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Jar Jar Binks Makes Incognito Plea to Ron Howard For Han Solo Movie Role
Hollywood Reporter ^ | June 24, 2017 | Ryan Parker

Posted on 06/24/2017 1:26:47 PM PDT by EdnaMode

"If you really want to turn this movie around, you have got to get Jar Jar in there, and not just a supporting role. Maybe it's a Jar Jar movie now." Meesa thinks it's a long shot.

In a recent Funny or Die clip, Jar Jar Binks makes a plea to Ron Howard to be added into the Han Solo spin-off after it was announced this week the Apollo 13 director was taking the reins.

Jar Jar is in disguise for the nearly two-minute faux clip in which he praises Howard's work and says he knows the mostly unpopular Phantom Menace character would be a great addition.

"The best choice would be to put Jar Jar in the movie," says Jar Jar with his voice changed. "Jar Jar Binks is a beloved character who is in great shape right now."

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: jarjar; jarjarbinks; ronhoward; starwars
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To: ClearBlueSky

Everybody loves Solo. I even liked reading the Han Solo books. I think none of them are canon anymore. Disney swept them all away with one swoop, but he is quite interesting in them. If they made films of these books though, I would watch them. Wouldn’t say the same for these JJ Abrams films, which seem to just be ripping off the original 3 movies with very little creativity. Even the science fiction in the films, which were never meant to be realistic of course even in the originals, is so stupid as to be unbearable, like with the Super Death Star or whatever shooting its lasers from billions of light years away, striking 3 or 4 planets in the middle of the galaxy within minutes. People actually stand there and watch the beams as they strike, even from planets no where near the Star Killer base.


21 posted on 06/24/2017 3:27:21 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: All

I was hoping for a Han Solo/Lando Action Comedy which would basically be Lethal Weapon in Space (but with crooks instead of cops). Seems like the original team of Lord/Miller went too far with the comedy I suppose. Ron Howard is a solid director though I don’t know why he would step in for 3 weeks worth of shooting on a film he had no input on before hand. Id rather Ron do an entire Star Wars movie himself.
Would be interesting to see how the movie turns out. Might be a total mess


22 posted on 06/24/2017 3:59:55 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

> “Maybe they should add Howard the Duck to the movie.

Howard the Duck made a cameo appearance in the latest “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie.


23 posted on 06/24/2017 4:00:05 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: EdnaMode

I’d pay money to see someone split Jar Jar Bink’s head open with a rusty pick axe.


24 posted on 06/24/2017 4:06:45 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: EdnaMode

Sad thing is that he could have been a... more tolerable character if he’d just had some character development instead of just being a funny-talking LOLCLUMSY.


25 posted on 06/24/2017 4:41:43 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: escapefromboston
Ron Howard is a solid director though I don’t know why he would step in for 3 weeks worth of shooting on a film he had no input on before hand. Id rather Ron do an entire Star Wars movie himself.
Would be interesting to see how the movie turns out. Might be a total mess.

It'd be interesting to see if he tried to sneak in any American Graffiti references. An alien with a Wolfman Jack cut to his facial hair, perhaps (well, everyone would read that as a jab at Lucas, these days...)

26 posted on 06/24/2017 4:48:17 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Not everybody. I hated the Solo character at first sight, grew to hate it so much I edited him out of my videotapes and applauded when his evil brat finally impaled him. The more Solo is talked up the more I loathe him. So there goes your general assumption.


27 posted on 06/24/2017 6:07:27 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Ron Howard will bring in Henry Winkler as the "Fonz"
He will be Chewbacca's mentor and teach him the ways of combing his fur.
Blnk
28 posted on 06/24/2017 7:24:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Celerity

Yeah that sux.


29 posted on 06/24/2017 8:56:15 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: EdnaMode

I saw Ron Howard in a movie he other night.and I really liked his performance. Our local old theatre that’s struggling had a free filming of The Music Man and Howard’s character did not make any profound political remarks as he was only 5 or 6 .


30 posted on 06/24/2017 9:14:59 PM PDT by Boowhoknew
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To: Snickering Hound
Jar Jar Binks is a trained force user... and might even be a secret Sith Lord, or something.
31 posted on 06/25/2017 10:46:38 PM PDT by GizmosAndGadgets ( Government big enough to take away your light bulbs is big enough to do any damn thing it wants to.)
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