Hey... ok, I never post. But, this calls for a response. Call to arms. First off, as far as the corny lines... thats what makes Star Wars! If you watch the originals, there were a TON of corny line...

it may have been a bit hard to use a puppet to do all those flips

That was the whole reason they didn't use a puppet, because it couldn't be done. I thought the CG Yoda looked awesome.

sure it could have, they wouldve sped up the camera. i think they shouldve used a claymation yoda