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Star Wars Shocker: Michael Jackson Wanted to Play Jar Jar Binks
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| Today 12:07 PM PDT
| McKenna Aiello
Posted on 07/24/2015 12:32:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ahmed Best, the actor who played the first computer generated character in the franchise, revealed that Michael Jackson approached director George Lucas in hopes of taking on the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace role with the help of prosthetics and makeup similar to that of his "Thriller" video.
After meeting Jackson backstage at a concert with Lucas and co-star Natalie Portman, Best said, "George introduced me as 'Jar Jar' and I was like, 'That's kind of weird.' Michael was like, 'Oh. OK.' I thought, 'What is going on?'"
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Although it's up to speculation whether or not Jackson's portrayal would have changed fans' perception of Jar Jar, Best says he never took the criticism personally.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: howcoulditbeworse; sciencefiction; scifi; starwars
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:32:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
“Messa Mike-Mike Jackson.”
To: BenLurkin
Play him or 'play' with him? ;-)
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:35:05 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: BenLurkin
It would have been an appropriate role for him.
Better yet...one of the aliens in that freak show bar on Tatooine.
To: BenLurkin
He could also have played a transgendered ET.
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:36:21 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: BenLurkin
Possibly the only way fans could hate Jar Jar more than they do.
To: BenLurkin
I guess the makeup and prosthetics would have been easy with Michael since he could easily detach his ears and nose.
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:38:42 PM PDT
by
Marko413
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:39:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I hear Lucas turned him down because he looked too bizarre to be an alien.
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:41:21 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
To: Marko413
Reminds me of the electro-punkish song Detachable Penis.
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:44:44 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Meesa tinkin heesa homo. How rude!
12
posted on
07/24/2015 12:45:14 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: ETL
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:51:25 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: humblegunner
pretty funny there, gunner.
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posted on
07/24/2015 12:52:09 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: BenLurkin
They told me that I almost got the part of Han Solo in the original Star Wars.
I’d have had it if like every other male on the planet suddenly died or something.
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posted on
07/24/2015 1:02:46 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: BenLurkin
Is it so difficult to believe that a really odd person would want to play a really odd character?
To: BenLurkin
Years ago, the Glenn Beck crew did a Star Wars gallery with different politicians as the characters. Cynthia McKinney was Jar Jar. The photo was very funny, the whole gallery was funny.
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posted on
07/24/2015 2:00:55 PM PDT
by
Dawn53Fl
To: Dawn53Fl
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posted on
07/24/2015 2:05:07 PM PDT
by
Dawn53Fl
To: BenLurkin
MJ just wanted to be around the young padawans.
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posted on
07/24/2015 3:28:57 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
To: MrB
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posted on
07/24/2015 4:31:29 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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