The Darth Jar Jar Theory Just Got CRAZIER in 2024
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- 00:00 Intro
01:13 Fighting Skills
05:30 Political Power
11:01 Lucas’s storytelling
14:02 Clone Wars
19:51 Comic
20:21 Conclusion
The towering authority of Darth Vader, the omnipotent and omnipresent Darth sidious, and the unnerving and truly deadly Darth Maul, are all emblematic of the Sith's enduring influence in the star wars universe, collectively showcasing the complex nature and seductive power of the dark side. However, there is one who stands above the rest in power and deceit. A being so masterful in his ability to fool and mislead that even fans underestimate his true power. This sith holds only one name: Darth Jar Jar.
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It's been more than nine years since the intriguing theory of Binks potentially being a Sith surfaced. Thus a thorough reevaluation of this idea is long overdue, especially considering the fresh insights revealed in the clone wars and recent comic books. But first, let us reestablish the evidence from the prequels that support this captivating hypothesis.
Battlefield acumen
Jar Jar Binks, a character introduced in The Phantom Menace, has been widely criticized for his clumsy and bumbling persona.
However, a closer examination of his survival skills in conflict situations reveals a level of competence that starkly contrasts with his seemingly inept behavior.
Indeed, in the heat of battle Jar Jar displays an uncanny ability to survive and even thrive, which at first appears to be the result of sheer luck. During the Battle of Naboo he is seen stumbling into enemy lines, inadvertently causing destruction and chaos among the Trade Federation's droids.
Jar Jar's handling of the Gungan energy balls, or "boomas," during the battle also shows him inadvertently causing significant damage to the droid army. His seemingly random tosses result in the destruction of multiple battle droids and tanks. His interactions which lead to the droid tank's destruction at first appears to be a series of fortunate accidents. However, the efficiency with which these accidents occur hints at possible Force intuition guiding his actions, allowing him to be effective in combat despite his overt clumsiness, contributing significantly to the Gungan army's success.
This level of effectiveness in the frenzy of the battlefield aligns more with the calculated maneuvers of a trained operative than with the fortuitous accidents of a fool. Indeed, anaylsing jar jar during the battle reveals similarities to the ancient chinese combat style of zui guan, most commonly referred to as Drunken boxing and drunken fist. Fitting to its name, this style of martial arts is characterised by imitations of movements befitting those of the intoxicated. This kung fo style is renowned for incorporating a range of advanced combat techniques such as hitting, grappling, locking, dodging, feinting, ground and aerial fighting, and other sophisticated methods. Strikes and grabs are seamlessly combined, with hands alternately striking on extension and grabbing on retraction. Power for grabs is generated through techniques such as dropping the body, lifting the feet slightly off the ground, and stomping down with the weight of the entire body, or by falling to a prone position. These methods are seen throughout bink’s role in the battle of noobo.
Moreover, deception is a key focus of zui guan, with continuous bobbing and weaving, feigned instability, attacks from unusual angles, sudden changes of momentum, and the use of blind-spots and visual distractions. The style also involves changing game plans mid-fight and utilizing concealed or improvised weapons, perhaps a releveant point to jar jars use of the booma energy balls.
Vitally, these moments of survival and supposed accidental heroism are too consistent and impactful to be merely coincidental. Proponents suggest that Jar Jar is using a sophisticated form of deception, a common tactic among the Sith, to conceal his true capabilities. This deception extends to his physical agility. Indeed, jar jar demonstrates remarkable acrobatic skills, including high jumps and swift movements.
This was seen early in "The Phantom Menace" when Jar Jar encounters Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the swamps of Naboo. Despite his apparent clumsiness, he is able to leap incredible distances, a maneuver reminiscent of Force-enhanced jumps commonly used by Jedi. This ability was further demonstrated in what is referred to as the bridge scene, when Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenob and darth jar jar intervene to save queen padme. Let us look at the full scene now: . . . . - Zábava
Darth Jar Jar was a 100% intended plot twist that was quietly shelved. I'll never be convinced otherwise. There was no reason to animate him whispering words in Phantom Menace.
I just commented this as well. This is NOT a theory, it is fact…& a damn shame.
I think it is so wasted. They should have done it.
Its always headcanon though. and retcons are common in starwars so mabye one day we can see it
Lucas messed up the reveal. I think his idea was to reveal it in the 2nd film and the backlash ruined it.
@@jayyarbrough9902 jup I think the same. Dooku was added after ep1. And jarjar binks public response was bad. Its cool to think Ep3 could have had a big showdown between palpatine and jar jar to decide who would become emperor. Id pay to watch that fight
disney really missed the boat on making jar jar teh final baddie in the sequal trilogy
well cause they couldn't - that's the one and ONLY character KK decided to "protect" for George's legacy 😂but seriously god forbid them to try it now - cause it will be too little too late and will only hurt more...but yeah it DEF should've been Darth Jar Jar instead of cloned Palps for sure! I mean really Darth Jar Jar should've been revealed somewhere at the end of Revenge of the Sith but I digress. Oh but another miss in the sequel trilogy was Snoke. He def should've have been revealed as Mace Windu. So two entirely HUGE misses that would've kept Star Wars alive and well.
Nah.. he opted to write it instead 🤷🏻♂️🤣
That would have actually made these movies interesting. Maybe not redeemed it, but actually done something interesting that took guts and would have been respectable.
Oh WOW yes!!!!!😍
Not the final baddie, but yet another of Darth Sidious kind of sorta true but not really apprentices.
Just imagine if Jar Jar pulled a Reverse Flash on Palpatine.
"You'sha thought it was you'sha was the Puppet Mastera, but it was'a me'sha Sidious, IT WAS ME'SA PULLING YOUR'SA STRINGS!!!"
Sidious-"no, No, NOOO!"
Mesa has unlimited powa
Yousa been a bad boy Meester big bad, I show you the bombad powa
There is a scene like that in a Robot Chicken Star Wars episode
czcams.com/video/k7Uc84U04Sk/video.html
Mesa goals are beyond yousa understanding!
And instead we get "somehow Palpatine returned."
