# Okay, now I hate Jar-Jar Binks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540 "2003-01-23T21:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/1 "2003-01-23T21:13:11Z")
I didn’t before. I realize he was there for comic relief, to ease some tension at a time when there was, unfortunately, no tension (Oh no! Obi-Wan’s about to get caught! Will he survive? Um, yes, I think so…). But this… this is too much. From the [IMDB:](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0121766) > [@](#): > > Frank Oz … Yoda (voice) > Ahmed Best … Jar Jar Binks > James Earl Jones … Darth Vader (voice) Hello? Ahmed doesn’t play Jar Jar. He provides the (voice) for Jar Jar. Why the special treatment? Hmm??? Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/2 "2003-01-23T21:22:30Z")
He played Jar Jar n the same sense that Andy Serkis played Gollum. Apparently he did a lot of the physical movements that they mapped the CGI character onto. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/3 "2003-01-23T21:30:19Z")
True, but in that same sense, Frank Oz was the main puppeteer controlling Yoda, the actual one you see on screen, so in essence, he portrayed Yoda more than Ahmed Best portrayed the Jar Jar you see. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/4 "2003-01-23T21:36:47Z")
“Controlling” and “portraying” are entirely different things. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/5 "2003-01-23T21:43:49Z")
Not necessarily. Is Anthony Daniels controlling or portraying C-3PO? Portraying. Why? Because he’s using his voice and actions and unique style to create a character. How is that different than what Frank Oz did with Yoda? Yoda is basically a costume that was to small for Frank Oz to fit into. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/6 "2003-01-23T21:53:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **From the [IMDB:](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0121766)** _cough_ _cough_ That’s a **pre-release** Internet Movie DabaBase entry for _Star Wars Episode III_. The information on that page was reported by fanboys and entered by database hacks who don’t always get the detalis right. This is **not** the official Lucasfilm cast list. Note that Ahmed Best is correctly credited as “Jar Jar Binks (voice)” in both _The Phantom Menace_ and _Attack of the Clones_. When the credits finally roll on the silver screen for _Episode III_ in 2005, I assure you they’ll show Amed Best as “Jar Jar Binks (voice)” too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/7 "2003-01-23T21:54:36Z")
My GI Joe was a costume that was too small for me to fit into, and I thought I was Joe, but this nice lady explained it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/8 "2003-01-23T21:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > reported by fanboys and entered by database hacks who don’t always get the detalis right. Hey! I resemble that remark! :smack: I still hate him, though. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/9 "2003-01-23T22:49:04Z")
Whew. I thought this was going to be yet another thread about that stupid “Jar-Jar in LOTR” article. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/10 "2003-01-23T23:08:44Z")
So, how about that stupid “Jar Jar in LOTR” article, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/11 "2003-01-23T23:29:21Z")
I really wish IMDB would, when posting an “Incorrectly regarded as goofs” entry, remove the original incorrectly regarded goof. That’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/12 "2003-01-24T22:59:13Z")
I just wish they’d post Laserdisc details when I submit 'em. I submitted details on the laserdisc release of _The Fountainhead_ to them **twice** over the last three years, and it’s **still** not listed. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/13 "2003-01-25T00:34:33Z")
It took you untill NOW to start hating him?? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/14 "2003-01-25T00:47:32Z")
Now I’m all confused. He was there for comic relief? Shouldn’t he have been funny at some point then? I thought he was there to make me hate life and embrace the darkness within. Are you sure of your facts? Frankly, I find it hard to credit this “comic relief” theory of yours. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/15 "2003-01-25T01:34:54Z")
It’s enough to make you yearn for the Dark Side. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-i-hate-jar-jar-binks/150540/16 "2003-01-25T02:29:57Z")
I dunno, I kinda liked Jared Binklestein on “F!: The True Hollywood Story”.