Darth Jar Jar Becomes Star Wars Prequel Villain In AI Art
The widely popular Star Wars theory that bumbling Gungan Jar Jar Binks was really a Sith Lord all along has now been realized through AI art, giving fans a glimpse as to what the character would have looked like had he been revealed as a follower of the Dark Side. Making his debut appearance in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 1999, Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) played a crucial if clumsy role in the prequel trilogy. After initially helping to bring down the Trade Federation alongside Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman), he later went on to become a delegate to the Galactic Senate in Episode II: Attack of the Clones, granting emergency powers to Chancellor Palpatine and inadvertently paving the way for the latter's ascendancy to ruling the galaxy. However, Jar Jar became notorious among Star Wars fans and remains arguably the most hated character in the franchise, with many citing his annoying personality and unfunny comic relief as the reasons behind his poor reception.
But in recent years, a fan theory that Jar Jar was in fact a secret Sith Lord has gained much traction online. The fact that he often performs unusual and impressive acrobatics usually associated with Force-users, discusses with Anakin his doubts over the methods of the Jedi Order, and essentially enables Palpatine to become Emperor has led many to believe that the Gungan is actually working alongside the Chancellor in his malevolent plan. Indeed, a number of reasons have been proposed as to why Jar Jar is really a Sith Lord and some even conjectured that Supreme Leader Snoke was actually the Gungan in disguise in The Force Awakens before the character's true origins were revealed in The
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