Another point often brought up is Lucas' great love of Asimov's Foundation stories, which were a major inspiration to his development of Star Wars. In it there is the character of The Mule, a bumbling idiot, a jester figure, just like Jar Jar, who turns out to be the great leader they are all fighting against, his persona being a mask to fool everyone around him. Just like Jar Jar.
Cool
Wasn't that characters name... Bink?
Isn't the true leader of the Yuuzhan Vong actually, "in public":, a jester?
100% this
@@kenupton4084
No his persona was a street clown named Magnifico.
I 100% believe this theory was legit.
What always comes back to my mind is the infamous George Lucas meme of "it's like poetry, it rhymes" Jar-Jar was the anti-Yoda. Yoda was also a rather annoying character initially, but revealed to be extremely powerful, Jar-Jar is just the concept flipped, and fleshed out more.
Had it been stuck with, I think it would have worked in the end.
Phantom Menace was such a poor film... that's why the Jar Jar angle was scrapped.
@@TripAces it was scrapped because Disney screws everything they touch up
It would've been genius, but Lucas lacked the required titanium balls unfortunately...smfh
🤦
This is very much my opinion as well, hiccups aside.
It would be really neat to see a scene where JarJar reveals himself to be a Sith Lord, speaking the queen's English with a melodious voice.
I can’t even imagine lol
Ahmed Best has an evil version of Jar Jar's voice. Do a search for that. It's actually rather terrifying.
"MEESA-ahem. Well then, it seems rather pointless to keep up the charáde at this point. Hat's off to you, Master Kenobi, your cleverness is perhaps the only thing I haven't accounted for. Such a shame I hadn't discovered you before Qui Gon Jin. Oh, angry, are we? Careful, General. I do believe it goes against your precious code. Then again, you've been neglecting it ever since Anakin fell in love with Padme. I'm only joking! After all, I am above your silly rules, or that "Rule of two" for that matter. To me there are no sides. There's just me and everyone else."
*Proceeds to dodge all lightsaber attacks in a goofy manner*
Is that queen Nanasipau'u of Tonga, or some other queen?
Oh, for heaven's sake, the Chubbchubbs are coming!
To think, Darth Jar Jar was just toying with that droid army, amazing.
Yeah, he looks like he doesn't even care about being unarmed dead in the middle of a battle
I find this reminiscent of when we first meet Yoda in Empire Strikes Back and underestimate who he really is
Both were goofy chracters. Yoda with his funny way of speaking and jarjar being a clutz. They were mirrors of each other. It would have made much more sense having jarjar be the emperor because he was the one working with obiwan, not palpatine, who was a minor character until he wasn't. Jarjar was put front and center, with glowing yellow sith eyes.
And George said they would echo the originals
@@johnthomas1422you’re so right, dude even watching him running swiftly behind the Jedi until they turn around and he abruptly stops, things like this were all so blatant and basically all of us missed it initially 🤯
@@johnthomas1422it really wasn’t a funny way of speaking. There are some actual Earth languages that are spoken that way. So you’re saying they speak funny.
@@BigFunnyGiant Uhm thats a stupid ass comparison, Jar and Yoda spoke English, not another language, other languages have nothing to do with this
Darth Darth Binks in my canon forever
Also, in Phantom Menace, Jar Jar tries to take food from a vendor on Tatooine... who asked if he was going to pay for it and telling him the price in the language of the Hutts. If he were really a bumbling fool from a backwater world, he wouldn't have understood the language... or the price. His reaction showed he understood perfectly well.
Don't forget the force wave.
He forced anakin to intervene similar to when palp let windu win. Both situations forced anakin to “choose his path” both were the true births of Jedi skywalker and darth Vader. Anakin would’ve gone unnoticed without jar jar doing that, if that never happens Qui gon never steps foot into anakin’s house meaning he would never be convinced by his mother to let anakin race.
@@Osamas_worst_nightmarepalpatine did not let windu win 😂😂😂windu beat him and straight up overpowered him
Huttese is a pretty common language in the Galaxy, probably the most common after Basic.
@eeveeofalltrades4780 While I agree Huttese is common, Naboo is far from Hut space on the map, and the Gungans seem quite insular, if not xenophobic. They barely speak Basic, most likely because they are uninterested in outsiders and outside events, not due to a lack of capability. I could be wrong, but I find it unlikely any Gungan would know the language unless they left the planet. There isn't much evidence of anyone contacting them aside from the Naboo.
Jar jar was out here playing everyone like it’s a chess game
While everyone else is playing checkers.
@@R8DRBeagleor perhaps backgammon.
He was playing 3D chess while we were playing tic tac toe
Darth Jar Jar doesn't just outplay people he straight up eats the pieces so they can't even make a move.
I wonder who would win, Xanatos or Jar Jar?
Lets not forget, Jar Jar is from Naboo...The same Planet that Palpatine originated from....There for Jar Jar could of sent Palpatine to set this all up. Then when the Jedi landed on Naboo, he was not there by accident. Palpatine told him They were coming to the system
*have
The sequel trilogy fumbled the bag by not including jar jar in any of there shitty Disney Wars.
@@jimbo7551 He is in one of the books, basically an old gungan that's been mocked and tormented by everyone for years
Iirc there’s even a deleted scene showing the two walking and talking together-from a point where they chronologically shouldn’t have known each other yet
I don’t like the idea of sidious being undercut I think dark force spy is a perfect place for jar jar
my theory is that george had planned for jar jar to be a sith but then changed his mind when he saw how much people HATED jar jar when phantom menace was released. my guess is that jar jar would have filled the role of count dooku who suddenly appeared in the attack of the clones.
If he hadn't been so ridiculously over the top, George might have been able to pull it off.
@@blackc1479 i still think it would have been perfection if jarjar turned out to be darth tyrannus. his ridiculous over the top antics would be seen in a new light. the rage anakin would feel at the betrayal, subsequent defeat, would play into anakin executing darth jarjar and the journey to the dark side.
