[Dr. Sivana]

Certainly, other decisions in the movies that followed were ill-advised, such as the eminently forgettable Jar Jar Binks.

I have read credible suggestions that the original plan for Jar-Jar was for him to be a secret Sith, and that portraying an imbecile was just a cover for him thwarting rebel plans. He turned out to be so unpopular that Lucas chickened out.

[Getready]

Sith? More like Sh**.
Oh, oh, look out, Boba Fett is gonna come afta’ ya’.
Quick get the Gamerean Guards, to put down Jumbo the fat....
Hope the Bantha doesn’t get stuck in carbomite, or else Darth Maul will pound ya’ with his shillelagh.
Hope they sold lots of stuffed ewoks for Christmas. Keep the imperial walkers out of Hoth, and don’t let the Tauntons (massachusetts?) freeze...or Lando Calrissian(thought he was Armenian) might bust out into some blues...
What a pile of garbage...as enchanting as a bowl of pus....hope they sold a lot of toy Yodas.

[alexander_busek]

I have read credible suggestions that the original plan for Jar-Jar was for him to be a secret Sith, and that portraying an imbecile was just a cover for him thwarting rebel plans. He turned out to be so unpopular that Lucas chickened out.

He (Jar-Jar) should have been the one to show up in multiple iterations, pickled in cloning vats at the close of "The Return of Skywalker."

Regards,

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I have read credible suggestions that the original plan for Jar-Jar was for him to be a secret Sith, and that portraying an imbecile was just a cover for him thwarting rebel plans. He turned out to be so unpopular that Lucas chickened out.

I agree that Jar Jar was supposed to be the Phantom Menace. There are many web sites and YT videos that demonstrate this.

Lucas chickened out because of criticism that Jar Jar was a throw-back to "Stepin Fetchit."