Originally released on May 19, 1999, Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Upon its initial release, George Lucas’ film was met with mixed reviews and was judged harshly by both critics and fans. While the visual effects for the film were appreciated, viewers weren’t too kind toward the characters or how the story played out.
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace | Lucasfilm Ltd.
As a result, The Phantom Menace became the lowest-rated film of the entire Star Wars franchise with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 53%. However, it now looks like the fandom has evolved and so has their original opinion on the first prequel film starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and more.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Celebrates 25 Years
Ahmed Best’s Jar Jar Binks in a still from The Phantom Menace | Lucasfilm Ltd.
Back when The Phantom Menace was first released in theatres,...
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace | Lucasfilm Ltd.
As a result, The Phantom Menace became the lowest-rated film of the entire Star Wars franchise with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 53%. However, it now looks like the fandom has evolved and so has their original opinion on the first prequel film starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and more.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Celebrates 25 Years
Ahmed Best’s Jar Jar Binks in a still from The Phantom Menace | Lucasfilm Ltd.
Back when The Phantom Menace was first released in theatres,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Elden Ring‘s vast and treacherous world offers numerous challenges for players to overcome in return for glorious rewards. Among these is the bizarre Great Jar, a colossal stationary jar guarding a ruined castle in the poison-laced Caelid region.
This jar offers up a challenge where the player has to defeat three knights consecutively without leaving the area of backing out to a Site of Grace. It’s quite tough, but one player has figured out an ingenious loophole to “cheese” the challenge effortlessly.
How The Great Jar Challenge Works, And What It Rewards The Great Jar is a mysterious entity, but offers up a compelling challenge | FromSoftware
Reaching the Great Jar is no easy feat. While initially visible from a distance, attempting to jump down from the cliffside above leads to a swift demise. The key lies in the Siofra River Well, located in Mistwood near the Minor Erdtree.
This jar offers up a challenge where the player has to defeat three knights consecutively without leaving the area of backing out to a Site of Grace. It’s quite tough, but one player has figured out an ingenious loophole to “cheese” the challenge effortlessly.
How The Great Jar Challenge Works, And What It Rewards The Great Jar is a mysterious entity, but offers up a compelling challenge | FromSoftware
Reaching the Great Jar is no easy feat. While initially visible from a distance, attempting to jump down from the cliffside above leads to a swift demise. The key lies in the Siofra River Well, located in Mistwood near the Minor Erdtree.
- 5/19/2024
- by Viraaj Bhatnagar
- FandomWire
As The Phantom Menace marks 25 years since its release, we’re given the chance to reevaluate it. Is it as bad as it seemed back in 1999 or was there just too much anticipation that it couldn’t have possibly lived up to our fantasies? More importantly, what do we make of Jar Jar Binks a quarter-century on? A character mocked and loathed by the bulk of the fanbase for being terribly obnoxious and perhaps racist, Jar Jar Binks became a cultural phenomenon for all the wrong reasons. But he may have had a greater impact than we think…at least according to his portrayer.
Ahmed Best, the guy behind Jar Jar Binks, took a lot of flak for the character, saying the constant criticism “took almost a mortal toll on me. It was too much. It was the first time in my life where I couldn’t see the future.
Ahmed Best, the guy behind Jar Jar Binks, took a lot of flak for the character, saying the constant criticism “took almost a mortal toll on me. It was too much. It was the first time in my life where I couldn’t see the future.
- 5/6/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace celebrates a major milestone this year, and fans will never forget how the movie created a divisive opinion among its viewers, particularly on the matter of Jar Jar Binks.
Jar Jar Binks
The character was beloved by some and hated by many, and this remains a mystery among the cast and crew. Fans did not like the figure because of his clownish behavior and was too cartoonish for the movie.
Star Wars Actor Liam Neeson Reacted To Jar Jar Binks Issue
In an interview with Empire, Liam Neeson recalled how much he loved working with Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best. He admitted feeling offended after the surge of backlash on the character and the actor.
“Ahmed was so funny and inventive. Myself and Ewan were personally hurt and offended by the critical reaction to the character.”
Suggested“I want this to...
Jar Jar Binks
The character was beloved by some and hated by many, and this remains a mystery among the cast and crew. Fans did not like the figure because of his clownish behavior and was too cartoonish for the movie.
Star Wars Actor Liam Neeson Reacted To Jar Jar Binks Issue
In an interview with Empire, Liam Neeson recalled how much he loved working with Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best. He admitted feeling offended after the surge of backlash on the character and the actor.
“Ahmed was so funny and inventive. Myself and Ewan were personally hurt and offended by the critical reaction to the character.”
Suggested“I want this to...
- 4/24/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Today, emerging alt-pop star Dora Jar makes a glorious return with a psychedelic and introspective new single ‘Puppet’. Inspired by a message Dora had for her past self, ‘Puppet’ asks one thing of its listener, “Can you help me cut my thread?” Featuring crunching synths, tinkering droplets of xylophone, whimsical harmonies, pulsating drums, and a cathartic screaming chorus, Jar denounces the existence of acting as a puppet and shares desires to return to her own autonomy; even if it comes at her detriment.
