(Courtesy of De, KSL.com) A Salt Lake City man is selling a 7-foot-tall Jar Jar Binks statute he purchased 20 years ago.
What do you give the “Star Wars” geek who has everything?
A movie-used lightsaber?
A Mark Hamill-autographed stormtrooper helmet?
A rare “Revenge of the Jedi” poster, which was the original title of “Return of the Jedi,” which is now supposed to be called “Episode VI” or something?
Or ... a 7-foot-tall Jar Jar Binks statue?
For the low, low price of $1,000, Jar Jar can indeed be yours (or your worst enemy’s). A Utah man recently put up an ad offering up the goofy Gungan, who not only is the most hated character in the “Star Wars” franchise, but one of the most reviled in the history of movies.
Hated even more than Darth Vader. Hated even more than every character Adam Sandler has ever played.
We contacted the owner who’s trying to pawn off poor Jar Jar, but he didn’t want to be quoted or named.
He did tell us, though, that he obtained it 20 years ago from a Utah grocery store. He’s selling it — as well as a Yoda — mostly to clear out a storage space.
He was also surprised when we told him how widely despised Jar Jar is.
Created by George Lucas to provide comic relief for the 1999 “Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” the annoying Jar Jar was instantly panned by the rabid “Star Wars” fan base, with barbed criticisms decrying the character as a blatant way to market toys to children — which alone was pretty questionable, as you can see by this bizarrely inappropriate item that required kids to French-kiss Jar Jar’s gross candy tongue.
Jar Jar was also accused of being outright racist because of what some thought was his Jamaican patois speaking style, interpreted as a depiction of long-outdated cinematic stereotypes.
The character was given minimal screen time in “Episode II: Attack of the Clones” and “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” to the relief of pretty much everybody, and the character just sort of faded away.
But if you want bring him back to life in a small weird way, not to mention really creep people out by repurposing him as a lawn ornament, here’s your chance.
