Why Lego Star Wars Is Bringing Darth Jar Jar To Life In Rebuild The Galaxy
The idea that Jar Jar Binks was secretly a Sith lord has been an amusing Star Wars joke and meme for years. But next month, the idea of Darth Jar Jar will finally be given form in the new miniseries, Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. At Comic-Con, the creative team behind the show explained why they decided to incorporate Jar Jar’s dark side into the story.
Rebuild the Galaxy writer and producer Dan Hernandez told GameSpot that the team was excited about the possibilities of remixing the Star Wars universe. And they also realized that this may be their only opportunity to bring Darth Jar Jar to life.
“We said, ‘Maybe this is the only possible way to actually tell the story of Darth Jar Jar and what would that look like?’ and just kind of take it seriously as a not just a meme joke,” said Hernandez. “But to say, ‘Okay, well what would cause him to become a Sith?’ Where would he end up in this version of the Star Wars galaxy and writing it in such a way where we said, ‘Can he actually be scary? Can he actually be something that people never thought that they would see?’ And then to have on top of that to have Ahmed Best come back and be Darth Jar Jar and everything that he brought to that character, because he thoroughly embodies [Jar Jar]. We’re such huge fans of his and of the character.”