Jar Jar Binks is the best example of how self loathing a society can become.
Jar Jar is a sweet, kind, and gentle young spirit who appears in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The kids love him, the girls love him, many boys secretly love him, and others hide no shame.
Still, there is that small minded group of individuals who have sat back and let their minds rot to the point which they are no longer able to care, or let their minds free.
These people want to call Jar Jar a menace, and wish him dead... why? I just dont get it!
I LOVE Star Wars! I've probably invested some $10,000 into the toys, movies, and high quality gummy snacks that have spawned from Star Wars. I have a replica of Yoda sitting in my bedroom (he see's all!), and I have just about every toy ever made for Star Wars. So I consider myself the same kind of rabid fan that she so called "Star Wars Purists" claim to be.
But I don't understand how people can build cults around the Hammerhead character, write books about that little rat-dude in the Cantina, and travel miles to worship the actor who plays Dengar, YET - They wont except Jar Jar... cause he's a little silly?!
Star Wars is silly! Star Wars is Han Solo flying around the universe with a giant dog! Thats Star Wars. Star Wars is a cheap little one-eyed monsters in a trash can. Star Wars is Yoda getting into Luke's stuff, and playing with the flashlight!
This is very much a side of Star Wars... Just as much as the Emperor blasting Luke with electricity, and Darth Vader cutting Luke's hand off... It's all part of the Star War universe! Star Wars isnt some dark gritty film. Star Wars is a bunch of 40 year old English men cheering after the Death Star Explodes!
Jar Jar has become one of my favorite Star Wars characters. Why? Because he's something we've never seen in a Star Wars movie! All the SW bashers yell cause the films haven't had hugh ground battles between the Jedi and the Sith.... well, there's a reason why this hasnt happened! BECAUSE THAT ISN'T WHAT A STAR WARS MOVIE IS!
Sure, I wanna see 100 Jedi's coming over a hill to be faced with an army of Mandalorian clones, but as of right now, that doesnt gel with what Star Wars truely is.
Jar Jar is as much a part of Star Wars a R2-D2, Chewie, Yoda, and or Course, Boss Nass!
So give the little Gungun a break. Dress as an Ewok this year, and try to remember what Star Wars is about, Okee-day?
Jar Jar Out on the Town, pickin' Up Some Gooba-Fish while at the Market.
"How Long Mesa Gotta Hold Thisin Smile?"
"MMMM mmmmm! Shmi Makes some Mean Mornin' Munchin'!
"Yousa Tinkin' Yousa People Gonna Die?"
Jar Jar Binks: International Bombad General!
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