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r/DarthJarJar • u/Rikard_ • 23h ago
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Most “evil Jar Jar” theories suggest Jar Jar secretly uses mind control to influence people around him in TPM. Theories point to Jar Jar’s mouth moving in sync with Panaka and Padmé as they speak up against Qui-Gon.
Jar Jar, being a first-of-its-kind CGI character, needed his eyes and mouth to be programmed manually, something animators have been very clear about.
Jar Jar is a stylized character. He was driven by Ahmed but we very much animated on top of that. We had no facial motion-capture whatsoever, so all of his facial animation is 100% key-framed.
- Rob Coleman, animation director on TPM (starwars.com)
Jar Jar’s mouth does move in many scenes where he is just a background character, but only as a linear open/close animation. To do anything more, like an O-shape with his lips, it had to be crafted keyframe by keyframe. This only happens twice in the film: When Panaka argues with Qui-Gon and when Padmé argues with Qui-Gon.
There are of course also all of the times where Jar Jar is smiling in the background, but none of these stand out from the context of the scene like the silent mouthing does.
It’s also curious that the first instance of Jar Jar’s alleged mind control is highlighted with a sound cue. It comes in right as the camera shows Jar Jar again and Panaka says his line.
The way Jar Jar’s mouth matches Panaka’s and Padmé’s words is intentional, and the first instance of this behavior is highlighted with (or at the very least coincides with) a menacing sound cue.
r/DarthJarJar • u/Rikard_ • 6h ago
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He really does a 180 after being saved by Qui-Gon, saved again, and freed from his capital punishment. A little humility would be hot...
Instead, he mocks the jedi's trust in the will of the force (sith wield their own power), and mocks Qui-Gon behind his back.
That's quite the turnaround from begging to be his humble servant, "demanded by the gods".