Originally posted by: SKot
Originally posted by: And Chewbacca will be replaced with a Gungan.

To be honest, at some point, especially before the release of TPM, I did get the impression that Jar Jar was intended to be the Chewbacca of the PT, the non-human, non-droid character who were to tag along with the others, fully intended to be part of the team. To me, the by far most interesting aspect of Jar Jar was to see the stark contrast between how fondly his creators spoke of him in interviews during filming and leading up to the premiere of TPM, and the harsh reactions of the audience and fanbase afterwards. I have no doubts whatsoever that Jar Jar's cameo roles in AOTC and ROTS are the result of the overwhelmingly negative response to his character and that we would have seen a lot more of him had the reactions of the moviegoers been favorable.

In fact, I struggle to think of a more ill-conceived and inappropriate movie character than Jar Jar Binks ever. Howard the Duck was bad (not really sure how bad, since I haven't seen the movie in years and years), but to me this represents more of a failed attempt at bringing a character from the comic book to the silver screen, since at least he worked reasonably well in the comic books (I think, never read any of them). I can see how others see this differently of course, but to me Howard the Duck was mostly, as I remember it, a result of exceedingly poor design and execution (a guy in a duck suit just doesn't cut it for a live action movie). Any other candidates, anyone?