Meesa most hated character in Star Wars!
Those three innocuous words fill any die-hard Star Wars fan with revulsion.
A coworker of mine is engaged to a die-hard fan. She never watched any of the Star Wars movies until she met him. He has only “allowed” her to watch Episodes IV, V, and VI (the older ones). [Don't worry, it's a healthy relationship - she has absolutely no desire to watch the new ones.]
As I said, he’s a die-hard fan. They’ve talked about having Han and Leia cake toppers on their wedding cake (I’ll give you one guess whose idea that was.)
So I’m enlisting her in a prank. I’ve explained who Jar Jar Binks is to her, and she’s going to bring it up to him in a little scene that should go something like this:
Her: Oh honey, I saw the coolest thing today.
Him: Yeah, what was it?
Her: It’s something from Star Wars. And I want to include it on our cake, ok?
Him: *eyes lighting up* Yes? What was it? A working replica of a light saber? A tie fighter? A foot-high model of the Death Star?
Her: No silly, none of those things. No, I saw a clip on Youtube. He’s the cutest character, and so silly. Let’s see, his name was…Jar Jar Binks, I think?
Him: *aghast* No. No no no no no nononono. For all that is holy, no. Anything but that.
Her: Oh, why not sweetie? He’s so cute, with that long tongue, and big floppy ears. And that cute accent? “Meesa hungry!” I love that!
Him: …
Her: Oh come on baby, pleeeeease?
Him: No. Anything but that.
Her: Oh, ok, fine. How about an Ewok then? Or one of those “pod racers” that Jar Jar Binks was fixing? OOH! How about an Ewok riding IN a pod racer? Wouldn’t that be adorable?
Him: …
Him: I’d like the engagement ring back, please.
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Come to think of it, maybe this isn’t such a good idea for a prank, after all.
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February 9th, 2012 on 4:53 PM
that would be awesome
February 9th, 2012 on 6:18 PM
I find his lack of faith… disturbing.
February 11th, 2012 on 1:03 AM
This is hilarious. What a fun prank, and the outcome is funny too.
February 13th, 2012 on 12:43 AM
I’m a Star Wars fan, but I’m not a raving fanatic.
Jar Jar is a kids character… MORE than the Ewoks (and oh how fanboys bitched quite a bit about Ewoks, for a while).
I’m not a prequel hater, either. There were things that greatly annoyed me, but I simply look at them as The Rebel became The Man, and This is What The Man Hath Wrought. (Lucas has admitted it, himself, seriously, he is The Establishment Man now.) They ain’t the super-B movies the original movies were, and they even have a different sort of fanbase that happens to subset. Y’know, like TOS Trekkies and Next Gen Trekkies.
Ha. But I geek and blather on. Go for it. Report the results.