Star Wars-fanteori #2: Er Jar Jar Binks i virkeligheden en Sith Lord?
Den mest forhadte karakter i universet har måske en skjult identitet?
Ja, du rystede nok på hovedet, da du læste overskriften, og det gjorde jeg personligt også - det gør jeg sådan set stadigvæk, da jeg tvivler på at J.J. Abrams vil hvile så vanvittig meget på storylinet fra den nye trilogi.
Men ikke desto mindre er den meget interessant og på nogle punkter ganske overbevisende. Vi bragte tidligere en Reddit-bruger, der fortalte om, hvorfor Luke Skywalker måske blev ond i The Force Awakens, og denne gang tager vi også fat i en bruger derfra.
Det første punkt i teorien er, at Jar Jar Binks i virkeligheden ikke var en komplet idiot:
This is one of the main reasons we as an audience hate Jar Jar so thoroughly; he breaks the fourth wall, he he shatters our suspension of disbelief, because we know that no one is really that lucky. We dismiss it as a lame, cliched trope– the silly pathetic oaf who always seems to inadvertently save the day.
I posit that, instead, this is a deliberate facade on the part of Jar Jar as a character, and on the part of the writers and animators. As we know, the Jedi themselves are inspired by Shaolin Monks, and there’s a particular kung fu discipline that Jar Jar’s physicality is purposefully modeled upon which allows him to appear goofy and uncoordinated even as he lays waste to his enemies; namely, Zui Quan, or Drunken Fist wushu. This discipline seeks to imitate the “sloshing,” seemingly random foibles of a drunkard, but in reality the staggering and stumbling is the use of bodily momentum, deception, and unpredictability intended to lure and confuse opponents.
Så Jar Jar Binks er altså i virkeligheden en dygtig kriger - så langt så godt. Måske var han så egentlig 'The Phantom Menace', da Palpantine aldrig nogensinde har været skjult, men bare har haft skjulte intentioner. Men hvordan passer det ind med hans politiske position:
Consider: We hate the way Jar Jar influences major plot points for the same reason we hate his physicality- it messes with our sense of realism. Two experienced Jedi on a serious mission would never actually bring someone that stupid along with them. No character that idiotic would ever really be made a general. They certainly wouldn’t be made a senator. How could anyone like Jar Jar really convince the entire galaxy to abandon democracy? That’s ridiculous.
These things are just the political version of his physical “luck.” Inadvertent, seemingly comical bumbling that just so happens to result in astoundingly positive results. But what if it isn’t inadvertant, and what if Jar Jar’s meteoric rise and inexplicable influence isn’t the result of dumb happenstance, but the result of extensive and careful use of force mind powers?
Jedi (and presumably Sith) exhibit telltale signs when using the Mind Trick to implant suggestions or influence behavior. For one, they always gesticulate and not-so-subtly wave their hands at the target.
Here’s a look at some pivotal Jar Jar moments during his political career:
Jar Jar [uses] Force Persuasion as he hand-waves the entire Galactic Senate and ushers in the death of democracy.
Binks har altså været i ledtog med Kansler Palpantine hele tiden - hvis man ser trilogien igen med tanken om Jar-Jar som ond, så giver det mening:
Actually, if you watch the prequels with the idea that Jar Jar might be a manipulative, dark character, you begin to notice just how insidious and subtle his manipulation is, and how effective, in almost every sequence he’s involved in, and also just how hyper-aware of the overarching plot he really is.
Examples: Jar Jar tricking the Jedi into traveling through the planet core (so that they need him). Jar Jar carefully causing a scene so that they run into Anakin. Jar Jar constantly mocking Qui-Gon behind his back while Anakin is watching (so that Anakin learns disrespect for Jedi authority early on). Jar Jar telling an 8 year old child that the queen is “pretty hot,” fanning the flames of the child’s infatuation that is exploited later on. I could go on.
Now if you lend even the slightest credence to my above points, and acknowledge the possibility that Jar Jar might not be an idiot, you’re almost forced to conclude that Jar Jar Binks and Palpatine were co-conspirators. If Jar Jar is putting forth an elaborate act to deceive people, it means he’s not a fool… and if he’s not a fool, it means his actions in Episode II that facilitate Palpatine’s plans are not those of an unwitting tool- they are those of a partner.
But that’s just speculation. Let’s stick to what we know– what we know is that even after Palpatine is elected as Chancellor, years after Jar Jar has been “tricked” into helping elect him, Palpatine still hangs out with Jar Jar in RotS.. Why? Wouldn’t he be a constant source of public embarrassment? This is the same character who can’t walk five yards without stepping in poodoo or squealing like a rabid donkey, right? What use does he have now? Why is he still at the right hand of the most powerful person in the galaxy? Could it be that in fact Jar Jar is the most powerful person in the galaxy?
Herefter fortsætter han teorien med, at det egentlig var Jar Jar Binks, som skulle kæmpe mod Yoda i Attack of the Clones i stedet for Count Dooku - men mener, at han blev udskiftet på grund af det enorme had til karakteren fra tilskuerne.
Da Binks ikke dør i Revenge of the Sith, hvad har han så lavet i al den tid? Hvem ved..
Læs den fulde og langt mere detaljerede teori her.
