![]() ![]() Here he is reading an excerpt from "The Phantom Of Menace," where Jar Jar explains to the audience his plan to play the fool.ĭOESCHER: (Reading) I shall make introduction in my way, portray the part that I have learned so well. But he's given the character secret motivations worthy of the bard himself.ĭOESCHER: Shakespeare is known for having these characters who sort of present themselves one way to other characters, but then are presenting themselves totally differently to the audience.īLOCK: By having Jar Jar address the audience, Ian Doescher gives him new death. They own the rights after all, but Doescher says in his version, there's still plenty of the dumb Jar Jar Binks that fans love to hate. ![]() IAN DOESCHER: Because I had people saying to me why don't you just kill him off in the first scene and get rid of him entirely?ĭOESCHER: I couldn't do that because there's an expectation from Lucasfilm and from people reading these books that were actually telling the stories that are told in the movies.ĬORNISH: Lucasfilm doesn't mess around. Doescher has already published four books, including "The Empire Striketh Back" and "The Jedi Doth Return."īLOCK: When he sat down to write his latest adaptation, "William Shakespeare's The Phantom Of Menace," he knew he had to do something different with the much-maligned Jar Jar Binks. Doescher is the author of a series of books that translates "Star Wars" into Shakespearean verse.ĬORNISH: Yep, this is a thing, and people love it. ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE")ĪHMED BEST: (As Jar Jar Binks) Mesa Jar Jar Binks.ĬORNISH: Jar Jar Binks - he's the long-eared, bumbling, comic relief character from "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." He may be the most reviled character in George Lucas's "Star Wars" universe.īut in the hands of Ian Doescher, Jar Jar's character becomes less - shall we say - jarring. ![]() Fans of "Star Wars" often prefer not to remember this guy. ![]()
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