@0biwan7 they could have taken it even farther. Imagine if jarjar had been plageus' master, and had set him up to be murdered by sideous. Palps could have been a total cats paw, and not even have known it. He could have been the face of the empire, and target of the rebellion, all the while the real master hid in plain sight.
(That's my biggest gripe w the sith long game. Spend all that time planning and manipulating, and then pop up as the bad guy. It makes much more sense to just rule from the shadows indefinitely, while continually scapegoating others. )
There used to be articles that actually supported this from George and Ahmed Best. They basically stated this was the path George was intending to take but did in fact change due to backlash.
@@jacobbarnhart8770 i despised jarjar but if he turned out to be a sith lord, i would have retracted all my hate.
Jar Jar vs Yoda duel would be crazy
Given that Yoda's first onscreen fight in Episode 2 was (As a Mancunian like myself or late mother would say.) like a cross between a headless chicken and a blue-arse fly and that Jar Jar's movements are pretty much on a level of Drunken Boxing that would make Jackie Chan envious, crazy doesn't come close to describing such a duel, a more apt description would be full on bat-shit insanity.
Darth Jar Jar would've been one of the most shocking twists ever. Especially when the dots both overt and subtle were connected. Be it him and Palpatine literally being neighbors, the fear his fellow Gungans display of him, and others. Him apparently reduced to a street performer as everything is discarded defines 'missed opportunity'.
The street performer is also a ruse. Similar to mob bosses who walk outside in pajamas and slippers and pretend to be senile to misdirect the FBI. With Jar Jar, the deception never ends.
Nahh, we are all way too suspicious of Jar Jar to be shocked if he is revealed to be sith spy or sith puppet master. It would be way more shocking to actually see Jar Jar fail and get revealed for his true identity or if he reveale himself on his own accord after such a long time of spying and manipulating his victims around like puppets.
Actually, the fact that Jar Jar's cover remains intact is only the testament to his power. We _know_ he's a sith, we don't need to see it revealed on screen. And the fact that he's never revealed on screen cements him as the ultimate Sith Lord.
LOL, I ran a website about the idea of Darth Jar Jar back in 1999. It is funny to still see the idea going around 25 years later.
Dang I ran a website doing the same in 1998.
Holy shit I was running one too in 1997!
96 here
@@sevenwhatuknow LOL im actually George Lucas
what the hell, 95 man, I remember it because I was 9 at the time.
I would love to see an unnecessarily excessive deep dive on why the rancor keeper has the most heart wrenching scene across the entire saga. Really love your stuff man
Read Tales from Jabba's Palace. Your right, he has a wrenching tale - he almost got the rancor out and was going to live happily with it. If it weren't for that pesky Jedi...
Your answer is in the mandalorian serie.
I may not remember quite accurately (because I don't really care)...
But it's something like it turns out a rancor attach to it's trainer, much like a bird does with the first creature it sees after hatching from the eggs.
Only the trainer can approach it to care for and feel "loved" by the monster.
That trainer got his heart broken because he just lost his old friend that was just like a family dog for him.
No, it's not in the Mando Series (i have those also); Tales from Jabba's Palace - A Boy and his Monster, the Rancor Keepers Tale by Kevin J. Anderson. The first novella in the Star Wars EU that i bought as a young teen in the nineties. They become friends and your right in that only he can safely approach it; he had organized with a rival of Jabbas to remove and relocate it basically the following day from when it was killed by Luke. Jabba's rival did it because it would piss off Jabba. Loved this book and the Star Wars Universe before Disney destroyed it. If you don't really care, you shouldn't have commented (Pulled out my copy so i could get the full title right)@@mr.octopus6972
It’s foreshadowing that killing is a horrible act even if a Jedi has no other choice and the being is a literally evil monster and Luke understands this by the end of the movie when he chooses not to kill Vader or Palpatine.
@@mrniceguystylehigh Wow, I really love that answer. George is more than a genius, he’s a truly compassionate genius at that, his perspective that’s sewn into these movies so beautifully, man I love this man
Jar Jar was meant to say to Anakin in Episode III, "Anakin, meesa yah faddah. Search yousa feelings, yousa knows it to be twue."
😂😂😂 thats crazy, haha
Took me a while to translate gungan....
Boy, was Shmi drunk that night ....
@@Humans_Eh 🤣😂🤣😂
@@Humans_Eh lol...
I wonder what experiments Darth Plagueis performed to try and acquire immortality
Probably tried using cocaine
@@Ethan_Chappell
By combining a trans with a Gungan perhaps.( this is called a Joke CZcams) hmmm you really do struggle with such concepts tho don’t you?
Ok . I take it back 😂
Idk much about Pleg but I think By tweaking the MidiChlorians into MaxiChlorians. But it was his master that created this before he died.
Biotransferrance. Jar Jar was probably a braindead dummy, Plagues had a lot of room to fill up with his midi-chlorians.
They were ..........
Unnatural
Theory: He's actually Plagueis, who is rumored to have been alive during the first movie. Jar jar finds an apprentice from the same planet (Palp) and together they create Anakin. He then goes on the trip to Naboo to personally oversee the mission. There he influences critical events like the bet with Watto to make sure Anakin is extracted properly. In this movie I think he's supposed to be the Phantom Menace. The question at the end asking if Maul was the master or apprentice (while focusing camera on Palp) is a bit of a red herring since there's actually three of them.
I like to think DJJ was supposed to have been revealed in Aotc after giving emergency powers to Palp, but was replaced by Dooku (some argue his spaceship even resembles a Gungan). The full reveal at the end of the movie with him igniting a red light saber would have been epic.
The rest of the story could have been the same with Palp ultimately betraying him in Rots by ordering Anakin to strike. He'd lose the duel on purpose thinking Palp would follow the script. While the betrayal doesn't happen in his sleep in this version I'd find it just as "ironic" for him to be killed by his own creation. When Palp later tries to put Anakin in a similar situation in Rotj ("hold back so we can lure him over") Luke chooses to break the cycle by sparing his life. Palp ends up meeting the same fate as his master by a surprise attack by their creation.
