article_snippet.sent: A green-skinned figure in a medieval manuscript may look very familiar to Star Wars fans.
article_snippet.sent: an illustration to tie in with the Biblical story of Samson appears to show the Jedi knight Yoda on the pages of a religious document.
article_snippet.sent: A green-tinged cloaked figure in a medieval manuscript (pictured) bears more than a little resemblance to the Jedi knight Yoda from the Star Wars films, but is in fact a part of a strange representation of the Biblical story of Samson Samson .
article_snippet.sent: The the Jedi knight Yoda image comes from a 14th century manuscript known as the Smithfield Decretals,’ British Library curator Julian Harrison told MailOnline.
article_snippet.sent: I'd love to say that it really was Yoda, or was drawn by a medieval time traveller, but it's actually an illustration to the Biblical story of Samson Samson
article_snippet.sent: The Yoda like image comes from a 14th-century manuscript known as the Smithfield Decretals.
article_snippet.sent: A model of the popular Star Wars character is shown .
article_snippet.sent: The Yoda like image’ is meant to be in the tale.
article_snippet.sent: The Yoda like image’ made the biblical character, or ‘
article_snippet.sent: Yoda’ appearance in a collection of papal letters and church decrees in the precious volume, which can be viewed in the biblical character, or ‘Yoda’ entirely online.
article_snippet.sent: the biblical character, or ‘Yoda’ also includes a bizarre image of a rabbit shooting a leaping dog with a bow and arrow.
article_snippet.sent: No-one is suggesting that the image of The Yoda like image influenced the popular films in any way, but according to Star Wars folklore, The Yoda like image is 900 years old –
article_snippet.sent: So if it were The Yoda like image in shown in the book, it would have been a ‘portrait’ drawn when The Yoda like image was approximately 260 years old.
article_snippet.sent: The biblical character, or ‘The Yoda like image’ made
article_snippet.sent: The Yoda like image appearance in a collection of papal letters and church decrees in the precious volume, a page of which is shown above.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manuscript showing the green tinged figure bears a striking resemblance to Yoda in the Star Wars films .
  