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welcome to this week this one's a pretty interesting one it's about a favorite
character Jar Jar Binks or who most liked to call the true Sith Lord and
these 10 facts we're gonna go over some interesting things starting off with
number one we have the early Disney Connection decades before Disney bought
Lucasfilm when George Lucas was still coming up with the story and characters
for episode 1 the filmmaker wanted to make his next installment into the Star
Wars franchise to be more kids friendly as George puts it I can't even begin to
tell you how much of an influence Disney has had on me I will say one secret that
nobody knows not many people realize that goofy was the inspiration for Jar
Jar Binks I know that you will look at him differently now it's pretty obvious
actually but um I love goofy and I love Jar Jar so there we go
the accident-prone cartoon canine was a direct influence on the creation of Jar
Jar Binks however for the comedy reliefs named George was inspired by his son
Jett Lucas Jett helped make Jar Jar and goofy a Gungan number two he prevented a
second droid invasion on Naboo after the Phantom Menace Jar Jar Binks presents in
the following two films in the prequels was severely reduced however the
character did get his moment to shine again in the animated TV series the
Clone Wars in fact the character voiced by Ahmed
best was featured in a number of episodes on the show often on some
diplomatic mission alongside senator Padme Amidala or during events taking
place on his home world of Naboo on one of these missions Jar Jar Binks was sent
back Naboo to help stop a separatist droid
invasion of the Republic world given that he played a major role in repelling
the trade Federation's droid invasion a few years earlier
the Gungan might not even have been such a bad choice for the mission George our
learned that a scientist and a nearby factory was engineering a deadly virus
called blue shadow that was meant to spread all over Naboo thankfully the
Gungan war hero was able to stop the separatist plans and save the day with a
little help from some obscure characters named ahsoka tano Padme Amidala obi-wan
Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker number three Michel Binks the King of Pop Michael
Jackson was a big star Wars fan and became good friends with George Lucas so
when the time came for the Star Wars creator to begin work on the Phantom
Menace Jackson petitioned Lucas about playing the role of Jar Jar Binks
feeling that having one of the most famous performers in the world in
Episode one would overshadow every other character in the movie Lucas politely
turned the pop star down Jackson accepted his decision and showed Lucas
no ill-will in fact he even invited him to come to one of his performances lucas
brought Natalie Portman and the actor that the jar Jar role had gone to akhmad
best after the show the three of them met with Jackson backstage and got along
splendid that is until Lucas mentioned that best was going to be charged R
Michael then went immediately cold towards the actor much to bestest
confusion and leaving him with a very unusual experience but now finally Jar
Jar is one of the most beloved characters in Star Wars and I'm really
happy about this because I always loved Jar Jar number four it's a Gungan on
another heroic mission for the Republic in the Clone Wars series Jar Jar was
sent on a diplomatic mission to the homeworld of Admiral Ackbar Mon Cala
their King had been assassinated which had only inflated the tensions between
the mon calamari and the planets other native species the chlorine which had
erupted into a civil war taking advantage of the situation the
separatists moved in behind the scenes and did their part to make the situation
even more hostile this led to the Republic to send senator Padme Amidala
the Jedi Kit Fisto and Anakin Skywalker their mission was to thwart the threat
and reduce the tensions between the two sides but because the entire world was
essentially one big ocean they at a disadvantage except for Kit Fisto
so obi-wan Kenobi insisted that Jar Jar be dispatched to Naboo to plead with the
Gungans to help them on calamari eventually the clumsy diplomat was able
to convince his people to join the cause and the Gungans helped to turn the tide
of the conflict that besieged mon cala number 5 Jar Jar Binks is the first CGI
main character motion capture technology has become a homestay of big genre
blockbusters today but back in 1997 one production of The Phantom Menace began
the technology wasn't unheard of but it was definitely in its infancy the
technique had been used by filmmakers for specific shots and the use of CGI to
create background characters in crowded scenes which was being used in the film
industry however motion capture had never been
