You wrote-: "NOT Yoda . . . but most of that spine is left . . . Looks like the upper and lower are pretty much lined up".
We see reality very differently. I see the classic Hogan reverse K position with a lot of rightwards torso/spinal tilt. The upper torso/spine is only left-of-center because his entire pivoting body is left-of-center. That body-left-of-center pivot is classically seen in the S&T swing (where the body is loaded over the left leg and not the right leg at the end-backswing position) - but S&T golfers don't have a rightwards spinal tilt like Hogan.
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