r/DarthJarJar

Imagine him against Rey and her Jedi order. It turns out the chosen one prophecy was created by him, and all you knew gets subverted. An evil ending to the trilogy and the saga as a whole with Darth Jar Jar saying "Missa the Chosen Bombad General". Credits!

Even the sequel/Disney haters would go see it, and not only that, but they'll also love it!
Fanservice, darkness, deep meanings, lightsabers.
It would be a huge success both in reception terms and box office numbers.
I could bet on this (but I'm poor, so I can't)!

VIDEO COMPILATION of all of these Jar Jar scenes, with extra pointers.

We already know that every inch of CGI movement in this film was manually keyframed. But his actions aside, the way Jar Jar just appears in some shots for no reason is enough to set off a small alarm bell.

This character was brand new, pushing edge technology, and thus very time consuming and very expensive. It sounds like a movie making obstacle you would only include where absolutely necessary. Pair that with Rob Coleman’s quote on George’s intentional directing for digital characters and we already have good reason to study these scenes closer.

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Also notice how none of these inclusions are for his typical comedic effect. In some of these, there was another purpose. For anyone not familiar:

In picture 1, George was really funny and spelled out the mystery before our eyes. “There is something else behind all this, Your Highness”. Also look at Jar Jar walking into the scene and you realize how unnecessary his positioning is here. It’s ONLY for the wordplay.

In picture 2 3 4, Jar Jar is mouthing another character’s words for them using the force.

In picture 2, the conversation between Qui-Gon and Panaka cuts from back-and-forth close ups to a wide shot exactly when Jar Jar mouth’s Panaka’s line. There is also a sudden musical sound queue as he says this line.

In picture 5 and 6, does Qui-Gon benefit from Jar Jar’s extreme force luck to win the dice throw?

In picture 7, Jar Jar is “sleeping” next to Anakin, who tells Padmé he’s very cold. The logical answer is he is from a desert planet. The fun answer is that The chosen one feels the darkness, somehow. See the video above for the thematic framing of the scene.

In picture 8, he is seen lurking outside the political meeting for absolutely no reason at all lol.

Made by me in Procreate. The movie all fans want 🤣

This has of course been a running theory since 10 years ago. I just wanted to make it as clear as I could with a side-by-side comparison of my own.

It’s actually really funny. Dooku says (during the x10 speed part) that their paths have NEVER crossed before. Yet when he enters, Obi-Wan immediately exclaims “Traitor!” as if he knows exactly who this is and what his previous standpoint was. And Dooku replies with "my friend". And is the audience supposed to be like “Oh no... not a traitor” to this entirely new character? Lol.

Sure, maybe Yoda told Obi-Wan about Dooku. But they have no personal connection so it’s a completely flat moment story wise for Obi-Wan as far as we know, and for the audience. In a scene that was supposed to be a mirror to “I am you father”? No…

The prequels were supposed to have a plot twist. This was supposed to be Jar Jar.