15 Worst Performances In Star Wars Movies

3. Ahmed Best - Jar Jar Binks

The Phantom Menace Jar Jar Binks
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No 'Worst of' list regarding Star Wars is complete without this monstrosity.

Jar Jar Binks is a migraine-inducingly awful character who's numbingly unfunny and endlessly annoying from start to finish. In particular, his voice is the stuff nightmares are made of. Even to this day, he's one of the most annoying characters in film history. Actor Ahmed Best was let down by the appalling writing and not even an actor like Daniel Day Lewis could've saved Jar Jar, but Best's performance was still appallingly unfunny, annoying and exceptionally misjudged.

What makes this character even harder to watch now is that Ahmed Best, who seems like a great guy and is likely perfectly talented outside of this, recently revealed that he was on the verge of suicide following the backlash and abuse that he received after The Phantom Menace's release. This case is a tragic reminder of the problems actors face while in the public eye as well as the toxicity that still plagues the Star Wars fandom.

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