Disney has announced a brand new Star Wars show titled Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge is coming to the Disney+ streaming service. Jedi Temple Challenge will be a game show aimed towards a younger audience and will be hosted by Ahmed Best, who is known for playing Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy. Best will be joined by […]
Jar Jar Binks actor was suicidal after Star Wars backlash
Ahmed Best, the actor who portrayed Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, has revealed that he became suicidal after backlash towards his character. News regarding fan and media backlash pertaining to Star Wars has been quite prevalent of late and its certainly creating a discussion about when criticism goes too far. One actor […]
Jar Jar Binks actor unhappy about motion-capture “snub”
He may be one of – if not the – most reviled characters in the entire Star Wars saga, but there’s no disputing that Jar Jar Binks marked a huge leap forward in terms of visual effects and CGI characters. However, it seems that for the folks at Wired, the history of performance capture technology […]
Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Well, that was a headline I never thought I would write. While it does sound like something you would read in a trashy tabloid, this is a story that has come from the mouth of Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In an interview with […]
