Backstory
History
History noun - An account of important events in the order in which they happened.
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- George Lucas officially knows nothing about any of Yoda's backstory or history, despite having crafted elaborate backstories for basically every other character in the series (even ones with less than a minute of screentime) through the Expanded Universe.
Source: Shrug of God - Lavishly detailed rooms, plenty of interesting objects with no clear function, and a host of hinted backstory and history.
Source: Video Game / The Dreamhold -
In the chapter delving into his backstory and history with Rin, he's also strapped to a table while Ratsura injects him with a Psycho Serum meant to force him to transform by giving him nightmarish hallucinations.
Source: Fanfic / Savior of Demons
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History and Backstory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backstory/history
Backstory & History. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/backstory/history>.
History or Backstory. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backstory/history.
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