Latest Sci-Fi News: Ahmed Best returns to ‘Star Wars’ via a well-deserved ‘Mandalorian’ role

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The Star Wars fandom is notoriously toxic, so it’s not shocking to hear of the horrible treatment some of its cast members received over the years. 

Of all the undeservedly hated Star Wars veterans, Ahmed Best may have had it the worst. He wasn’t as young as Jake Lloyd, but his Star Wars debut as the prequel trilogy’s Jar Jar Binks brought the wrath of the fandom down on Best. He was terrorized for years over the role, and his return in The Mandalorian’s third season is serving as a well-deserved redemption for the actor. 

The Star Wars universe is in a bit of a slump right now, despite The Mandalorian’s continued popularity, and Star Trek seems to have taken notice. The two galactic franchises have long been pitted against one another — despite being distinctly different — but Star Wars tends to pull in a broader audience. That might be changing, as shows like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds quickly outpace less-inspired offerings like The Book of Boba Fett. 

The stars are clearly on sci-fi fans’ minds, as yet another star-centric title takes over conversations. Both Starfield and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 might be releasing in the same month later this year, and the news quickly prompted a debate among future fans of either title. The PlayStation vs Xbox wars are never-ending, it seems. 

A leak seemingly revealed when the highly-anticipated second Spider-Man game is set to release, and its apparent competition with Bethesda’s Starfield sparked a debate among gamers. Future fans of either game quickly picked sides and faced off in a pointless argument about which game was better, had more longevity, and would get higher sales. The two games have absolutely nothing in common, thematically, and most gamers are likely to buy up