Jar Jar Binks Actor Has Major Comeback Moment

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Ahmed Best, the actor who voiced Jar Jar Binks pretty much went through Hell for the role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy—and now he's making a comeback thanks to The Mandalorian.

Get to know the star who's finally having a well-deserved redemption arc.

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Who voiced Jar Jar Binks?

Ahmed Best voiced Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith. According to Forbes, Jar Jar Binks was the first fully computer-generated character in a major motion picture at the time of The Phantom Menace's release in 1999.

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The character was critically reviled and the fandom was sorely unkind to Best, who was simply doing his job—one that most people would kill for, by the way—by giving Jar Jar Binks a voice. The character, who George Lucas later revealed was based on Disney's Goofy, drew such extreme backlash from the Star Wars fandom that Best actually suffered from suicidal ideation in addition to career setbacks.

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“I had death threats through the internet,” Best told Wired in 2017. “I had people come to me and say, ‘You destroyed my childhood.’ That’s difficult for a 25-year-old to hear.”

(To be clear, if a singular Star Wars character ruined your childhood, you have much bigger problems—or maybe no real problems and you grew up with a slew of privilege.)

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Who is Ahmed Best in The Mandalorian?

Best made his Star Wars comeback in The Mandalorian. In the Season 3 episode "Chapter 20: The Foundling," Best is seen in a flashback as a Jedi Master named Kelleran Beq, who rescues Grogu from Order 66, in which all Jedi were to be killed.

Best previously played Kelleran Beq in the kids' game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge.

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Best wrote on Instagram, "Gratitude! Good to be back. There is so much to say and share. It’s going to take a couple of days. But, for now, I’ll just say thank you to all that have held me up and made me better."

Since the episode first dropped on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Kelleran Beq has even gotten his own character poster—so you know he's kind of a big deal.

When it comes to wholesome comebacks, we have to say it: This is the way.

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