Bingowings said:

Handman said:

No Jar-Jar.

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If you look at aliens like Yoda or Chewie or even Jabba they have a realistic feel to them despite their nature. There's a physicality to them and they feel like people.

OT Yoda and Chewie, sure. But PT Yoda and Chewie? I have to disagree. Any complexity they had in the prequels was inherited from the OT. They were cartoonish cardboard cutouts, just from a different cartoon than Jar-Jar.

If the same care had been taken as was taken with the OT characters he could have worked.

He is a touchstone as to what went wrong with the PT. It's just too cartoonish and lacks enough human spirit.

I'd actually argue he's got more going for him than most other characters in the PT. Sure, he doesn't fit in the Star Wars universe, I'll give you that, but in anything but the name, does PT Obi-Wan? Anakin? They don't belong in Star Wars either, just not because they are too silly. At least "idiotic goofball" is a schtick. Anakin doesn't even have that going for him. And Jar-Jar is one of the few PT characters that successfully makes eye contact with other characters, so he compares favorably with the "real" characters on the physicality side as well.