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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace star Ahmed Best gets honest about the fan hate for his Jar Jar Binks performance and the redemption he felt when he appeared on The Mandalorian.
Ahmed Best thought he’d made it big when cast as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. But it turned into a nightmare of online abuse and accusations of racism. With a new podcast revisiting his story, the actor talks about why he’s still proud of his historic role
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Jar Jar Binks, cinema's first major motion-captured character. But the comic-relief alien also became the target of one of the internet's first hate campaigns.