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Name: AHMED BEST
Birth: 19 August 1973
Profession: Actor / Dancer
Birth Place: New York, New York
Known as: Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace
Death: --
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Summary:
Ahmed Best is the African-American actor, musician and dancer from the theater troupe Stomp who was chosen by George Lucas to play Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999, co-starring Ewan McGregor). Best did the voice and was the model for the computer generated character that has been an object of scorn and controversy: Lucas was accused of using a racial stereotype in his depiction of Jar Jar, who provides comic relief and speaks pidgin English with a sort-of Jamaican accent. Lucas dismissed the accusations, pointing out that Jar Jar is a fictional orange amphibian from the planet Gungan. In 2001 it was announced that Best would appear in Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, listed in the film's credits as "Senator Jar Jar Binks/Ahck Med-Beq."
Ahmed Best joins Samuel L. Jackson and R2-D2 in our loop on Star Wars.
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