Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:05:23 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] Jar Jar Binks - it could have been worse....
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I *knew* he looked like an alien....

Exerpt:
No matter how much you despised Jar Jar Binks in the three Star Wars prequels
\342\200\223 a \342\200\234Rastafarian Stepin Fetchit on platform hoofs, crossed annoyingly with
Butterfly McQueen\342\200\235, said the Wall Street Journal \342\200\223 just remember, it could
have been so much worse. In fact, it could have been unbelievably worse:
instead of an annoying CGI character, Jar Jar Binks might have been played by
Michael Jackson in prosthetics.

In an interview with Vice, Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks, said Jackson
had wanted the role in the 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode I \342\200\223 The Phantom
Menace. \342\200\234That\342\200\231s what George [Lucas] told me,\342\200\235 he said. \342\200\234Me, Natalie Portman,
and George\342\200\231s kids \342\200\223 we were at Wembley Arena at Michael Jackson\342\200\231s concert. We
were taken backstage and we met Michael. There was Michael and Lisa Marie
[Presley]. George introduced me as \342\200\230Jar Jar\342\200\231 and I was like, \342\200\230That\342\200\231s kind of
weird.\342\200\231 Michael was like, \342\200\230Oh. OK.\342\200\231 I thought, \342\200\230What is going on?
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<http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/24/michael-jackson-wanted-to-play-jar-jar-binks-in-star-wars-prequels>

mark