A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

YODA

Sat, 11 Jan '25
Baby ___
Sun, 5 Jan '25
Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "Lola"
Tue, 19 Nov '24
Saga sage since 1980
Fri, 25 Oct '24
Iconic role for Frank Oz
Mon, 24 Jun '24
A Jedi mentor, he was
Sun, 5 May '24
See 4-Across
Sun, 7 Apr '24
Baby ___
Wed, 3 May '23
Skywalker mentor
Mon, 3 Apr '23
Beloved film character who says "Size matters not"
Fri, 6 Jan '23
His dying words were "There is another … Skywalker …"
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Sci-fi character who was originally a puppet before C.G.I.
Sun, 8 May '22
Noted character with object-subject-verb syntax
Mon, 14 Feb '22
Wise one in "Star Wars"
Wed, 27 Oct '21
Baby ___ ("The Mandalorian" nickname)
Fri, 26 Feb '21
Diminutive master of film
Mon, 8 Feb '21
Who says "When you look at the dark side, careful you must be"
Fri, 8 Jan '21
Whom Grogu resembles on "The Mandalorian"