i mentioned it in here before that in some documentry footage of Lucas we see him talking to Rick and says "Jar Jar is the key to this movie"
now maybe thats what Lucas had in mind at first... which is fine... but when he gave him the part that he did in the movie...
how is he key??
it didnt make a lot of sense..
but of course Rick nodded with a very concentrated look on his face...
almost as if he was thinking.. what is this guy talking about...
thats just my take on it...