I'm convinced of the theory that Lucas originally intended Jar Jar to be a twist Sith lord, revealed as such in the climax of the second film and defeated at some point during the third film. However, the overpowering hatred of the character expressed by much of the moviegoing public, which Lucas had not anticipated, led to his drastically reducing Jar Jar's role and creating the character of Count Dooku to fill the role instead. In a way, this is similar to a quirky 1980s sci-fi stage musical called "The Starmites", which featured its main villain masquerading as a goofy, harmless alien character who accompanies the protagonists as a companion and a "mascot" of sorts, all the while manipulating them into getting him close to a powerful weapon so he can seize it and wield its power.
I think that's really the main argument point here, where on earth did Dooku come from?
I keep seeing how everyone hated him. But if he's an undercover bad guy. Wouldn't that be a good thing. Everyone already has a reason to hate him, yet they don't know why, and in the end, they are given a completely good reason to dislike him.
"However, the overpowering hatred of the character expressed by much of the moviegoing public, which Lucas had not anticipated, led to his drastically reducing Jar Jar's role".
This is a similar problem for the likes of say, FNaF security breach, where when Game Theory predicted how Security Breach would go, Steel Wool studios tried to remake the story and gameplay to avoid confirming the theories... Or rather, the accidentally predicted story.
The end result was an unfinished Game as Steel Wool had to be strongarmed into releasing the game by Playstation and Sony, else they would miss their opportunity for a Summer release.
In the case of Darth Jar Jar, part of the major reason was fan backlash... But the other half was also because Lucas decided to make Star Wars "Kid Friendly" to make up for the backlash... Which resulted in absurd scripts such as "Jar-Jar's Big adventure"...
...Yes, it was real, and yes, it was scrapped.
I had thought Jar Jar being Snoke would have been a good way to work in the sort of message Disney seems enamored with lately while still being cool. I can't quite get the line right but I picture a dead Snoke shown to be a robot or something followed by a familiar accent coming out. Rey expresses some skepticism about what a Gungan is doing there, and he starts to rant, initially in his accent but gradually becoming firmer and more sinister, about how no one, not Jedi, not Sith, ever really did anything for the Gungan. Even Anakin forgot about them, and Palpatine forgot all his fine promised when he got into power. But now, he's in charge, and the galaxy will tremble.
DO IT.
That would be laughably silly.. but a hell of a lot more fun than both the prequels and the Disney sequels so... Sure. Why not?
Atleast it would fun and memorable in a good way, albeit very silly. Like how the prequels are! Better to be funny bad like the highly memed prequels rather than just...bad. Like unenjoyable bad. @Ben-zr4ho
If you look the in background of the fight scenes none of the other gungans are moving like him at all. They move like a normal person. They seem like they can jump fairly high but nothing like the high dive he does into the water from a standing position (force jump). But what really cinches it for me is that the battle on the surface of the planet mirrors the dogfight that Anakin is in which from a certain point of view looks like two characters living on blind luck but it also can be seen as two force users showing what the force can really do when you are tapped into it.
YES, I totally agree, the contrast and comparison seems obvious to me
also none has yellow eyes except for Jar Jar... like Anakin when he joined the dark side. Palpatine also had them yellow.
We need Darth Jar Jar back and having him appear in Asoka would be a perfect place. There is a whole storyline there.
no one cares about the starwars that Disney make. Disney starwars is not cannon.
and let us not forget that as a fully MOcap CGI character every action Jar Jar makes is diliberate from the actor. and then the graphic artists have to intentionally designe every single movement. So every single movement was specifically made.
That means moments like the Penthouse at the start of Attack of the Clones, where Jar Jar is moving more similarly to palpatine, and in Revenge of the Sith, where Jar Jar is notably hiding a Smirk at Padme's funeral.
Thought this theory was confirmed a while ago. Around the time it first came out, I think it was one of the actors, said something to the effect of finally they figured it out. It's been so long that the details are pretty much gone from my mind. Not to mention when Yoda explained the rule of two, and we see Palpatien and Jarjar standing together at Quigon's funeral.
Ahmed Best himself hinted it very heavily.
@@FAFO4wisdom Ahmed Best also happens to be a gifted acrobat, if I remember correctly.
@@guiltyspark659 I think you're right.
@@FAFO4wisdom find me the interview and then maybe I will believe there is something to this. All I've seen are some fan interviews where he is kind enough to entertain the theory for them and offer few different voices. Nothing hinting that this was actually meant to be the case.
The vast silent majority realize that if this was real, someone, whether it was Lucas himself, or Best, or one of the animators would have admitted it by now. There's no reason to keep it a secret at this point, especially now 1/4 of a century later.
@@DanielCristyou do realize the gungans act scared of jar jar?? And jar jar is also very deceptive?? Gungans wouldn’t be scared unless he has something theyre scared of. He also knew how to use a lightsaber out of nowhere
Jar-Jar is not merely a Sith. He's Darth Plaguis.
Jar jar: yousa think, but always Mesa know.
Sidous: what?
why do i have this horrifying feeling that jar jar would chain a naked palpatine to his ankle as a sex trophy?
Actually I think his “real” voice would have been hella creepy. A monotone with voice coming out of that character
Jarjar and Yoda also have inverted character designs. Yoda is short and green, with large green ears pointed upwards, and very old. Jarjar is tall and pink, with large ears pointed down, and young-looking. Visually, they are foils.
this is one of the most compelling arguments. character design is like etymology
Darth Bane’s Rule of Two was flawed from the beginning. It did not teach the one thing that the Sith pursued. Breaking all their Chains. Darth Sidious was successful in wiping out their greatest enemy, but He was shackled with his Empire. Jar-Jar, however, was trained the true ways of the Ancient Sith. He would obtain Unlimited Power, and no one could ever bring him down.
This, he didn't work with Plagueis and Sidious, he looked at their machinations from the outside like an adult watching children play. He was disgusted by the banist sith and their dogmatic jedi-like self-impositions and "principles". He understood what a true sith and was the safeguard of that true knowledge. Like in the ancient times he used form I Shi-Cho but to an even higher mastery, fighting by following the true slight random fluctuations of the force but he masked that with another layer of randomness with his masterful idiot-like body language. Guess how those banist sith and those jedi ended up? Dead and scattered. He survived and remains in the shadows, continuing his work that no one in the galaxy understands or can counter until it's the moment for the unreversable strike.
