10 More Deleted Star Wars Moments You Won't Believe Nearly Happened

Following on from his incredibly divisive arrival in Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar Binks' role in the subsequent two prequel trilogy films was massively reduced.

No longer was the silly Gungan helping out our heroes during their many missions. Instead, he was largely left on Coruscant and off-camera, only showing up for the odd scene in the movies.

However, one of said scenes ultimately contained quite a crucial moment in Star Wars history, of course. Standing in for Senator Padme Amidala after she decided to go into hiding in the wake of a number of attempts on her life, an easily manipulated Binks - now a Junior Representative - ultimately convinced the Galactic Senate to give emergency powers to the Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine.

And we all know how that turned out.

Binks doesn't really do that much from that point on. But he did almost show up in a scene that eventually got cut out of Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

According to Best (via Entertainment Weekly), he remembered a conversation between Binks and Palpatine that was deleted in the end. The scene would have seen the latter thanking the former for "putting him in power," with Best adding that the scene really showed "the evolution of Jar Jar from this fun-loving kid’s character into this manipulated politician" and was "really dark."

But Lucas clearly didn't feel it worked in the movie he was trying to make. So, Best was left with just the two words in that last prequel instead. How wude.