It's Time to Start Appreciating Jar Jar Binks

some people don't like the Phantom Menace they have their reasons the taxation of trade routes declines but one of the big ones was this guy this is you could come on you guys know who this is Thanks and ever since that movie came out it seems like one question pops up over and over and over again is Jar Jar Binks racist no he's not hold up let's ask a more interesting question why is Jar Jar Binks even in this movie well there's a lot of reasons and we'll get into some of those but here's an important piece of backstory a few years ago George Lucas revealed something that not many people realize that Walt Disney's goofy was actually the inspiration for Jar Jar Binks and yeah Jar Jar is basically just a orange squeaky goofy which isn't really surprising Star Wars has always taken inspiration from all kinds of other sources and it just sort of makes sense that Lucas would begin building a character who had become animations future by looking deep into animations past which brings us to one of the most controversial questions George Lucas ever asked what if goofy was the hero of Star Wars because in case you didn't get the memo Jar Jar is the hero of the Phantom Menace no he's not the main protagonist or the other main protagonist and yes there is a scene where he steps into a pile of bantha crap but despite all of that he's the character who solves the problem of the movie yes I need your help so the answer to our question why is Jar Jar Binks even in this movie is Jar Jar Binks is in this movie to save everyone here's the story of the Phantom Menace and don't worry I timed it it only takes 45 seconds the Trade Federation blockades the peaceful planet of Naboo and imprisons its young ruler Queen Amidala our major protagonist she decides to call upon the Imperial Senate for backup two Jedi help her carve through the blockade in order to get there and after a pit stop on Tatooine where they pick up a mysterious slave boy Amidala pleads her case before the Senate body but it doesn't work Amidala didn't realize that in the Senate the Trade Federation has all the power now things are worse than they were before Amidala has taken herself halfway across the galaxy leaving her people leaderless but then something happens that nobody could anticipate not even the man orchestrating all this from behind the scenes Jar Jar speaks up Gungans no dyin without a fight warriors we sink the Grand Army now Jar Jar has been speaking up almost constantly up to this point it's easy to see that I'm at best in the team of animators at ILM were having a blast coming up with things for Jar Jar to do they were sailing uncharted waters and their enthusiasm is all over the screen do they go too far should a few have jar jar's comic relief bits have been taken out in the Edit yeah probably two or three look Jar Jar is supposed to be annoying I mean his name is Jar Jar you know like the rogue loner han Solo or the pervy little alien salacious crumb plus let's just face it Phantom Menace is more of an outright Kids movie than any of the other Star Wars movies which makes sense it's the one with a kid in it but he's a kid we don't meet until over a half hour into the movie and that's another thing Jar Jar is therefore Jar Jar Binks gives kids a much needed viewpoint character for the parts of the movie that don't feature Anakin Skywalker as blogger Rick Worley has pointed out jar-jar is an audience proxy character for children he's confused and overwhelmed by the big events around him as children who would be and a lot of people don't see this see most people kind of feel the same way about Jar Jar that obi-wan does what's this why do I sense we've picked up another pathetic life-form or that captain tarpals does you psycho into the buses or that boss nass does he should be huge or the way that literally everyone he knows feels about him get the memo Jar Jar no one likes you well except for qui-gon miss Gundam may be of help but qui gonn is a character who's able to see value in the people he comes across that others may miss which is sort of the story of the Gungans in this movie most of the people in the galaxy don't take them seriously we have taken over the last pockets of primitive life for me why probably because they talk funny and they don't have much experience at the galaxy outside of the swamps of Naboo or maybe the reason is a little closer to Jar Jar zone theory that the Gungans are more dangerous than anybody really wants to admit we think there's no reason to think he's wrong the Gungans don't really seem to be afraid of anybody you may notice the Naboo Senate pod doesn't even have any gun guns in it an entire civilization with its own military power technology and culture exists on Naboo without any voice in the larger politics of the galaxy that is until Jar Jar speaks up which sets off a chain of events that results in his becoming at least in the Buster Keaton sense and eventually leads to the rescue of Naboo peace between the surface dwellers and the swamp dwellers and the Gungans taking their rightful seat alongside the rest of the Senate while it lasts anyway [Music] and George art does deserve a seat at the table even if he's annoying sneered me because when he's at the table he reminds us that treating any person is if they have no value simply because they don't behave the way we expect them to and they put their quirks on display for all of us to see he's to risk the doom of our entire civilization thanks for watching there's definitely more where that came from subscribe if you want to know when the next one comes out and until then be easy I wish that I could just wish away my feelings but I can't

Channel: So Uncivilized

Views: 112,948

Keywords: Jar Jar, Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars, George Lucas, The Phantom Menace, Ahmed Best, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Gungans, Queen Amidala, Padme, Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Id: fLw30uC92Qo

Length: 6min 44sec (404 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 08 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/your_awesomeking1]

what other lies have the council told me

[u/[deleted]]

Hesa in big doodoo now since hesa cover been blown.

[u/Speedwagon_Enjoyer]

I think jar jar is a Sith Lord