Exsqueeze me?@@JFDCamara
To be fair. If those after him had followed Bane’s rules, the Sith would be even stronger. But passing down the mantle of Sith Master was never to be taken through underhanded means. It was meant to be earned to 1v1 combat as a testament of one’s strength in the dark side. That’s not even addressing the sith that destroyed dark side knowledge, costing the order power.
Yeah but Barth Bane's Rule of Two was in direct response to the "Brotherhood of the Sith" which was promoted as an almost quasi socialist organization and a way for Sith to share power once they had acquired it. Which is VERY not Sith. So one master to have power and one apprentice to covet that power, learn, and eventually challenge that master and either become the new master or die... Much more Sith.
Plus it was practical. All the Sith were dead except Bane. There was a whole Jedi army out there. He just came upon a highly force sensitive and angry young girl, a natural apprentice to help him and carry on Sith traditions in the event of his death. (Because he was THE last Sith, if he dies now what?) He had already become disillusioned with The Brotherhood before all the Sith but him were killed (or had their consciousnesses forever trapped in a Force Bomb, whatever) but the Rule of Two thing was just as much a natural development as a result of his situation than a dedicated creed...
I really like the Darth Bane book triology. Especially the second book because of the no holds barred ending. Up there with my favorite Star Wars books.
Jar jar was literally smiling when he gave emergency power too palpatine
"your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them" - obi wan kenobi
At the end of Attack of the Clones Count Dooku's speeder and spaceship looked like they were designed for a gungan, not a human.
They were Geonosian Vehicles...
At the end of the Phantom Menace I was 100% sure that Jar Jar was the other Sith. The way it pans to him at the end during the cremation scene.
Though not canon, the Disney Infinity game has a Jar Jar moment that could suggest he's evil. Jar Jar leads you to an elevator on Nabuu and then he continuously presses the wrong buttons allowing more and more enemies into the elevator, that you must fight. Jar Jar acts all clumsy and apologizes like he's doing it out of incompetence. But if he really is evil, then it's all an act and he was purposefully unleashing swarms of enemies on you.
What a mischievous and manipulative sith he is. He will never drop his mask, and he will make sure that he will never be uncovered as a sith lord.
The first Harry Potter movie villain was a perfect fool, a perfect JarJar
When the topic of JarJar as a Sith lord arises, i always think about how his lightsaber fighting style would be. The most interesting take on JarJar Sith imo is when his personality or fighting style isn't changing after reveal, and he is actually that goofy light-hearted individual, but with great power, planning, and valiant mission of bringing a balance to the Force by expanding the Dark Side.
Imagine him charging his opponents with goofy battle cry, then "accidentally" losing the grip on his saber and, while awkwardly jiggling it in the air and "trying to catch it" cutting every Jedi around him into pieces in what looks like a sudden barrage of uncannily unpredictable strikes. Or when he dodges a force wave by sneezing, or thumbing. And while the enemies can not lay a single strike on him, alrady fully aware of the Jar Jar' style, only unable to counter it because you *can not predict his movement,* Jar Jar is constantly saying that he don't want to hurt anyone, still thinks of Jedi as friends and just wants the Force to come into balance, by any means.
Lucas was clear that Jar Jar was not a Sith. Proof positive on how advanced Jar Jar's obfuscation technique really is that he was able to fool even Lucas.
If im not mistaken hes the only gungan with yellow eyes
You are boss nass has them
@@hallowsoul2722 you didn't have to get rude.
@@ARandomInternetUser08 wasn’t trying to just simply a short answer to be easy to spot in the thread. I love these threads of lore and explanations while we keep in mind it’s just a movie
@@ARandomInternetUser08 I didn’t mean to just simply answered to satisfy our need for lore
@@hallowsoul2722 oh...ok.
Jar Jar being the Sith Yoda would be a crazy revaluation.
ucas himself already confirmed that it was indeed his plan to make Jar Jar the big bad behind everything, but when the audience feedback bombed we ended up with Count Dookie and Greivous
its a damn shame. Imagine yoda vs darth jarjar, aka plagius....
not bad, dookie is whatever but the robot grevious guy with 4 arms is pretty bad ass in clone wars cartoon. i hope they reintroduce sith jarjar but as a neutral sith and introduce dark side but not evil side and light side but not Hero/good side concept. corrupted light, and a beneficial darkness.
You had me at “Darth Jar Jar”
"In my experience, there is no such thing as luck." - an old Obi Wan who should have known Jar Jar
A Darth Jar Jar reveal would of been the greatest twists in cinema history since "Luke i am your father."
Lucas bowed to the pressure i bet.
With the bridge scene in the Phantom Menace, Jar-Jar initially “falls” on the right side of the bridge but then you see one of the battle droids heads follow something as it moves incredibly quickly from the right side of the bridge to the left… as we then see Jar-Jar fall from where the droid stopped looking. That’s what sold me
When I was a kid, I started making Star Wars 'movies' with my 8mm camera and Star Wars action figures, and Lego, lol. My next door neighbour friend ( here in Toronto ) started helping me, and we made 'The Empire Strikes Back' in my basement, using lots of flour, cardboard ships and more action figures. I gave up on making movies but my friend kept it up. Eventually he ended up working for ILM and became the supervising animator for Jar Jar Binks! How cool is that.
Thats pretty rad
When Jar Jar was banned from the underwater city, people were SCARED of him.. they didn't think of him as pest they thought of him as a threat.
I've always found that really strange. What the hell was Jar Jar doing out i the middle of nowhere when Qui and Obi found him? He never got that answer either.
Tasered & Handcuffed too. Says Jar Jar was out looking for Food, that too throw the reader off. Clearly looking out for Qui Gon.
Yeah, I think this was also the plan, but backlash forced Lucas to reverse-course.
