stumbleupon Email Comment Lord of the Rings fans are called Ringers, and Star Trek fans are called Trekkies. But why isn’t there a name for Star Wars fans? There is. They are called human beings. It’s true that pretty much everyone loves Star Wars, but not everything about Star Wars is universally praised. There are some things, especially things from the prequels, which people absolutely hate. While the story and special effects are among the most universally loved aspects of the series, the dialogue is one of those areas in which George Lucas and company left a lot to be desired. The prequels had some cringe-worthy exchanges between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, along with the use of the word “younglings”, and the original trilogy had its fair share of terrible lines. Apart from the dialogue, characters have always been divisive among fans. Everyone loves Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda and iconic villains like Darth Vader and Boba Fett. However, there are many characters that almost every fan hates with an undying passion. Just about every Star Wars fan above the age of five hates these characters.

Most fans wish these characters didn’t exist, and some are hated so much that fans want to see the characters brought back just to be killed off in horrible ways. Here’s a look at the 15 most hated characters in the Star Wars universe. Do you like any of these characters? Which character do you hate the most? 15. C-3PO via Everyone loves R2-D2, but the same can’t be said about his somewhat irritating sidekick C-3PO. This protocol droid brings much needed comedic relief to the original trilogy, and he certainly isn’t as bad as many of the characters in the prequel films. However, he is certainly not as well loved as most of the other characters from the original film series. The worst thing we can really say about old 3PO is that the concerned shouting and consistent terror in which he lives made him very irritating. He makes this list simply because he does have a fair amount of detractors despite having just as many fans. 14. Anakin Skywalker via Most people would agree that Episode I is the worst Star Wars movie, but there are a large number of people who think Episode II is worse.

Whichever one you hate more usually comes down to how much you dislike Hayden Christensen . His poor acting combined with cheesy dialogue make Episode II as much of a stinker as The Phantom Menace in many people’s eyes. The excruciating lack of chemistry between Christensen and Natalie Portman ’s Padme (as we commented on earlier) make the film practically unwatchable. He became slightly more tolerable in Revenge of the Sith, but it was too little too late. Fans came to hate this whiny Jedi who would eventually become Darth Vader. 13. Ewoks via Some people love the Ewoks, but a lot of others can’t stand these miniature anthropomorphic bear-like creatures. Despite their primitive nature, they somehow managed to help take down the Empire armed with nothing more than sticks and rocks. Perhaps this ridiculous David vs. Goliath like feat is why they are hated so much. Return of the Jedi is universally considered the worst film of the original Star Wars trilogy, and the Ewoks are one of the reasons why. Many fans hate the Ewoks no matter how cute Warwick Davis ’ Wicket was. At least they are not as hated as the Gungans from Episode I. 12.

Sy Snootles via George Lucas just couldn’t leave the original trilogy alone. In the 90s, he had to go back and update the special effects of the films to make the special editions. One of the most blasphemous and frightening changes he made was the addition of this creepy and oddly sexualized CGI alien to the Jabba’s Palace scene in Return of the Jedi. The bad CGI, her annoying voice and general creepiness make Snootles extremely unlikable. Plus, she epitomizes everything that’s wrong with the special editions. There were enough cool looking creatures in Jabba’s Palace to begin with. The CGI version of this character didn’t need to be added. 11. Ackmena via Few have seen it, but those that have think it’s as bad or worse than the Star Wars prequels. Not only do fans hate The Star Wars Holiday Special, but so does George Lucas. Rumor has it that Lucas was so ashamed of the holiday cash-in that he stopped it from being released on home video. The whole thing is a mess, but Golden Girls star Bea Arthur starring in the special is just weird.

She played a bartender named Ackmena, and she worked the night shift at the Mos Eisley cantina. Her singing and lame jokes make her disliked by Star Wars fans no matter how talented Bea Arthur was. 10. Dexter Jettster via The original Star Wars trilogy was filled with interesting and innovative creatures. The cantina scene from A New Hope is filled with strange aliens you wouldn’t want to meet in real life. In Episode II, fans didn’t get cool and bizarre miscreants. Instead, they had to endure characters like Dexter Jettster, who runs a 50’s style greasy spoon on Coruscant. Why would there be a restaurant like this in a galaxy far, far away, and why would it be run by a four-armed horrible CGI creature who constantly scratches his butt? 9. Lumpy via Everyone’s favorite wookiee is the proud warrior Chewbacca, who is the loyal sidekick of everyone’s favorite smuggler and scoundrel Han Solo. Everyone’s least favorite wookiee is the annoying little brat Lumpy, who was one of the stars of the horrible Star Wars Holiday Special.

Lumpy, whose full name is Lumpawaroo, is actually the son of Chewbacca, and in this case the apple fell pretty far from the tree. Instead of saving the galaxy like his father, Lumpy prefers to stay at home and annoy his grandfather and disobey his mother. Thankfully, the Star Wars Holiday Special has not been seen by many people, so a lot of Star Wars fans have never had to endure this annoying character. 8. Watto via Watto is annoying, but even worse is that this prequel character is allegedly a horribly racist stereotype. Some say the same thing about Jar Jar Binks and Nute Gunray, but many people think Watto is the most blatant stereotype. Watto is a slave trader and alien junk dealer who is greedy, manipulative and untrustworthy. Even worse is that he has a huge nose. These characteristics may be coincidental, but many critics believe that Watto is a Jewish stereotype. Racist or not, this character is still incredibly awful and annoying, along with being a slaver, a characterization that is petty awful regardless of other issues. 7.

