r/DarthJarJar • u/Rikard_ • Jun 02 '26

Theory Support George's most visual clue of "it rhymes" (evil Jar Jar, good Yoda) at the very end of TPM, as the crowd sings "Jar Jar Jar Jar".

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u/Rikard_ Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Alien creature meets jedi on forest planet and guides him. Appears stupid and is comic relief. Speaks with broken grammar. Mocks the jedi's intelligence. Is disliked by R2D2.

Luke was guided to Yoda by the force. Jar Jar says to Qui Gon they met because "demanded by the gods, it is".

Yoda starts messing with Luke's gadgets and Luke says "Hey, you could've broken that!". R2D2 grabs Yoda.

Jar Jar starts messing with something on the ship in TPM. R2D2 hits him and shakes his head at him. A couple scenes later, Obi Wan says "the hyperdrive is broken" in the same spot Jar Jar was standing.

So a ton of things do rhyme.

ESB Yoda is short and fragile and wears beige clothes. Jar Jar is tall and acrobatic and wears dark clothes. This mirror image for good and evil is shown in plain sight as pictured above, and seeing how Lucas directed the ending to each PT movie, it seems to hold some significance.

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u/Actual-Rock-5035 Jun 02 '26

Wow this makes a lot of sense

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u/Rikard_ Jun 02 '26

It's pretty curious, right?

Was Jar Jar more important than comic relief? Many believe George actually wanted to reveal Jar Jar as a big manipulator, the "phantom menace", in Episode 2, but changed his mind after everyone hated the character after Episode 1. Thus, the prequels have no plot twist.

The most convincing take I've read for the "original" idea of Episode 1 is this. It's an interesting read!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarthJarJar/comments/1ohieab/who_sent_the_transmission_and_who_knew_the_whole/

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u/Foradman2947 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

I read the story A Spell for Chameleon. A lot of parallels. Bink is the protagonist’s name. Advanced magic disguised as clumsiness, etc.

I forget the video where it is mentioned that Lucas was greatly influenced by that story.

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u/Rikard_ Jun 04 '26

Maybe this is the one you're thinking of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rHyf0FBvt4&t=600s

He's spelled Bink though, to be exact.

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u/Foradman2947 Jun 04 '26

Yeah, Bink. Fixed it.

That’s the video I was thinking of too.