He developed the character's trademark syntax, returning to voice and puppet the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). George Lucas originally contacted Henson to play the part of Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), but he recommended Oz for the part instead. He is one of the primary puppeteers responsible for the development of Jim Henson's Sesame Street (1969) and The Muppet Show (1976) as well as over 75 other Muppet productions. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz.
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