Best still feels connected to the role of Jar Jar Binks, which he performed 20 years ago, not only because it was a performance that he really cared about, but because the backlash created a low ...

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Ahmed Best, the actor behind the maligned Gungan, suffered greatly under the weight of public disapproval. "It was the lowest I've been in my life," he confessed in a 2023 interview with the Guardian.

While industry vet George Lucas shrugged off negativity with ease, remembering how people felt C-3P0 was "annoying and stupid" in the first Star Wars, and saying that "80% of people in the movie ...

Star Wars actor Ahmed Best has returned to the place where he almost ended his life as the backlash over his character Jar Jar Binks became too much. Critics and Star Wars fans alike hated the ...

Ahmed Best at the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Kelleran is shown in flashback scenes of the notorious Order 66, when the Jedi are betrayed and all but wiped out.

Ahmed Best is now beloved by Star wars fans (Image: Getty Images for Disney) "Since 1997, no other black man has ever played a main CGI character and that's a travesty.

Ahmed Best entered the Star Wars saga as a 25-year-old street performer who was hellbent on his next big break. With groundbreaking motion capture technology, a love for the comedic styling of ...

Ahmed Best (born August 19, 1973) is an American voice actor and musician. He rose to prominence in the 2000s for playing the character of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise.

Event details about Ahmed Best. Feel The Future: A Valentine’s Evening in San Francisco on February 14, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets ...

Ahmed Best provided the voice and motion capture for the gawky CGI alien in the Star Wars prequels, beginning with 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.