10 Cringiest Moments In The Star Wars Prequels

4. Almost Everything Involving Jar Jar

Star Wars Jar Jar Binks
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Jar Jar Binks is such an easy target that it almost feels unfair to continue picking on him, but there's a reason he's been the butt of the joke for over two decades at this point: the character, simply put, is painful to watch.

From his grating voice and speech pattern (Yousa thinking yousa people gonna die?") to his facepalm-worthy clumsy antics, he makes you want to pull your hair out, making The Phantom Menace almost unbearable to watch at times. It's telling that his screen time was significantly reduced in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and that he's barely been mentioned in Star Wars canon since.

The only redeeming thing we can say about this bumbling Gungan is that he was, at least, supposed to be silly, unlike all those other cringey prequel moments.

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