His delicate keyboard coloration and the elfin playfulness with which he bounces off his wonderfully free-wheeling bass, drums and percussion ensemble deservedly elicited thunderous applause.
Director Irvin Kershner said Freeborn put his own image into Yoda the Jedi Master, giving the character inquisitive and elfin features with "more than a passing resemblance to Freeborn himself, " Lucasfilm said.