Design vs Character: Jar jar.

[C.E. Evans]

I would have liked it better if Jar-Jar had started out as the goofy prat we know him as but slowly became a competent Jedi. In TPM he could have had his last big screw-up which forced him to reflect and get serious about in things. In the end he would be a quirky Jedi odd-ball who can also fight in a badass style and get bussiness done.

Why have Jar-Jar be a Jedi? To inject a litte bit of life into the Jedi. All of them were so serious and devoid of personality it would have been nice for one of them to still retain a sense of humour. Kudos to Obi-Wan for still being capable of empathy.

I remember an old conversation about the Jedi Order seen during the prequels hadn't always been so institutionalized and conservative, but that the last Sith War drove them in that direction.

 

[Tarek71]

what made you hate him? if he was a different character but the same design, would you still hate him? i think if he was played as a criminal, shade of han solo, and he would have been a cool character, funny but diffrent, what do you think, what sucks about Jar jar? design or character?

Everytime I see that absurd idiot, Jar Jar I hear Cybermen saying "DELETE!, DELETE!"

I think it would be wonderful if on DVD they released a special Jar Jar less cut, with him digitally removed entirely from the movie. A little additional nip and tuck editing after that with certain scenes, and youve immediately improved the movie by a leap and a bound. Possibly the worst character ever created. He's in the running at least.

Trading him in for a different character who happened to look the same is fine. Its not the look, or the name. Its the character.

 

[Sean Aaron]

See I didn't mind Jar-Jar the character, just how he was used. Taking him into town on Tattooine was painfully stupid, but I guess if you didn't do that he would have been in a lot less of the movie - oh no!

The Goooongan accents were vaguely West Indian, but not so much that I think it's fair to call it racist. The Trade Federation wankers though, well, I could see people being offended by that. All those guys needed was round glasses and buck teeth to complete the stereotype.

 

[Distorted Humor]

I thought both Jar-Jar and the trade federation where poorly hid Stereotypes. And this comes from a very politically incorrect...

 

[kythe]

And in the end when he went from being banished to being a *general*!?

Kind of like how Lando went from turning over Leia and Han to Vader to becoming an Alliance general.

Hmm, interesting point. It seems George Lucas has a thing for quick ascension through the ranks.

Lando was a shady character (more like Han, really), but he did have leadership experience through his time at Cloud City. He also was cunning and able to strategize. The Rebellion wasn't a true army, they were more of an eclectic band of self-trained freedom fighters.

Jar Jar had nothing. No skills, no experience, no charisma, not even raw talent, yet he was sent out to "lead" a formal army. Whatever.