Jar Jar Binks

Jar Jar Binks is a minor yet reccuring character from the Star Wars franchise and its prequel trilogy. He is also a member of the Gungan species. Since his first appearance in the first prequel film, he has received infamy from fans.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He is extremely annoying and his antics get old very quickly.
 * 2) He exists solely to be appealing to children.
 * 3) He doesn't contribute much to the story. All he does is lead Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to the Gungan city, where they get hold of a means of reaching Padme. Nothing else Jar Jar does after that point ends up being important, other than him making an off-hand comment in front of Padme about the Gungans having a big army, giving her an idea how to retake Naboo.
 * 4) He barely helps the heroes. In fact, he is so unhelpful that he actually gives then-Chancellor Palpatine, the villain, even more power than he already had.
 * 5) * According to George Lucas, he stated that this was because he wanted to give the people that already hated Jar Jar one final thing to hate him for.
 * 6) Just when you think he might actually turn himself around by leading a Gungan unit into battle against the Trade Federation, he completely fails at that as well, and only avoids being killed along with his unit because Anakin destroys the droid control ship just in the nick of time.
 * 7) His fish-like design is really ugly, even for Star Wars standards.
 * 8) For some reason, he become the representative of his race and part of the Galactic Council.
 * 9) His name sounds extremely laughable.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He still means well.
 * 2) Although his design is ugly, it still has a lot effort to it.
 * 3) He has a few funny moments. Like his head going numb from getting it caught in an electrical beam.
 * 4) At least he is actually useful in The Clone Wars cartoon, since he helped save Anakin and Obi-Wan from pirates and save Padme from Nute Gunray.
 * 5) Thankfully he becomes less important in the movies over time, so much that in Revenge of the Sith he only makes a cameo appearance and never does anything stupid.

Trivia

 * Jar Jar has received so much hate that the actor who portrayed him has been considering suicide.
 * Some people have claimed that he may be a stereotype on Jamaican people, which led to controversy.
 * He was supposed to be the Main Villain of the Prequel Trilogy, but those plans were scrapped because of the character's backlash.
 * This has still become an in-joke in the Star Wars fandom, with fans calling him “Darth Jar Jar”.