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He closed his message Tuesday with, "Would this be a good story for my solo show? [9] After Lucas walked out of the audition, Best felt he had failed it. Fast Saga's Future Explained, Why Batman Had To Retire After The Dark Knight Rises, Why Jared Leto's Joker Is In The Justice League Snyder Cut, Milla Jovovich Is Hollywood's Deadliest Action Star, MCU Theory: Captain America’s Super Soldier Serum Contains VIBRANIUM, Tom Holland Says He’ll Leak The Uncharted Movie First Look Photo, Spider-Man 3: Other MCU Characters Who Could Appear, The MCU May Have Set Up A Classic Iron Man Villain, Love and Monsters Review: This Adventure Comedy Is A Delightful Distraction, Tom Felton Says He’s Trying To Organize A Harry Potter Reunion, The Witches Review: A Visually Delightful Adaptation, But Could Be More. Some even charged Lucas with employing racist stereotypes in conceiving Jar Jar, whose flapping ears gave him a semi-Rastafarian look and who spoke in "hilarious" broken English.

One wild outgrowth of the "Darth Jar Jar" theory holds that Supreme Leader Snoke, the Sith lord introduced in The Force Awakens and due to appear again in The Last Jedi, actually is Jar Jar or was somehow created by Jar Jar.

In Best's view of things (he does have a book coming out after all), it's possible this entire Star Wars deal all boils down to Jar Jar Binks. Ahmed Best faced such backlash after playing Jar Jar in the Star Wars prequels that he considered taking his life, the actor revealed Tuesday. "[27] One fan, Mike J. Nichols, created and distributed, free of charge, a modified version of the film, entitled The Phantom Edit, which cut out several scenes featuring what Nichols dubbed 'Jar Jar antics.'

The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Best says the backlash to him portraying Binks really hurt his acting career and that offers to take on other roles outside of Star Wars dried up. Chris Taylor of Mashable wrote that the situation reflects real life in that adults disliked Jar Jar in the prequel films, but children were entertained by him. Best’s Star Wars character has been a frequent pop.-culture punchline but in recent years the New York native has been able to embrace the infamy. Best won an Annie Award for his voice acting in a 2008 episode of Robot Chicken that lampooned Jar Jar. Born () August 19, 1973 (age 47) New York City, U.S. Best also addressed the biggest Jar Jar theory out there, the so called "Darth Jar Jar" scenario, where the Gungan was actually a powerful Sith lord who only pretended to be a clownish yutz in order to throw off his enemies. He and Jedi Master Mace Windu are the two main characters of the two-part episode "The Disappeared" in which they had to search for missing elders and rescue a queen, who was Jar Jar's past love interest. The singer, Russell Wilson and their kids are too cute for words. Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best wanted Star Wars creator George Lucas to give his character some kind of closure by killing him off.

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Qui-Gon and his padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), persuade Jar Jar's tribe to release him to their custody as a guide. Star Wars 8 news: How will Kylo Ren get Darth Vader's lightsaber. [3] However, part of this reception changed in 2015 after a popular fan theory, later confirmed by Best,[4] suggested Jar Jar had been actually written as a manipulative villain in The Phantom Menace before being discarded in the next films.

Desa hisen Naboo tink I help the uh-oh Empire. ", "The biggest problem with the Jar Jar Theory", "I will say this, it feels really good when the hidden meaning behind the work is seen.

Best has endorsed the theory in the past, hinting that some version of "Darth Jar Jar" was actually in Lucas' plans before fan backlash forced him to scrap the character. Some may see the Jar Jar scene as a form of trolling by author Chuck Wendig, as the excerpt sees the adults of Naboo disliking Jar Jar, while their children are entertained by him – much like reality. In one scene a refugee boy called Mapo recognises the accident-prone alien and Jar Jar explains he’s very sad he helped the rise of the Empire. Following his debut and central role in 1999’s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the goofy Gungan alien was scaled back for the rest of the prequel trilogy – with a much smaller role.
Best seems to think there's something to this idea as well, saying it would be cool if Snoke were actually a shape-shifter who transformed himself into Jar Jar, Mace Windu and other significant characters throughout the saga. Jar Jar's role in Attack of the Clones is much smaller, but his actions are significant. They want the films to be tough like The Terminator, and they get very upset and opinionated about anything that has anything to do with being childlike. Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars saga created by George Lucas. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. I hope that George saying this – that it was his favorite character – will help people look deeper into the work that we did as filmmakers and what we did as collaborators and what we did as artists.”. “George saying what he said this weekend put me on a really strong path to healing,” he said. "It's still hard to talk about," Ahmed Best wrote on Twitter Tuesday. Hopefully Ahmed Best speaking out will also help clear his name and lead him to attaining new film roles. He later goes with the Jedi and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) to the planet Tatooine, where he meets and befriends nine-year-old slave Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd). "[29], In July 2018, Best said that the widespread criticism of his character had led to him considering suicide.