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| | Fan Consensus: Jar Jar Binks Stinks - May 28, 1999 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | The physics seem a little off, however, when it comes to Episode I--The Phantom Menace, where the opinion of many Star Wars fans (adults, at least) seems to be that the amphibious, gibberish-speaking character Jar Jar Binks should have died in the prequel film--while Emperor Palpatine's bad-assed apprentice, Darth Maul, shouldn't have. |
 | | In fact, the vitriol against Jar Jar is somewhat grass-roots organized. |
 | | Watto, the haggling Tatooine junkyard owner, promotes Mideastern stereotypes; Nute Gunroy, the devious leader of the evil Trade Federation, perpetrates Asian ones; as for Jar Jar, it's believed that his accent (which seems Caribbean to many) and subservience to Liam Neeson's Qui-Gon Jedi character result in a stereotyping of West Africans. |
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