used to create a wholly CGI character out of one of the principal roles before
that is until George Lucas ahmud bests Jar Jar Binks beat Andy Serkis as Gollum
as the first fully realized CGI character Jar Jar assured in a new age
of filmmaking and helped shape modern usage of mocap technology number six
frozen Gungan both Jar Jar Binks and his voice um at best have also shown up in
other animated programs other than the Clone Wars such as in Disney infinity
3.0 or Lego Star Wars droid tales even without Best Jar Jar had appeared
throughout various Star Wars projects for instance in the video game about
Darth Vader's secret apprentice the Force Unleashed there is a fun nod to
the goofy inspired character has at one point in the game the Gungan can
actually be seen frozen in carbonite number seven
he was Yoda's fight coordinator among some of the most debated moments from
the prequels is the infamous duel between Jedi Master Yoda and the evil
Count Dooku on Geonosis in attack of the clones while many fans were excited to
finally be able to see the diminutive Jedi Master jump around and kick some
butt others thought the CGI fight scene was cringy and just took away from Yoda
serenity it even violated some of Lucas's earlier ideas for the character
as neither the Grand Master nor the Emperor were meant to use lightsabers
but of course that changed and I'm really glad it did
after I'm at best who had a background in martial
and dance got his hands on the script and read the scene he noted that it
seemed mostly as a placeholder and hadn't been fleshed out so he reached
out to the effects supervisor Rob Coleman and offered his expertise to
help craft the scene best wrote most of the action and choreography for the
scene having yatta fights separately with his body while he uses the force to
control his lightsaber in the battle was one of bests major inputs to the scene
with that said it couldn't have been easy for the jar-jar actor not only was
his character abhorred by the majority of fans sadly but all the work he put
into the scene was also controversial number 8 the Empire is Jar Jar Binks his
fault though there weren't many scenes with Jar Jar in attack of the clones and
he was all but gone from Revenge of the Sith
there was actually a deleted scene that fleshed out the Gungans relationship
with Supreme Chancellor sheev Palpatine the Naboo native notoriously helped
elevate Palpatine's rise to power when he gave the speech that swayed the
Senate to grant the Chancellor emergency powers at the end of episode 2 which
eventually led to the destruction of the Jedi the rise of the Empire and the
death of billions a big oopsie on jar jar's part but in that deleted scene
from episode 3 Jar Jar walks down a long pathway with Palpatine as the Chancellor
in not so many words thanks the Gungan for putting him in power the scene kind
of showed how far Jar Jar had come or perhaps fallen as he went from a
fun-loving kids character into a manipulated politician number nine the
Binks side of the force though manipulated politicians from a certain
point of view might not be accurate by now most of you probably have heard the
years old theory that before George Lucas changed his mind due to the
reaction from fans towards the character he originally meant for Jar Jar Binks to
be revealed as a Sith Lord so the manipulated politician might have
been Palpatine and not Jar Jar though it may seem far-fetched Ahmed best thinks
there is some merit to it in an early draft for The Phantom Menace there was
talk about having Jar Jar Binks be a double agent mercenary so if you go with
this Darth Binks theory then the Gungan purposely ushered in the Galactic Empire
and wanted cities to take power it's definitely not true but George Lucas has
of yet not denied the theory number ten his fate but regardless of
whatever ideas George Lucas may or may not have had for the character they no
longer are a factor as Disney is making their own cannon and in the new cannon
as revealed in the aftermath series of books that takes place after Return of
the Jedi we learned jar jar's fate and a bittersweet ending for the character and
in a byte of satire Jar Jar is now a street performer and clown who is loved
by kids but shunned by the adults Naboo yawns and Gungans alike because of the
part he played in the rise of the Empire but it's a large galaxy and perhaps Jar
Jar story is not quite over and one day he may get some Redemption both on and
off the screen I'd like to thank Amit best for his wonderful and great
portrayal of Jar Jar Binks he was definitely a big staple in my childhood
growing up seeing that character as he was the awesome comic relief I hope you
have a great day and hope you enjoyed this info on Jar Jar until the next
episode remember the force will be with you always