NEW PODCAST: Introducing The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

Dylan Marron & TED

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Jar Jar Binks became one of the most polarizing figures in cinematic history when he made his debut in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace in 1999. He was even named “the most annoying movie character of all time” by Complex Magazine. After the release, Ahmed Best, the man who played Jar Jar, was hit with the full force of the backlash — and it nearly destroyed him. The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks is a six-part journey through the early internet to understand how one of the first-ever online hate campaigns began, and to right what we got so wrong about Jar Jar the first time around. Coming June 28 from the TED Audio Collective. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	You know, Star Wars is this thing that can like really take over your life.
0:08.6	I've had such a rollercoaster ride of a time with Star Wars.
0:16.1	That's a med-best.
0:17.6	He played Jar Jar Banks in the Star Wars prequels.
0:20.9	Everyone was excited for the world to see it.
0:23.8	George would be like, get ready, this is going to change your life.
0:29.4	George, by the way, is George Lucas.
0:33.2	I am not George Lucas.
0:35.5	I am Dylan Marin.
0:37.6	And I'm making a podcast about Jar Jar Banks.
0:41.7	Yes, Jar Jar Banks.
0:44.8	Now, if you have no idea who that is or what I just said,
0:48.8	that is totally fine.
0:50.6	And if you do know, you're probably laughing right now.
0:55.5	Or maybe you're shaking your head in dismay
0:58.0	that we are devoting an entire podcast to,
1:01.1	and just to be clear, I'm quoting here,
1:03.6	the most annoying movie character of all time.
1:07.6	But behind this fictional character is a very real person
1:12.6	who found himself at the center of one of the internet's
1:16.6	very first hate campaigns.
1:19.9	It was everywhere I went.
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