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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 193795" data-attributes="member: 537">[code][color=orange]=== RESPOT RESTOP REPOST ===From: [email]spog@jwgh.org[/email] (Jacob W. Haller)Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibologySubject: Re: Lucas on Jar JarDate: Fri, 3 May 2002 18:13:28 -0400David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote:[. . .]> Still on topic, where do I sign up to join the "People's Popular Front> for the Promotion of Jar-Jar Binks Suffering a Spectacular Death in> Episode 3"?One of my many correspondents writes:==============================================Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 04:22:40 -0400From: C*** M********** <c***@W***.C**>Subject: The redemption of Jar JarTo: GAS-LOVERS@H***.E***.L****.C**At 10:30 AM 4/20/00 -0400, you wrote:>> Thank you for listening.  Say, did I ever tell you my ideas for the>> redemption of Jar Jar Binks?>>Jar Jar died for your sins!Well, that's what we're all hoping, of course.  But it's not enough.First he has to be made to suffer.  And I say this, not just because Idislike Jar Jar, but because it would deepen the character.  Jar Jar hasto die at exactly the moment when we no longer want him to, for thatalone would give his earlier purposeless and annoying behavior some kindof meaning.(Side note: Jar Jar reminds me of the Wogglebug from the Oz books.  TheWogglebug didn't have any pourpose in the story other than to standaround making lame puns.  He was fairly unique for his utter uselessnessand irrelevance; everyone else in a typical Oz story has some particularskill or property that proves essential to the quest at hand.)Anyway, here's my plan for Jar Jar's redemption:First of all, Jar Jar has to become Naboo's representative to theGalactic Senate.  It makes sense when you think about it: the planet isnow under Gungan rule, so naturally Boss Nass wants to put a Gungan inthe position.  From his point of view, it also neatly solves the problemof what to do with Jar Jar. Nass knows that Jar Jar is an idiot and aliability to everyone around him - I imagine that he was sent to thefront in Ep. 1 in the hopes that he'd never return - but he's also a warhero now, and well-liked among the other Gungans (most of whom havenever met him).  An ambassadorial position is a perfect solution: itsatisfies everyone (including Jar Jar, the idiot) that he's beingrewarded for his services, and at the same time keeps him far away fromthe day-to-day running of the Gungan state.So Jar Jar is in the Senate.  He's a few years older now, and isbeginning to fill out - he doesn't look like Boss Nass yet, but he'sdefinitely on that road.  He's become extremely self-conscious.  He'strying his best to conform, but his ignorance of custom combines withhis natural awkwardness to defeat him at every turn.  He visiblystruggles to control his accent when speaking to other representatives.He makes outlandish faux pas and looks genuinely mortified afterwards.(Can you imagine Jar Jar looking mortified?  I'm not talking about asheepish smile, I'm talking a real "Oh my god, what have I done" look,like Woody in Toy Story when he knocked Buzz out the window.  That alonemakes the entire scheme worth it.)  Jar Jar has only one friend in thewhole Senate: the former Naboo representative who did so much to helpJar Jar's friends in the past, Chancellor Palpatine.Palpatine, of course, realizes that the inordinate trust Jar Jar placesin him makes him easily manipulable, and so he preserves the conditionsthat make him Jar Jar's only friend.  He realizes that Jar Jar would bebetter off flaunting his ethnicity (think of Ben Franklin in France,winning support by playing the rustic American) rather than trying andfailing to be like everyone else, so he encourages him to try to be likeeveryone else.  When Jar Jar points out the respect and even aweaccorded to the Wookiee senator (an old, white-furred specimen,resplendent in traditional Wookiee ceremonial garb),  Palpatine claimsthat it's only because Wookiees have been in the senate for a long timethat their eccentricities are tolerated.  Jar Jar, incedentally, iswearing an old-fashioned three-piece suit that makes him look even morefroglike and grotesque than he already does.On the senate floor, whenever someone subtly mocks or insults Jar Jar,Palpatine sticks up for him.  This makes Palpatine look like a hero, andat the same time makes people resent Jar Jar's favored position.  Howcan Jar Jar be anything but grateful?Palpatine assures Jar Jar that his efforts to fit in are working, andthat people are starting to warm to him.  Jar Jar is well aware thathe's derided and reviled behind his back, but he trusts Palpatine'swords more than he trusts his own perceptions.  At night, he crieshimself to sleep.  He could really use a friendly ear to pour out histroubles to, but he thinks he already has one in Palpatine, who's reallygood at belittling his problems without seeming to.Eventually, the scales fall from Jar Jar's eyes.  I don't know how;perhaps he walks in on Palpatine in his sith robes or something.  It's adazzling revelation to Jar Jar.  In an instant, he sees what a fool he'sbeen, and how he's been betrayed.  He is enraged.  We've never seen anenraged Gungan, but I'm willing to bet that they're an impressive sight(and perhaps even change color).  The overall design of the Gungans isfairly monstrous, when you come right down to it, with those enormoushands and alien eyes.  The only reason Jar Jar isn't scary is that heusually seems so ineffective.  Jar Jar is enraged.  He charges intoPalpatine's quarters, babbling in Gungan, an alien monster on a rampage.There's a confrontation; Palpatine gets Jar Jar to calm down, tells himit's not the way it seems.  This works for a little while, but Palpatineunderestimates the change that has been wrought in Jar Jar's soul. Hehas seen the truth, and will not so easily believe lies again.Palpatine, unprepared to actually argue intelligently with his formerpuppet, gets caught in his own words.  The freshly enraged alien monsterlacks his hands around the chancellor's throat...When Jar Jar's body is found, covered with lightsabre wounds, Palpatinegives a stirring oration.  The Jedi have gone too far, they're notaccountable to anyone, something like this was bound to happeneventually, etc.  The only defense we can possibly have againstatrocities like this is to (a) raise a Senate-controlled army ofstormtroopers for the defense of all the people and (b) arrest all theJedi in the galaxy.  And so it goes.==============================================[/color][/code]</blockquote>

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