Nog med att Ewok-björnarna i Return of The Jedi fick utstå en hel del kritik, men avskyn som har riktats mot den vänlige gunganen Jar Jar Binks är en helt annan femma. Jar Jar har varit djupt hatad i många år nu sedan Phantom Menace släpptes och Jar Jar-skådisen Ahmed Best menade att det gick så långt att han övervägde självmord. Nu har George Lucas själv kommenterat saken i en intervju med StarWars.com om Phantom Menace, där han bland annat jämför Jar Jar-hatet med C-3PO-kritiken:
"The main thing they obviously got upset about was Jar Jar. But they got upset at Jar Jar because he was there for the kids. When I did A New Hope, everybody felt the same way about Threepio. They hated him. They thought he was too childish and the jokes were bad. They said the same thing. It's just that the initial wave of Star Wars sort of overwhelmed the criticism of Threepio. We even played on that in Empire, making fun of him and acknowledging the fact that he was annoying. And then in the third one we did the same thing with Ewoks. People just went berserk. They said it was horrible, it ruined the movie, and how can you watch this, and all that kind of stuff."
Luckas tillade hur han sedan fick förhålla sig till kritiken som ju intensifierades genom Internet:
"So I was used to that sort of thing, but for some reason, the criticism through the internet became more alive. And the news media began to listen to the fans. Obviously, when a fan, or a group, or a blog says something terrible, they take it seriously, and suddenly that became the reality. It was very hard to turn back from that."
Lucas kommenterade också varför han försvarade Jar Jar:
"The fact is that Phantom Menace is actually about some different kinds of things, and the story is a little more complex. I knew it would mean a lot to kids. I kept defending it by saying, this is for 12-year-olds and kids are going to love Jar Jar."
Vad tycker du om Jar Jar? Har du goda barndomsminnen med den komiske figuren eller hatar du karaktären med hela ditt hjärta?
Yoosa say sorry-sorry to Jar-Jar!