What do you think of Jar-Jar Binks?

[Battousai the Manslayer]

we started episode 1 with anakin being an innocent child and we end in 3 with him consumed by hatred and evil

I thought that was another major flaw. Anakin started out as a slave, not an innocent child. Had they actually depicted anything close to slavery, it would've significantly added to Vader's coolness-

[Battousai the Manslayer]

Han shot first and Boba Fett was not a bloody clone.

Amen.

[Anubis.]

I don't really like the character of Jar Jar, it was made for the five year old kids. It is partly because of this character that i regard this film as a failure.

[Anubis69]

I watched it this afternoon and all i can say is...

Am i the only Star Wars fan who LIKES Jar Jar?

Yes.

[plaw15]

I liked jar jar alot, but everyone else I know doesn't.

[Morbo]

Jar Jar was terrible.
It was the worst form of comic-relief possible.
His speech was annoying. His attitude was annoying.

And, if you'll recall Jar Jar is actually responsible for the formation of the Empire.
That's reason enough to hate him.

[Battousai the Manslayer]

And, if you'll recall Jar Jar is actually responsible for the formation of the Empire.
That's reason enough to hate him.

I was shocked when he was even considered for temporary Senator.

[Major Tyler]

The starter of this thread intended it to be a Pro-Jar Jar thread. I've changed the title to match that purpose. Please keep any further discussions Pro-Jar Jar.

Thanks!

[Ses]

I didn't mind Jar Jar in Episode II and especially in Episode III... but there was just way too much of him in Episode 1 - although there was some funny moments with him

[iLemon]

I LOVED Jar Jar in Ep I, he had me in stitches half the time he was on screen

[Qtyled]

I LOVED Jar Jar in Ep I, he had me in stitches half the time he was on screen

Same here! And I didn't even know what he was saying!

[1138]

It's a bit surrealistic to see Padme, Anakin, Obi-Wan and the rest stoically accept Jar Jar's antics as socially acceptable

You gotta learn to watch the movie. Obi-Wan refers to him as a "pathetic lifeform", Threepio and Artoo ridicule him, Padme gives him a dirty look when he gets his hand stuck in the podracer, Panaka disdains the Gungans. It's all there. It was meant to contrast Qui-Gon's compassion vs. the general population of the galaxy, including the other Jedi. And although the lines were cut from Episode III, it was because Qui-Gon was so different that he was able to retain his identity and teach Yoda about it. The thread was woven so subtly that today's superficial world can't see it.

There's a certain literary value to having a bumbling fool like Jar Jar but most people are too stupid to understand it and drone on and on about how bad the prequels are. If you learned to think just a bit more deeply you'd actually understand them a lot more.

[Shep'sSocks]

You gotta learn to watch the movie. Obi-Wan refers to him as a "pathetic lifeform", Threepio and Artoo ridicule him, Padme gives him a dirty look when he gets his hand stuck in the podracer, Panaka disdains the Gungans. It's all there. It was meant to contrast Qui-Gon's compassion vs. the general population of the galaxy, including the other Jedi. And although the lines were cut from Episode III, it was because Qui-Gon was so different that he was able to retain his identity and teach Yoda about it. The thread was woven so subtly that today's superficial world can't see it.

There's a certain literary value to having a bumbling fool like Jar Jar but most people are too stupid to understand it and drone on and on about how bad the prequels are. If you learned to think just a bit more deeply you'd actually understand them a lot more.

Omigod! You're George Lucas, aren't you!

[Commander Ivanova]

There's a certain literary value to having a bumbling fool like Jar Jar but most people are too stupid to understand it and drone on and on about how bad the prequels are. If you learned to think just a bit more deeply you'd actually understand them a lot more.

There's a long tradition of the fool in literature to provide light relief, a counterpoint to the serious stuff, an 'everyman' perspective, etc. just look at Shakespeare. It's full of jesters, jokers, buffoons, rude mechanicals.

The point about Jar Jar Binks, for me at least, is that he was annoying, incomprehensible and idiosyncratic in the extreme, and lacked the redeeming features needed to make him at all sympathetic and hence an effective fool.

And if you learned to be just a little less patronising you'd actually find people would interact with you on an intellectual level instead of taking offence and storming off in a huff.

[HirogenGater]

I never had a problem with Jar Jar.