10 Most Useless Star Wars Characters

One of the most hated and useless characters in Star Wars is Jar Jar Binks. When he was introduced in The Phantom Menace, the Gungan did nothing other than accompany Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn, and perform awkward, childish slapstick. Whilst he appealed to the younger audience, he was loathed by older Star Wars fans who grew up with the Original Trilogy, and was one of the main reasons why the Prequel Trilogy was hated upon its release.

His actions in Episode II are even worse than those in The Phantom Menace, where he singlehandedly advocates and persuades the Senate to give Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers, create the Grand Army of the Republic and eventually allowing the Sith Grand Plan to progress smoothly towards the birth of the Empire. So, it is fair to say that Jar Jar is one of the most annoying and useless characters in Star Wars, whose idiocy only assisted Palpatine in his quest for galactic domination.

One of the prevailing theories surrounding the character is that Binks was intended to be the Sith Master who would puppeteer the senate into supporting the Clone Wars through Palpatine, and enact the Sith Grand Plan of the destruction of the Jedi Order. This Darth Jar Jar theory is somewhat supported by a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of The Phantom Menace, where Lucas would mention that Binks "was the key to all of this".

Since the end of the Prequel Trilogy though, it had been quietly confirmed that Jar Jar Binks was not a Sith Lord, and really was just a bumbling, clumsy Gungan.