By Common Consent blog post about Latter-day Saint culture references the Kimball/Yoda myth.
"Mormon Culture Tournament – Round 1 Part 1," By Common Consent, December 8, 2006, accessed February 23, 2023
People frequently insist that President Kimball was in some way the inspiration for Yoda. I don’t understand why this is desirable. Here is a side-by-side comparison so you can decided if they were separated at birth.