks. I haven't read much EU.

 

Valid point, but maybe he sensed it in a more indirect way. He could have sensed that Luke was destined to face Vader alone, with the reason being that Luke would turn Vader to the light side, but without being aware of that reason.

 

Not really much point. This was about Luke, Plus it would have drawn a lot of interest from the Emperor which would not have been a good idea.