Was there ever hope for Jar Jar Binks?

The situations they put him in were bad. Always doing something dumb. He could have been a neat character but stepping in poop shouldn't have made him a general.

 

Having a character there solely for 'comedy value' was not a good decision. He wasn't a character. I wish they'd made the Gungans more of a tribal warrior race, and had the Jar Jar character become more of an organic part of the crew by being Padme's bodyguard in Episode II.

 

I would have liked that a lot.
his characters humor was forced as well.

 

I would be interested if someone dubbed a different voice for Jar Jar? His antics are still juvenile in the movie, but his voice makes it worse!

 

I have no beef with Ahmed.

 

JJ (haha) Binks, like the ewoks were created to entertain the kids, not us unfortunately. But the character does not bother me too much, there are a lot of other things that I dislike more iin the PT than Binks:

- Hayden Christenense as Anakin;
- Lloyd as Anakin;
- Story;
- Script

 

I had a friend that had three kids all under 7. They loved Jar Jar. The comedy was out of place and his personality was unreal.

In the late 80's early 90's Lucas and Chris Clarmont (writer for a long run of X-men comics) did a trilogy of stories that were sequels to the story of Willow. There was a character in it that I loved. That was basically an otter, the character was a natural swimmer, acrobatic and very much a happy go lucky sort. Watching Jar Jar I thought of this character and I would have much preferred the otter design. Its clear that Lucas used the same sort of idea as the kernel for Jar Jar.

 

Surprisingly, what annoyed me the most was the fact that Lucasfilm took him mostly out of the rest of the trilogy. Love him or hate him, they put so much effort into him and the Gungans in Episode 1,and then nothing but a few idiotic scenes in II and III. I'm not a big fan,but he was part of the team.

 

Was there really any intent on part of Lucas or Lucasfilm to make us actually WANT to save him? Hmm let's see, 1-We had never ever seen a piece of poop in SW till Jar Jar came along to step in one and 2-We had never heard a fart in SW till Jar Jar came along to smell it. Were they even trying to get adult fans to like him? What's worst, after PM, knowing that that character generated lots of hatred from the fans, knowing people who hated the Ewoks now comsider them awesome compared to Jar Jar and knowing people hate and acuse Jar Jar of being a rasist stereotype, Lucas makes Jar Jar the sole reason that Palpatine, the most vile scumbag in the galaxy, rose to power! Is there any doubt that Jar Jar was made to be hated? Why make a reviled character be the dude who gave rise to the villain who would be responisble for destroying the whole Jedi order and making life miserable to the whole galaxy? Can it get any worse than that or is there even a slight chance that they want someone to like him?

 

This is all of the hope you will ever need:

 

Jar Jar never worked sadly........ Had he had been toned down and more of a Chewie Type character it would have changed the entire outlook of the film.

 

Dude but if so many fans say they hate the prequel movies and AOTC and ROTS hardly had Jar Jar in them, imagine the hatred and the fury that people would aim at the prequels if Jar Jar would have had a greater role in them. In just one movie we had screams, a pile of poop, a fart, tongue jokes, cowardice and enough clumsyness to embarrass even Goofy, imagine what more horrors could Jar Jar have added to the saga if left as a main character.

 

That would have been interesting. Clearly George was trying to do a soft-reboot and redeem the prequels by cutting a much-hated character, but I wonder what the films would have been like had he tried to redeem Jar Jar himself?

Apart from the slapstick, Jar Jar is - dare I say it - actually an interesting character.

 

Even after all his dumb antics in TPM, fart and poop aside, had Jar Jar been given at least one or two good points as a senator maybe the hatred for him would have decreased. If instead of making him the sole reason that Palpatine rose to power, they would have given that roll to some other senator and had made Jar Jar strictly oppose that decision, I'm sure a few fans would have seen him in a new light. Even if he failed and Palpatine still rose to power, the fact that Jar Jar would have at least tried to prevent that would have given his character a little hope but after all the hatred he generated in TPM, having Jar Jar suckered into helping old man Palps rise to ultimate power, that was the last thing he needed to be completly hated and considered useless.

 

I always thought that Jar Jar COULD have been a cool character. First off, change the voice. To... anything. Maybe even an alien voice with subtitles. Anything. Second, we know he was banished. Why? Clumsiness. Why not have it be him trying to kill Boss Nass or something like that? Maybe he could be like a Han Solo character who rides the line but becomes good. That would make for a great action sequence when they swim down to the city. Trying to get a transport without being seen or causing a disturbance. The Jedi have no choice but to go along. His design, at it's base, is fine. Give him some personality by giving him scars, tattoos, etc. though.

 

They were the original design for Jar Jar .

 

Marvel should release a Star Wars: Binks miniseries in an effort to redeem Jar Jar. Maybe he can start a Rebel cell with Padme's handmaidens to avenge the death of his comrade?