Jar Jar Binks Actor Became Suicidal After Star Wars Fan Backlash
Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best reveals he became suicidal after receiving intense criticism for his role in the Star Wars prequels. When developing The Phantom Menace, director George Lucas envisioned Jar Jar as a comic relief character, but the results were hardly what he had in mind. After Episode I was released, Jar Jar became one of the most derided elements of the film. The tremendous technological achievement of the CGI character (which paved the way for Gollum) was rendered moot as moviegoers - especially those who grew up on the original trilogy - outright hated the character, feeling he was included solely to appeal to the youngest possible demographic....