Ahmed Best shared his experience of the backlash to the prequel trilogy and his character, Jar Jar Binks, and it's a larger ...

How harrowing. While landing a role in a Star Wars movie is a dream to many, it quickly became a nightmare for Best. The ...

Best hopes his ordeal has helped people understand that even with CGI characters, you shouldn't act "like the actors don’t ...

Jar Jar Binks Actor Reflects on Backlash to “Phantom Menace”: 'My Career Began and Ended' with “Star Wars” (Exclusive) Brenton Blanchet. Sat, May 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM UTC.

Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be the role of a lifetime for actor Ahmed Best, plucked from a percussive dance troupe and given serious screen time in George Lucas' "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace ...

And unlike Jar Jar Binks, Kelleran Beq isn’t wearing a mask or covered in CG. Beq’s face is Ahmed Best’s face. Now when Best is recognized for being in Star Wars, ...

Even Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in the first two Star Wars movies, joined the conversation when he tweeted out Nov. 2, “I will say this, it feels really good when the hidden meaning ...

The actor, 42, was originally hired just to be the "physicality" of Jar Jar Binks. But "Star Wars" creator George Lucas later decided to have Best voice the character as well.

The historian and theorist Daniel J. Boorstin coined the phrase “famous for being famous” way back in 1962, before there was an Internet or a Jar Jar Binks or even Star Wars at all.

Lego Star Wars: The Phantom Menace BrickHeadz is on sale for $38 (was $55) at Amazon. It's one of two Star Wars Lego sets ...

Also coming from Marvel Comics will be Star Wars: Age of Republic Special #1, compiling multiple short adventures, including one focusing on Jar Jar Binks. Videos by ComicBook.com ...

The title of this fan theory is "Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens."You can read it in its entirety on Reddit ...