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Re: Am I the only one who likes Jar-Jar?
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:13:28 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman writes:
> I've always wondered why everyone who hates Jar-Jar Binks seems to not mind c-
> 3po, who is the slightly less annoying Jar-Jar of the original trilogy.
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> I understand that 3-po wasn't always mugging for the camera, had a few serious
> lines, and wasn't blatantly pandering to the child audience, but 3-po was
> walking comic relief throughout most of the entire trilogy. Just as Jar-Jar
> was.
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> He bumbles through laser battles (on the way to the escape pod)every bit as
> unbelieveably as Jar Jar destroys the droid army. Much like Jar-Jar He says
> stupid things at the worst times (Like whenever Han Solo is about to do
> something cool). He babbles on about things we could care less about.
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> They fill the same role in the films, but I submit that the reason that no one
> likes Jar-Jar and everyone likes threepio is that we experienced threepio as a
> child, and Jar-Jar as an adult.
Ummmm, errrrr, you are making a presumption about peoples' ages. Now, maybe if
you had mentioned Robby the Robot and Forbidden Planet...
Bruce
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| (...) if (...) You are correct sir. I, like quite a few of the Gen- Xers, seem to forget that we are not the only ones on the planet(Grinning sheepishly). However, most of the Jar Jar haters seem to be between the ages of 15-30 (another brash (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I've always wondered why everyone who hates Jar-Jar Binks seems to not mind c- 3po, who is the slightly less annoying Jar-Jar of the original trilogy. I understand that 3-po wasn't always mugging for the camera, had a few serious lines, and wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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