Star Wars: 10 Ways The New Films Could Improve The Prequels
5. Murder, Maim Or Seriously Injure Jar Jar Binks
Jar Jar Binks was arguably the most annoying thing about the Star Wars prequels. While the original trilogy used bantering between charismatic actors to provide laughs, The Phantom Menace was content with giving slapstick humour to Jar Jar instead. Kids loved it at the time, but even they grew to hate Jar Jar eventually. George Lucas gradually shifted the character to the sidelines, but for some fans thats not enough. The post-prequels re-mastered version of Return Of Jedi features a scene of Naboo in celebration as the Empire falls. Theres a cry of wesa free! from a Gungan voice, terrifyingly teasing that although Sidious has been stopped Jar Jar, the character everyone hates the most, may still live. It's probably best to let this lie and just never mention Jar Jar again, but if they really wanted to appease fans Lucasfilm could settle things once and for all by killing off the goofy Gungan definitively in a future movie. Itd be cinematic wish fulfilment even greater than the sight of Justin Bieber being gunned down in Zoolander 2. J.J. Abrams clearly knew this, and fooled around with the idea of including Jar Jars corpse in the background of The Force Awakens. Something like that could happen in future film, to abate fans fears that Jar Jar is still out there and undo one of the biggest sins of the prequels. None of that Sith Lord rubbish though.
