Via Variety.com:

On Sunday morning, Frank Oz — the celebrated puppeteer behind such Jim Henson characters as Miss Piggy, Grover, Fozzie Bear, and Sam the Eagle — premieres his new documentary “Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched” at SXSW. The film is a candid, often bitingly funny conversation between Oz and four of his closest colleagues: Dave Goelz (Gonzo), Bill Barretta (Rowlf the Dog), Fran Brill (Little Bird), and Jerry Nelson (Count von Count), who died in 2012.

Oz shot the conversation some years ago, and only got around to putting the final touches on it now. “The terrible thing is, I don’t rush when I don’t have a deadline,” he says. “We had no deadline.” Ahead of the film’s premiere, Oz spoke to Variety about the Muppets, why the ABC reboot TV series didn’t work in 2015, and if he’s really returning as Yoda in the new “Star Wars.”

There are reports that you might reprise Yoda in the new “Star Wars.”
I feel like I’m a prisoner at war here, and I can only give you my name, rank and serial number. To be true to the people who asked me, and they are kind of my family, I have to say I’ve been asked not to talk about it. I love Yoda. I would be happy to talk to you about it at the time they let me.

Do you see “Star Wars: Rogue One”?
I have not. I have my Academy DVD. Tell me something. How do people see everything?

But you did see “The Force Awakens”?
I thought J.J. Abrams did a great job of synthesizing all this information. It was a tough thing for J.J. to be asked to do—to transition to a new family of “Star Wars” and still pay homage and respect to the others. It’s different from the way that George Lucas would have done it. George would probably have had a more overall arch that would follow the other stories and have a moral depth. But, my gosh, what J.J. did was really entertaining. It was so much fun.

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