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As a bona fide sci-fi franchise Star Wars has provided us with much to love and cherish. But, it has also gifted us with moments where we can only wonder just what the heck was going through the minds of those involved. A double-edged Lightsaber this quandry is.
Below, we’ve put together five of the most infuriatingly bad aspects of the series.
Jar Jar Binks
In his efforts to shift a few more toys, George Lucas dropped the ball big time and created a character that was as irritating as he was hapless. Bad. Just plain bad.
Naboo love scene
Okay we get it, they’re in love, but nobody needs to see Anakin and Padme rolling about in the pastures to be convinced that they like one another. Gone With The Wind this second prequel most certainly is not.
1978 Holiday Special
So bad that Lucas famously attempted to buy up all the master copies to ensure it was never broadcast again Let it be stricken from the Jedi Archives forever. Not even worth watching for comedic value alone.
The Younglings
Star Wars is bursting with bad performances but after some of the delivery from these child actors, Anakin had no choice but to bring on the Lightsabers. For those that think Revenge Of The Sith isn’t that bad, check out these pint-sized imps again and your opinion might just change.
The pod race
More like an episode of Wacky Races than a serious set piece. Check out Return Of The Jedi’s Speeder Bike scene on Endor for a real chase scene. Yet another dulling moment for The Phantom Menace.
Do you disagree with our choices? Think they were a little unfair, and that Jar Jar Binks is in fact comic relief par excellence? Then jump below to the comments thread and wield your thoughts.
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Jar Jar Binks – he’s so bad he’s not even so-bad-he’s-almost-funny-bad.
Naboo Love Scene – I still thought it was OK. Loved the music theme to this anyway.
1978 Holiday Special – Never seen it but from what I’ve heard I really don’t want to…
The Younglings – Totally agree with you.
Pod Race – I have to say that you’re a little harsh. While Phantom Menace is indeed no Episode IV, this was by far the best sequence in the movie. I remember going to see it at the cinema and LOVING this. OK, I was 19, but watching it again recently I still do.
Do you reckon we will ever see a new trilogy? Maybe Episodes VII, VII and IX? And are they still doing the live action TV series? Loving The Clone Wars by the way!
Another useless “Worst Of” list for SW. Can you say link bait? Give it a rest already with pointless articles like this.
Hey guys, I can’t believe you have got the Podrace in there. After all what about Chewie doing a Tarzan call, or the Ewoks, or the original special edition playdoh Jabba, or Luke’s pathetic ‘I care’ line? Plus, if we are talking about the whole franchise then I’d also argue for inclusion of the Lucas merchandising rape of the fans with travesties of plastic moulding such as the 1979/80 Palitoy ‘just off camera’ range of vehicles like ‘The Dominator’ (I think it was called). Or what about the awful Masters of Tera Kasi game? Nah… There’s much worse than the Podrace guys. I could go on all day!
How wude! yep I agree, give it a rest, also the actor who played Jar Jar Binks got more fan mail than any other Star Wars actor in the history of the series, folks who don’t like the Jar Jar character are in the minority on a worldwide basis. As a grandparent of three Ive made sure they know who General Binks is, he wil live on after the rest are fading memories :D
No way on the pod race, that was maybe the best part of the terrible movie. The ewoks were much more chessy than this. And Jar Jar was the worst of the worst worst. I don’t know how anyone thought that was a good idea. Man, talk about suck. Too many yes men around lucus to say, hey that is a stupid idea george. how about lets stay with the two robots for comedy relief. It seemed to work out for the first 3 excellent movies. but NOOOO, lets change the formula and screw it all up with C3P0 never really having anything to do at all in the new ones. that screw up should be #2 for SURE.!!
Jar Jar Binks
Absolute rubbish character – even my young niece and nephew thought he was junk
Naboo love scene
My problem with it was that I was envious that I didn’t get to roll around in the grass with lovely Natalie. :)
1978 Holiday Special
I know nothing about this – now I want to see it lol
The Younglings
agreed
The pod race
I didn’t think it was that bad. I had bigger problems with the kid Anakin being such a super-star natural, budding mega-Jedi or not. The silly part was falling so far behind, catching up so swiftly then struggling to get in front – didn’t make sense. But I’ve seen much worse.
I was surprised that the very sappy ending of the original didn’t get a mention – it made me cringe when I saw it at the cinema and it still does.