Editing Jar Jar Binks (section)

==Appearances==

=== Films ===

Jar Jar appears in only the films of [[the prequel trilogy]].

====''The Phantom Menace''====
Jar Jar Binks first appears in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' as a bumbling, foolish [[Gungan]] from the planet [[Naboo]] who is banished by his tribe as punishment for his clumsiness. He is nearly killed by a [[Trade Federation]] transport, only to be saved at the last minute by [[Jedi|Jedi Master]] [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] ([[Liam Neeson]]). Qui-Gon and his [[Jedi Padawan|padawan]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] ([[Ewan McGregor]]), persuade Jar Jar's tribe to release him to their custody as a guide. He later goes with the Jedi and [[Padmé Amidala]] ([[Natalie Portman]]) to the planet [[Tatooine]], where he meets and befriends nine-year-old slave [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] ([[Jake Lloyd]]).

Jar Jar later appears in the film's climactic battle scene, where he leads his fellow Gungans, as a general in the Gungan army, in defeating the Trade Federation. After the battle, he appears at the funeral of Qui-Gon Jinn and in the ending parade with his fellow Gungans.

====''Attack of the Clones''====
Jar Jar's role in ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'' is much smaller, but his actions are significant. Ten years after helping save his planet, he is a delegate to the [[Galactic Senate]] and, as such, plays a role in bringing two of his old friends, Obi-Wan and Anakin ([[Hayden Christensen]]), back to [[Coruscant]], where he greets them with enthusiasm. Later, on behalf of Naboo, he gives a speech to the assembled Senate in favor of granting [[Palpatine|Chancellor Palpatine]] ([[Ian McDiarmid]]) vast [[emergency powers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iacobucci |first=Jordan |date=2024-01-27 |title=Star Wars: What Happened to Jar Jar Binks After Attack of the Clones, Explained |url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-jar-jar-binks-fate-explained/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

====''Revenge of the Sith''====
Jar Jar appears in only a few scenes in ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]]'', and he has no dialogue (besides a brief "'scuse me" at one point). He was originally given some dialogue in the beginning, but this was cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Revenge-of-the-Sith.html|title=Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith Script|work=IMSDb|access-date=March 17, 2013|last=Lucas|first=George}}</ref> Another cut scene would have shown Palpatine mocking Jar Jar for putting him in power before crowning himself emperor.<ref name=End>{{cite web|url=http://www.forcematerial.com/home/2017/2/20/how-was-george-lucas-going-to-end-jar-jars-story|title=How was George Lucas going to end Jar Jar's story?|author=Rohan Williams|publisher=Force Material|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> He is most prominently featured in Padmé Amidala's funeral procession at the end of the film, marching sadly behind her coffin alongside [[Boss Nass]].

===''The Clone Wars'' television series ===
Jar Jar Binks is a supporting character in the animated series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', once again voiced by Best, although [[Phil LaMarr]] voiced the character in three season one episodes under the [[pseudonym]] BJ Hughes. In this series, he is a Senate representative who sometimes accompanies the main characters—Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padmé, and Anakin's padawan [[Ahsoka Tano]]—on their adventures. He and Jedi Master [[Mace Windu]] are the two main characters of the two-part episode "The Disappeared" in which they had to search for missing elders and rescue a queen, who was Jar Jar's past love interest.

===Literature===
====''Aftermath: Empire's End''====
[[Chuck Wendig]]'s 2017 novel ''[[Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End]]'', set after the events of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', finds Jar Jar as a street performer who entertains refugee children but is loathed by adults who blame him for his part in the rise of the Empire. Chris Taylor of [[Mashable]] wrote that the situation reflects real life in that adults disliked Jar Jar in the prequel films, but children were entertained by him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/jar-jark-binks-back/|title=Revealed: What really happened to Star Wars' most hated character|first=Chris|last=Taylor|date=February 16, 2017|publisher=[[Mashable]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Breznican|first1=Anthony|title=New Star Wars novel reveals fate of Jar Jar Binks|url=https://ew.com/books/2017/02/17/star-wars-new-novel-reveals-jar-jar-binks-fate/?preview_id=5579750|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref>

In an interview, director [[J. J. Abrams]] suggested that Jar Jar's death might be referenced in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'',<ref>{{cite news|first=Christopher|last=Hooton|title=Jar Jar Binks is going to be killed off unceremoniously in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jar-jar-binks-is-going-to-die-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens-10225283.html|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> but this did not happen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/3695001 |title=Jar Jar Binks Killed By ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''? |publisher=Moviepilot.com |date=2015-12-23 |access-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208045735/http://moviepilot.com/posts/3695001 |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====''Legends''====
With the 2012 acquisition of [[Lucasfilm]] by [[The Walt Disney Company]], most of the licensed ''Star Wars'' novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' were rebranded as ''Star Wars Legends'' and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-15/why-disney-blew-up-more-than-30-years-of-star-wars-canon|last=Hood |first=Bryan |title=Why Disney Blew Up More Than 30 Years of Star Wars Canon |work=Bloomberg |date=December 15, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SW Legends">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page |title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page |publisher=[[StarWars.com]] |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SW Adult">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line |title=Disney and Random House announce relaunch of ''Star Wars'' Adult Fiction line |publisher=StarWars.com |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref>

In the game ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]'', Jar Jar is shown to have been frozen in carbonite by an Imperial officer and kept in his trophy room.

===Video games===
Jar Jar appears as a [[Player character|playable character]] in the ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'' [[Lego Star Wars#Video games|video games]], and appears as an Angry Bird with a hook move called "Jar Jar Wings" in ''[[Angry Birds Star Wars II]]''.

=== Other appearances ===
[[Ahmed Best]] was signed on to portray Binks in the show ''[[Star Wars Detours]]''.{{cn|date=April 2024}}