The Dropout's Yoda Theranos Inspiration Is A Bizarre Plot Hole

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Amanda Seyfried stars in The Dropout as the founder and CEO of Theranos, but one of her biggest inspirations for starting the company is a reference to Yoda that comes six years too soon. The Hulu original based on the ABC podcast of the same name follows the rise and fall of the real-life Elizabeth Holmes (played in The Dropout by Seyfried). Early on in the first episode, she is shown writing in her “Ideas Notebook.” When she closes it, audiences see that there is a sticker of Yoda on the cover. Later on in the episode, she closely examines the sticker before coming up with the invention that becomes the basis for Theranos.

In a scene that takes place in 2002, Elizabeth is shown during a summer college program that takes her to Beijing. While there, she becomes close with Sunny (Naveen Andrews) and tells him she wants to invent something in the biomedical industry. She goes on to say that she is drawn to the industry because she wants to “help people” and “be a billionaire like Steve Jobs.” Although Elizabeth Holmes is obsessed with Steve Jobs, she is absolutely enchanted by Yoda. There’s a sticker of the Jedi master on her notebook so she can continue being inspired by him while coming up with inventions. She quotes Yoda to Professor Phyllis Gardner (Laurie Metcalf) and has a mural of the same quote – “Do or do not. There is no try.” – painted in the Theranos lobby.

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There’s one small problem with Elizabeth’s propensity for Star Wars: her sticker shows the version of Yoda found in The Clone Wars, which wasn’t released until 2008, making the reference over half a decade early. Having her repeatedly quote Yoda and making it apparent that Theranos