Jar Jar being Plagueis would've been one hell of a twist.
which is funny. Maybe Lucas is just a better person than I, but if I got all that hate from creating Jar Jar in episode 1, I would want nothing more than to see it through, make his character amazing, and then say 'See fans, shouldn't have doubted me'.
@@jrobertlysaght I can just imagine the reveal.
Jar Jar walks out of the shadows, the main characters are like "Jar Jar? Why are you here" or "We haven't got time for your antics, Jar Jar!"
Bam!
Cue Jar Jar speaking casually and not feeling at all pressured by the perilous situation, and as he continues to talk, his voice slowly loses the 'Jar Jarness', becoming cold and cruel and articulate, like Vitiate's "patience of stone and will of stars" speech.
Bam!
"Sorry kid, that whacky character you fell in love with was a lie" or "Jar Jar isn't so annoying now that he's been revealed to be the Sith behind Sidious, is he?"
Hahaha.
I find Count Dooku’s name interesting. It feels like a perfect Sith name for Jar Jar: Darth Dooku.
I’m betting Darrh Tyranus’ character in Ep. 2 was intended for Jar Jar.
It may also be why Ep. 2 fell flat. That reveal and storyline would have helped that movie.
My theory is that fun fan speculation is never a bad thing for a product line.
Jaj jar used both good and evil powers. He wanted to lead the Jedi and the Sith to destruction. At that time, he created his own order and trained his own students to then take over power.
There's a couple more points to consider. First, the crimes Jar Jar committed in his home city were punishable with the death penalty. He must have done horrific things, and it makes his rise to general and ambassador even more unlikely without Sith mind-manipulation. Second, he was locked alone in the droid room shortly before R2-D2 was revealed as more than just a normal droid. I believe he had a hand in creating the single most pivotal character in all of Star Wars.
Did you ever notice, that while locked in the droid room, he fiddles with something, just before the shields fail? He did that
@@Pokemon-Kid112 Yeah, and people forget that they first have a fuel leak so they are forced to land on Tatooine, and then a hyperdrive failure to force them to stay. What are the chances they have both? Unless the Drunken Master of the Sith is doing it on purpose.
Lucas' plan was to have an innocent & good character (Jar Jar) hang around with the Sith (Palpatine) and be corrupted proving how corrupting their influence is.
Ep1: Jar Jar is good.
Ep2: Jar Jar gives Palpatine emergency powers which leads to him becoming Emperor. He has been influenced, tricked, and thus did evil although not intentionally.
Ep3: Jar Jar was to state that he was perfectly fine with what Palpatine was doing, and that he didn't regret how things turned out, i.e., he was thoroughly corrupted and turned evil. His path would mimic most people in govt--they may go there with good intentions, but the power corrupts them so that everyone in it becomes a part of the web of rot.
When Lucas said "Jar Jar is the key to everything," this was the big story arc he was talking about. If Jar Jar could be depicted correctly, then it would set the stage for his fall. Thus, Anakin and the whole Republic had no chance except to fall as well because if even the most innocent of them all, Jar Jar, was not immune, then no one is. This is echoed by the "This is how democracy falls--with thunderous applause" scene. The corrosive influence of the Sith did the exact same thing to the majority of the Senate. They may have gone there with good intent, but they instead were turned evil.
Lucas wanted the audience to know that no one was safe from turning evil and in effect, question themselves, "Would I turn evil, too?"
he pronounces not as "notsa" yet said "not exactly" very clearly when he wielded the lightsaber, just to point out
You totally missed the most impactful scene for this theory IMO. When Jar-Jar returns to the Gungan city you hear cries of anguish. Not like "oh this dumbass is back"... but like "OH NO, THAT TERRIFYING THING IS BACK!" His people FEARED him, suggesting he was not the nice guy he portrays.
In my head canon, Jar Jar is a vessel for Darth Plagueis' spirit after he cheated death through the ancient dark side force technique "essense tranfer." Jar Jar was always the true Sith Lord.
Plagueis is the only Sith mentioned in the movies that we aren't explicitly shown... or so we thought.
This would line up everything neatly, Plagueis letting his apprentice think he was killed, while grabbing an unassuming new vessel to keep going. Down the line, Palpatine tries to improve on it by simply having a clone of his own body prepared, thus not having the drawback of swapping vessels while retaining the ability to do so if he had reason to.
My new favourite theory is thinking that Jar Jar is a sith but he is at the point of power that even Palpatine didn't see it until it was too late but instead of directly aligning with the sith, Jar Jar is more of a chaotic neutral character. Just enjoys the chaos but slips into whichever side means his survival.
he is also the one who sabotaged the engine forcing a emergency landing on tatooine (r2 almost catches him) and the picking up of anakin
Uh, what?
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If you recall when r2 'bumps' into jarjar when the ship was under attack. r2 isn't clumsy that's not it's character trait. R2 always runs into things on purpose, it was trying to stop jarjar from tampering with the engines before getting forced into it's duty.
afterwards, when they do land on tatooine, qui gon didn't want the queens double (padme) to go with them, but jarjar is behind her and the body guard mouthing word for word what the guard says when talking about the Queen wishing to see the local area ect.
then at the market it's jarjar who makes a commotion with subulba to get Anakin to take notice, only then does jarjar wave his hand to calm subulbas temper.
this video didn't really do a good job going over all the evidence for the theory as there's a lot more but that's explaining what you were replying to
@@petercottantail7850 I do know about that encounter, but don't forget, the ship was damaged, but only the power was fixed, not the leak. Who knows, maybe Jar Jar did cause a leak, but idk.
Okay I know you've already made a short of this on your main channel and mentioned it in passing elsewhere but man, I would LOVE to see a proper longform video dedicated to The Sickness (Blackwing), not just going over its appearance in Death Troopers/Red Harvest but a full on theory video going over all the disturbing implications of the virus and overall speculating on its nature. Personally, it's always baffled me how little it's been covered considering how utterly terrifying a force-sensitive disease really is.
