Supported by By Carlos Aguilar Reporting from Los Angeles Ahmed Best is a futurist, an educator, a martial artist, a writer-director and the actor behind Jar Jar Binks, the most hated character in ...

The actor said it was hard to heed the ... Best has since reprized the role of Jar Jar Binks 17 times following the character's debut, voicing the iconic Gungan in films, animated TV, video ...

Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be the role of a lifetime for actor Ahmed Best, plucked from a percussive dance troupe and given serious screen time in George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I ...

The actor behind Jar Jar Binks suffered from severe depression and contemplated taking his own life as a result of backlash to the controversial “Star Wars” character. A self-described “enor ...

Ahmed Best made history in 1999 as Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars universe ... motion-capture technology — and Best was the first actor to play such a role. But as he now tells PEOPLE, the ...

The actor made history in the role in 1999. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Jar Jar Binks was the first character in a live-action film to be created through motion-capture technology ...

We love to see it. 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 ...

Ahmed Best has said in the past that he considered suicide following significant backlash against Jar Jar Binks in the 2000s Ahmed Best, the actor known for portraying Jar Jar Binks in the three ...

In a surprise cameo that nobody in a galaxy far, far away saw coming, Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best returned to the “Star Wars” universe in Wednesday’s episode of “The Mandalorian.” ...

The actor voiced the infamously CGI character Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy of the George Lucas saga. Audiences were not fond of the Gungan and the character was phased out in the ...

But if you were thinking that Best would make a return as Jar-Jar Binks, the character he immortalized in “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” think again. To explain: while the main ...