4 reasons why Yoda failed as a Jedi

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He initially refused to train Luke

Yoda basically had one job after he lost to Darth Sidious and watched the fall of the Jedi. That was to stay in exile until Luke Skywalker was old enough to be trained. That time finally came and when Luke came to Dagobah and met the wrinkled old Jedi, Yoda refused to train him. Sure it could’ve just been a test of Luke’s patience, but it really didn’t come off that way.

The Jedi master argues that Luke is too old to be trained, and has too much anger. It takes Obi-Wan to intervene through the voice of his Force ghost to finally convince Yoda to train Luke. If Yoda was a great and honorable Jedi, he should’ve been exploding with excitement through his green skin to train a new Jedi. He witnessed the fall of the group he committed basically all 900 years of his life to and now had a chance to right the wrong.

Instead of eagerly agreeing to train Luke, he truly seems disgruntled and uninterested in the task, and either became disillusioned in his isolation or bitter. It’s also possible Yoda wasn’t just physically beaten by Darth Sidious, but also mentally. His will was broken so much that he had to be convinced by Obi-Wan to go through with their original plan, and that is a sign of someone who has failed in his role as a leader.

Do you think Yoda failed as a Jedi?