That's not a sickness... that's a bloody bioweapon with hive mind properties. Not a virus either. From my limited knowledge of blackwing, I'd say it's a type of parasitic amoeba like organism, since it's some type of gray goo
Jar Jar also slyly mentioned the Gungan army to Padme in Phantom Menace, and suggested that the Gungan’s warrior nature is “why you no liking us, mesa thinks.”
That casual mention was the inspiration Padme needed to go fight back against the Trade Federation on her own, which eventually united Gungan and Naboo and led to the defeat of the Trade Federation.
Coincidence?! I THINK NOT!!!!!
Also… Sith have orange eyes. Jar Jar has orange eyes from the beginning.
perhaps jar jar is actually force sensitive, but his powers lie in him not knowing. hes more like a spontaneous character in every moment, rather than relying on thought. the force uses him as a gray zone. maybe, but i do like the theory that jar jar is a darth lord. my goodness, i would love for them to confirm that.
good catch
Long being convinced of this. All the mouthing of lines and subtle hand gestures while others are talking that lead to furtherance of Sith goals. The balcony drop with the droid shooting at where he was and its head following his trajectory implies a great jump from a strange angle. When he, Obi-wan and Qui-Gon first enter the water he does a huge 20ft spinning leap/dive into the water - in this universe only force users are seen to be able to do this sort of acrobatics coupled with how he has a plodding walk and is extremely clumsy(!). His eyes are already Sith yellow. As noted in these comments; when the three of them enter the Gungan hidden city; it's Jar Jar who they freak about - not the two outsider aliens. When making their escape with the princess, he waves his hand at Padmes bodyguard who allows him to cut in front of him directly behind Padme - a bodyguard letting a unknown member of a race that they have constant conflict with ahead of him within reach of his charge just wouldn't happen. It is Jar Jar who creates the moment to interact with Anakin again by eating the lizard thing (using the living force when it senses it right to?) It's suggested in the novel that in the craft leaving the Gungan city that Qui-Gon "over dose it" when trying to calm Jar Jar; when he was only playing possum so he could concentrate bringing in a bigger fish to eat the one troubling them and their craft. Doing his hand waving to get promoted by the big fat Boss Gungan while verbally dismissing it. When "something goes wrong with the hyperdrive" upon their escape; we don't know or see what he did - only see him pulling back from it - but R2D2 did - that's why it zapped him, this in a roundabout way led to them finding Anakin. Quite a few other things also. I feel he was to be the Darkside equivalent to Yoda who was as in tune to the living force as Yoda is to the light and Sidious is to the Dark. I picture that fight between Yoda and Dooku and try to place Jar Jar in Dooku's place but with Jar Jar flipping around as much as Yoda. Would be sweet. Also the name Darth Tyranus is reptilian and suits Jar Jar better that Dooku; a quick swap of characters to suit a fickle George Lucas. Actually, if you take all of Dooku's lines and interactions (particularly with Obi-Wan) and mentally swap in Jar Jar, it suits it like a hand in a glove.
The initial pool jump is a great point, the other Gungans never displaying anything close to that in terms of sheer force-like acrobatics. After confirming the two Jedi had never met one of his species before, Jar jar knew they wouldn't realise his acro skill is unusual to his species!
I was convinced when they sold the toys as sets
They had the hero’s sets with Luke obi-Wan and rtd2. The villain had Vader Palpatine and jar jar
@@oberon5657 And Sith's arrogance means they couldn't resist the chance to get one more over on the Jedi. Hence the jump.
Imagine if in Rise of Skywalker the BBEG ended up being Jar Jar, with the events of all 8 previous movies being all according to his evil agenda.
1 thing to note is Darth Jar Jar only allied with Palpatine and his master plan. The CIS attacking naboo, lead by another sith was completely unknown to him for a time, such was Palps's plan. Even upon finding out, Jar Jar knew what had to be done for the plan to come to fruition, and since the CIS attacked Naboo, he had no qualms playing his part fighting AGAINST the CIS. Mf was stupid-smart.
It actually makes more sense that Jar Jar would be the Sith counter part to Yoda. Palpatine was terrified of Yoda and was definitely not his equivalent in the force which means it stands to reason his equal was still out there.
It makes sense that Palpatine would recruit a local follower strong in force even if he's seen as an expendable agent. While Darth Maul on the other hand works as the overt threat the Jedi. Thus he catches them in a pincer movement.
Considering Palpatines covert plans, and how aggressive Maul is during the Phantom Menace, I don't think Maul was ever his true apprentice, just an attack dog he kept on a short leash before loosing him on the Jedi to be put down.
I've always wanted to know how Yoda would go about exposing Palpatine if he somehow found out his true identity sooner. Given his position in the senate, I can't imagine it would be an easy task to either take him out without being questioned or somehow prove he is sith, and surely he had some sort of backup plan for this scenario. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Imagine if Palpatin was still the apprentice when Anakin found out, that'd be a crazy plot twist to find out jar jar was darth bane.
They really should have revealed JarJar as Snoke.
Besides solidifying the "Darth JarJar" theory, it would have made him the perfect antithesis to Yoda.
Yoda was...
Short, well respected, kept the odd speech pattern from his youth, and pretended to be something he's not then quickly had the truth of his nature revealed in his introduction.
JarJar as Snoke would have been...
Tall, looked down upon by all around him, altered his speech pattern in his new persona (Snoke), and not been truly known by the other characters or the audience until the very end.
Just realized after posting this, another argument for the two being counterparts is this....
BOTH would have been introduced as "comic relief". However, Yoda's reasons for being ridiculous were been to test Luke and see how impetuous/impatient he was. Overall, it was to improve him by teaching him patience and wisdom because he thought he had potential. Had JarJar been revealed as a Sith or other type of dark side user, then his introductory foolishness was not to help and improve those around him, but to confuse and distract them because he (would have) thought they were idiots who would never see his true self.
@@AustynSN I think he was also meant to be a reverse anakin and darth vader, as in goes to the light side and is THEIR darth vader. Darth Jar Jar...
The greatest Sith Lord to ever live and Lord Darth Jar Jar Binks shows that u don't need power but BRAINS....
