The only moment where I thought Jar Jar interacted well with the others was when Qui-Gon grabbed his tongue. Admittedly, I would have been far more impressed with the special effect if he'd then ripped it out and the character had been mute for the rest of the film, but it was one of the film's few highlights (and possibly the only one that didn't seem to have been put in as a promo for a video game, though now that I think of it...)
By contrast, similar tricks were done at least as well in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and it never occurred to me to even wonder how until I saw a "making-of" documentary. I never once forgot that Jar Jar was CGI.
While I'm glad that Lucas saw the error of his ways in creating Jar Jar (after burying many tons of merchandising in landfill, which seems bound to puzzle archaeologists in the distant future) and pretty much eliminated him from the next two films (apart from making him a stooge for Palpatine, so that everyone would hate him), I'm still disappointed that there was no Darth vs Jar Jar scene in Ep III: "Ani! How you've grown!" followed by "AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!" as Darth uses the Force to seal off his carotid.
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Date: 2010-02-08 03:47 am (UTC)By contrast, similar tricks were done at least as well in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and it never occurred to me to even wonder how until I saw a "making-of" documentary. I never once forgot that Jar Jar was CGI.
While I'm glad that Lucas saw the error of his ways in creating Jar Jar (after burying many tons of merchandising in landfill, which seems bound to puzzle archaeologists in the distant future) and pretty much eliminated him from the next two films (apart from making him a stooge for Palpatine, so that everyone would hate him), I'm still disappointed that there was no Darth vs Jar Jar scene in Ep III: "Ani! How you've grown!" followed by "AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!" as Darth uses the Force to seal off his carotid.