Expressive in its throaty cries and self-aware and curious in its mystical lyricism – with references to the wonder of Pinocchio and the pineal third eye – ‘Puppet’ catapults Dora Jar into a new glam rock, vaudevillian era. While ‘Puppet’ itself is a thrashing, cleansing and whimsical sonic boom, its creation process was quite the opposite.
Dora Jar shares about the song, “Puppet came together earlier this year while I was off social media,...
Expressive in its throaty cries and self-aware and curious in its mystical lyricism – with references to the wonder of Pinocchio and the pineal third eye – ‘Puppet’ catapults Dora Jar into a new glam rock, vaudevillian era. While ‘Puppet’ itself is a thrashing, cleansing and whimsical sonic boom, its creation process was quite the opposite.
Dora Jar shares about the song, “Puppet came together earlier this year while I was off social media,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Editorial Desk
Today, emerging alt-pop star Dora Jar makes a glorious return with a psychedelic and introspective new single ‘Puppet’. Inspired by a message Dora had for her past self, ‘Puppet’ asks one thing of its listener, “Can you help me cut my thread?” Featuring crunching synths, tinkering droplets of xylophone, whimsical harmonies, pulsating drums, and a cathartic screaming chorus, Jar denounces the existence of acting as a puppet and shares desires to return to her own autonomy; even if it comes at her detriment.
Expressive in its throaty cries and self-aware and curious in its mystical lyricism – with references to the wonder of Pinocchio and the pineal third eye – ‘Puppet’ catapults Dora Jar into a new glam rock, vaudevillian era. While ‘Puppet’ itself is a thrashing, cleansing and whimsical sonic boom, its creation process was quite the opposite.
Dora Jar shares about the song, “Puppet came together earlier this year while I was off social media,...
Expressive in its throaty cries and self-aware and curious in its mystical lyricism – with references to the wonder of Pinocchio and the pineal third eye – ‘Puppet’ catapults Dora Jar into a new glam rock, vaudevillian era. While ‘Puppet’ itself is a thrashing, cleansing and whimsical sonic boom, its creation process was quite the opposite.
Dora Jar shares about the song, “Puppet came together earlier this year while I was off social media,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
One Secret Invasion secret is out: The character that Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke is playing in the upcoming Disney+ series in fact has been seen before in the MCU.
Based on the 2008 Marvel comic of the same name and (last we heard) earmarked for a Spring 2023 premiere, Secret Invasion follows a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating all aspects of life on Earth for years.
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Based on the 2008 Marvel comic of the same name and (last we heard) earmarked for a Spring 2023 premiere, Secret Invasion follows a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating all aspects of life on Earth for years.
More from TVLineWonder Man: Demetrius Grosse Lands Key Role in New Marvel SeriesThe Mandalorian Uncorks a Murder Mystery -- Do You Have a Suspect?The Mandalorian: Ahmed Best Says 'Coming...
- 3/31/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Let's clear something up: You don't have to love Jar Jar Binks to appreciate both the character and especially actor Ahmed Best's place in film history. By the same token, you're allowed to feel the inelegant Gungan was an unsuccessful attempt by George Lucas to pay homage to silent comedy giants like Harold Lloyd in the context of his "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. Or perhaps you've always had a soft spot for the flappy-eared, blundering sidekick. You're allowed to feel whichever way you want about him, I promise!
Whatever your outlook towards Mr. Binks and the way Lucas conceived him, we should all be able to agree Best wasn't the problem. The actor was unfairly maligned by toxic fans for his portrayal of the character in the wake of "The Phantom Menace" hitting theaters in 1999. Taken on its own terms, his performance as Jar Jar is quite remarkable -- seriously!
Whatever your outlook towards Mr. Binks and the way Lucas conceived him, we should all be able to agree Best wasn't the problem. The actor was unfairly maligned by toxic fans for his portrayal of the character in the wake of "The Phantom Menace" hitting theaters in 1999. Taken on its own terms, his performance as Jar Jar is quite remarkable -- seriously!
- 3/27/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 4, "The Foundling."
In the latest chapter of "The Mandalorian," Grogu is left at home while his dad goes off to rescue a foundling from a space pterodactyl. While Din Djarin is battling a real-life monster, Grogu finds himself fighting his own demons: traumatic memories of his narrow escape from the Jedi massacre of Order 66.
It's here that the show introduces Kelleran Beq (Ahmed Best), aka "The Sabered Hand," a Jedi character from the children's game show "Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge," which released 10 episodes on the Star Wars Kids website and YouTube. Even the most die-hard "Star Wars" fans may not be familiar with "Jedi Temple Challenge," but they will be familiar with Best, who made first contact with the franchise when he voiced and provided motion capture for Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy.
The disproportionate rage from a...
In the latest chapter of "The Mandalorian," Grogu is left at home while his dad goes off to rescue a foundling from a space pterodactyl. While Din Djarin is battling a real-life monster, Grogu finds himself fighting his own demons: traumatic memories of his narrow escape from the Jedi massacre of Order 66.
It's here that the show introduces Kelleran Beq (Ahmed Best), aka "The Sabered Hand," a Jedi character from the children's game show "Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge," which released 10 episodes on the Star Wars Kids website and YouTube. Even the most die-hard "Star Wars" fans may not be familiar with "Jedi Temple Challenge," but they will be familiar with Best, who made first contact with the franchise when he voiced and provided motion capture for Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy.
The disproportionate rage from a...
- 3/22/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
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