One thing that is rarely explored is that if Jar Jar is a Sith, it does not necessarily follow that he was an antagonist. If Jar Jar is actually Darth Plaguis, then he has a motive to oppose Palpatine- revenge. Jar Jar could have been a hidden Sith, but not one involved with Palp’s grand conspiracy.
“Have you ever heard the tale of Darth Jar-Jar The Wise?”
What if Jar Jar was the actual Phantom menace. Lol
i whole heartedly believe that George Lucas intended for Jar jar Binks to be revealed as a sith strong in the dark side. (being Yodas story counterpart)
But since phantom menace did so poorly & jar jar was vocaly hated by so many, he decided to rewrite his reveal out. (perhaps giving Dooku his scenes)
imagine if it was Jar jar about to strike Anakin then Yoda comes in for the save , we would have a battle betwean the unassuming masters.
+worth noting is a key inspiration George has mentioned:Asimovs Foundation books, in wich there is a lovable clutz called "the mule" who turns out to be the main villain
I'm actually curious about the Banking Clans, and why they managed to be so influential
Politician kickbacks. No, seriously, that is basically what happened.
They same way they managed to gain their influence in real life. They control the money. It's that simple.
Hey cool it with the antisemitism
Something I feel got skipped over in the comic was that JarJar’s speech pattern is an act, when he says “Not” he usually says “Notsa” or “Nosa” but he says “Nosa… …not exactly.” Like he realizes he can drop the act.
I'm poor, gimme saber lol
There's only one way Disney could redeem themselves after butchering the franchise. Disney, youssa know what to do.
Oh no!! Yousa findin' meesa secrets!! On another note, really loved this video, I'd love to see even more Darth Jar Jar stuff in the future! That Dooku saber lookin' niiiiiiice 👀
Something to consider is that Jar Jar we see on screen is a 100% computer generated character. Every movement he makes, every blink, every twitch of his lips was planned and animated. When they first land on Tatooine when the Naboo head of security is telling Qui Gon that the queen wants her hand maid Padme (i.e. the actual queen) to accompany him into the town, just over his shoulder we see Jar Jar apparently mouthing the same words. With a human actor you could maybe write that off as just the actor’s interpretation of what the character would be doing, or maybe dislodging some bit of food that got caught between their teeth or gum and lip. That doesn’t work for an animated character.
My favorite evidence for this is that Force Luck is a canon thing and we CONSTANTLY see Jar Jar use it
The tones of the last two syllables in every sentence you read sounds the same. Once you notice it, you can’t unhear it.
Years ago, I started trying to run a Star Wars RPG campaign where the plot involved something called "Project Skywalker," wherein Sidious was using Anakin's severed hand to cultivate Midichlorians to embue others with Force powers and create an army of engineered Force warriors. My plan was to have Jar Jar sell out the Republic and motion for Palpatine to take power in order to be given Force powers from this scheme. Really frustrating to discover this theory existed years later.
In reference to Darth Jar Jar’s fighting skills. He always remind me of a Drunk Boxing Master. A type of Kung fu, that utilizes the appearance and actions of a drunkard to disguise blocks and attacks. Force your event to underestimate you based on your appearance, then make him pay for his assumptions.
“Always two there is” Cuts to Jar Jar meditating in the dark, a candle flame flickers and he laughs. Episode 1 credits roll
If Im not mistaken Jar Jar was the Sith Palpatine talked about being able to cheat death. I believe he was the foil to Yoda being Palpatine's master.
You missed the fsct he as a CHI caracter is animated into speeking afew of padmes lines as she speeks them.
And also is smiling at quigons funral head tilted down to conceal it.
All gungans seemingly can jump high, but all the other evidence points seem hard to argue with.
There’s also a scene in Phantom Menace where jar jar basically taunts the force. He says something like, “big scary force,” while in some vehicle.
My thought was that Lucas introduced shape-changers into the story with the idea that Jar Jar was not, in fact, a gungan. Originally I thought he might be Darth Plagus, having survived Palpatine's attack on him, now manipulating his former apprentice. Hiding on Naboo so he can keep watch.
Now I think the rule of two works better. Jar Jar is outside of it, but a Sith who wishes power. Using cunning to twist the plans of the Emperor. Let Palpatine take the hits, face the Jedi, and have the apprentice he can never fully trust.
0:29 "Darth Bombad" is catchier.
1:36 THX-1138 reference.
3:21 "Fainting?" Don't you mean "feigning?"
8:52 "As above, so below." Palpatine appeals to the elites from "above." Jar Jar appeals to the common folk from "below."
Jar Jar was supposed to be Darth Plagueis, but Lucas chicken out after the initial pushback on the character by vocal fans (ie, the Fandom Menace)
I need Darth Jar Jar!
Or whatever he was supposed to be key to. Being the speaker who handed Palpatine emergency power was the cop-out of cop-outs only done because the creator did sya that at that point.
I’ve been waiting for a video like this my desktop lock screen is darth jar jar
Darth Jar Jar is my fave. Always love these!
I like the theory that in this stage, Sidous divided his martial training and political training between Maul, who is all brawn, and Jar-Jar who is all manipulation. I doubt that darth Jar-jar would ever be able to match a jedi in a one-on-one, but he doesn't need to.
There was also a prop on display at ILM of Jar Jar frozen in carbonite. This is something usually done for bounties, high profile prisoners or other dangerous individuals. Like, IDK, a hidden Sith Lord? Perhaps by Palpatine to keep him from further interfering in his role as Emperor?
Thank you for including Jar Jar's antics from The Clone wars. Definitely use of force powers in most situations he's been in. One thing that really caught my attention: pay close attention to the staff he has around the 18;46 minute mark: It has the head piece of the Staff Of Ra on it! (A little Raiders of the lost Ark humor from the animators)
Darth Meesa!
“Palpy… tell Meesa, yousa ever hear de tragedy of Darth Plagueis?”
I believe in Darth Jar Jar, but I think he was legitimately surprised and terrified when they went through the core "Ohhhh... might have overplayed my hand here..."