Jar Jar Binks : Who Played Obi-Wan?

Ray parks the stuntman who had little to say but could wield a double bladed light saber like no tomorrow impressed me beyond belief. ewan mcgregor as young obi-wan likewise, excellent.i also enjoyed liam nealson as qui-gon jin. but on the flip side i wish i could erase jar jar binks (the cg character) from my memory =p on a side note my young nephew who never saw the original trilogy loved this film.

Watching actors like liam neeson and ewan mcgregor, both far better elsewhere, interact with tacky looking cgi effects and pretend that they are at risk from a gaggle of obscenely incompetent aliens and robots, all of whom speak pidgin english and are about as menacing as the buffoons from a marx brothers comedy is a real low point. much ink has been spilled lambasting the inclusion of an alien – jar jar binks – whose ineptitude and amos & andy borderline stereotype delivery seemed to take the brunt of the criticism for the film. yet say what you will, at least the character has a strongly discernible personality – something all of the other characters grossly lack.

You are used to see han solo (harrison ford), princess leia (carriefisher), luke skywalker (mark hamill), vader and many others. but now you'll have to focus on queen amidala (natalie portman), young anakin skywalker (jake lloyd), young obi wan (ewan mcgregor), qui gon jinn (liam neeson) and of course much hated jar jar binks. i have to say, that although i had to get used to the new performers i found it pretty easy.