Let me ask the board a question about how effective "Balance of the Force" is:
Were any of you converted from disliking Jar Jar into liking him?
I have to say I was. With an alien language, better dialogue, and a better story (involving the Gungan crystal)-- he seems like a real Star Wars character in the vein of creatures we saw in that cantina back in 1977. He isn't my all-time favorite, but he's far more interesting than Wicket the Ewok (whom I still can't say I like very much).