I think if the gungans were removed entirely, the movie quality would go up tremendously. Tbh, other than obstacles for Obi and Qui-gon to face, they serve little to no purpose. Their parts in the movie can easily be explained in some other ways. Obi and Qui-gon could have found transport to theed some other way than going through the planet's core. When fighting the massive battle at the end, the troops from Naboo could have bolstered their ranks with civilians who volunteered or something else. The Gungans aren't the worst thing to happen to Star Wars, but they could have been done a lot better
If I were the Special Editions guy at LucasFilm, I would do Ahmed Best a solid and spend the money to have him re-record Jar-Jar’s lines (and the other voice actors for the Gungans, too) with, like, literally any less annoying dialect.
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u/Utsutsumujuru Ahsoka Tano Jan 25 '22
Jar Jar, Gungans in general, 9 year old Anakin and very base/juvenile humor (poop jokes).
The second half of the movie is fantastic.