Yoda Personality Type

Few characters in Star Wars are more recognizable than Yoda. A Grand Master and a Master of the Jedi Order for many years, Yoda had more of a hand in shaping the Jedi Order than most. He personally trained dozens of generations of padawans, and led the Republic army throughout most of the Clone Wars. Ultimately, his own hubris led the Order to its demise and Yoda into exile. Despite his pride, his resistance to change, and his role in the fall of the Republic, Yoda was still a great Jedi who led the Order as an INTP.

As I have said before, many Jedi are introverted. Like monks, Jedi put great value in solitude and meditation as a way of growing deeper in the Force. Yoda loved to meditate and spend time alone in the garden at the Temple. He had no issue speaking or teaching, which he did often with padawans or in the Council, but he was soft-spoken and carefully selected his words. Yoda was biased towards thinking, rather than action.

Like Qui-Gon Jinn and other green-lightsaber-users, Yoda cared more for learning the Force's mysteries than physical combat. He was extremely knowledgeable and a lifelong learner who was curious even in old age. He was also a great strategist and could use battle meditation to lead the Republic forces to victory. Yoda was very much future and big-picture focused and preferred wrestling with ideas and thoughts over staying grounded in current events.

This is the core Yoda's biggest flaws. Yoda let his pride and fear blind him from the growing Dark side surrounding the Jedi Order. He led the Order for over 200 years and did not allow it to evolve in the face of questioning and doubts presented by Qui-Gon Jinn, Dooku, Anakin, and others. Someone more in-tune with their own feelings would have identified these flaws sooner and have corrected them (assuming they were interested in personal growth).

Despite his immense power and prestige, Yoda did not use his position to significantly impact the direction (or erosion) of the Order. He was more scholar than master, and his training style saw him encourage padawans to figure things out for themselves. Yoda let large-scale galactic events unfold around the Jedi and merely reacted to them as best as he could. Even with growing concern of a Dark Lord, Yoda was never proactive in rooting the Sith out.

There are many different types of leaders, and examples of great leaders come from all of them. In Yoda's case, he preferred a more hands-off approach to training and managing the direction of the Jedi Order. Despite trusting the Force, Yoda let his pride and fear cloud his judgment and did not take action soon enough to stem the tide of evil that washed over the Council, the Order, the Republic, and the Galaxy. Neither did his close colleague Mace Windu, despite being a very different leader.