Podracing Announcers Fode and Beed via Despite the fact that one of the heads of this two-headed alien was voiced by the always hilarious Greg Proops , the pod-racing announcers are still incredibly annoying and absolutely hated by Star Wars fans. Fodesinbeed Annodue, better known as Fode and Beed, spoke two languages as he called the Boonta Eve’s Classic. One head, voice by Proops, spoke English, while the other spoke Huttese. This unloved character would appear in various other Star Wars media such as pod-racing video games, but thankfully he was never seen in another Star Wars film after Episode I. 6. Nute Gunray and Rune Hakko via These annoying aliens were the one of the first things Star Wars fans were treated to when Episode I opened up in theaters. These evil aliens are universally hated, and when they first appeared in The Phantom Menace, you could almost hear hardcore Star Wars fans let out a collective moan of disgust. A New Hope started off with a cool droid escape and space battle while Episode I started off with these two characters discussing trade deals with Jedi Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. 5.

Queen Amidala via youtube As much as Natalie Portman tried to create a strong female lead for the prequel trilogy, she just couldn’t quite pull it off. Little girls around the world looked up to the strong and noble Princess Leia as she dealt with the destruction of her home planet by Darth Vader. Leia’s heroic efforts helped to bring down the Galactic Empire, and this gained her millions of fans. The same simply cannot be said for Queen Amidala, who is best known for being pregnant and wearing ridiculous make up. She is certainly not a symbol of feminism. 4. Boss Nass via The Gungans, who were made famous in The Phantom Menace, are pretty annoying to begin with. Boss Nass is the rotund king of the underwater dwelling aliens that inhabit Naboo, and this slobbering alien is just one of a thousand reasons Star Wars fans hate episode one. Boss Nass was unbearable nearly every second he was on screen, and couldn’t go more than a minute without violently shaking his jowls. At least the special effects used to create this hated Star Wars character were good, but that’s the only redeeming quality Nass has. 3.

Young Anakin Skywalker via As unbearable as Hayden Christensen was as Anakin Skywalker, Jake Lloyd was even worse. The kid version of Anakin Skywalker made people wonder exactly how an annoying little brat like this could grow up to be one of the most powerful Sith Lords of all time. Fans hated little “Annie” so much that Jake Lloyd’s career was ruined. Even the cool pod race scene couldn’t save young Anakin Skywalker from being one of the most hated Star Wars characters of all time. Thankfully, Darth Vader is so cool that even this little brat couldn’t destroy the legacy of one of the greatest villains in cinematic history. 2. Battle droids via Sure, the Stormtroopers in the original trilogy always missed their mark and were fairly incompetent, but they were highly skilled military personal in comparison to these easily disposed-of droids. The battle droids first appeared in Star Wars: Episode I, and they were so useless that a small army of Gungans easily destroyed them. The annoying “Roger Roger” catchphrase they spouted didn’t help their popularity much, either. When you have an army of villains as useless as this you aren’t doing much to make your film have any feeling of tension. 1.

Jar Jar Binks via Hands down, the most hated character in the Star Wars universe is Jar Jar Binks. When hardcore Star Wars fans say that George Lucas ruined their childhoods with the prequels, this is exactly what they are talking about. The annoying and clumsy Gungan is so hated that many fans would have actually liked to see him appear in the Force Awakens just so he could be killed off in an excruciatingly painful and violent way. The adult fans of Star Wars that grew up with the original trilogy despise Jar Jar, but many younger people actually like him a lot. Kids think he’s funny, and Lucas has always said that he made the Star Wars movies for kids. The 13 Most Annoying Star Wars Characters – The Robot's Pajamas Star Wars certainly has it’s fair share of great characters, but it also has a huge amount of annoying characters as well. Join me then as I explore the 13 most annoying Star Wars characters! 13. The Neimoidians Just look at this horseshit. The Nemodians aren’t really that terrible except for the part where they are horrible Asian caricatures.

Well, that and they aren’t the kind of villains that should be in a Star Wars film, so I guess that does make them pretty terrible. I would argue that they grow a little less annoying in a neat story arch in Episodes II and III. In Attack of the Clones Nute Gunray just wants to see Padme dead after the first film. He’s the only one smart enough to want to kill her right away as opposed to having some highly elaborate execution that the heroes might escape from. In Revenge of the Sith he’s a pretty pathetic shell of his former self and he even begs for his life from the newly christened Darth Vader. So yeah, it’s not all bad when there’s actual drama in the prequels and not just poop jokes. 12. Ziro the Hutt At least he's... colorful. Unlike some fans, I wasn’t as annoyed with Ziro the Hutt who appeared in the Clone Wars animated movie, but hot damn there was a legion of nerds who had hate-ons for the guy. What really annoyed me was the controversy surrounding him. Many fans complained that he was ultra gay. First, I don’t understand why that’s a problem and secondly, he wasn’t gay.

He was so Southern that he crossed over into gay. Either way, while it was super annoying that a Hutt would speak English in an annoying voice, it was even more annoying to read and hear all the nerds complaining about him, even though he was only onscreen for about five minutes. 11. Dash Rendar It's really hard to act tough with a costume that ridiculous. I think that the quilted shoulder pads should speak for themselves, but overall he was a pretty weak Han Solo replacement. Also, while Shadows of the Empire was a cool ass Nintendo 64 game, it sucked that the only playable character was Dash who was a one and done stopgap. 10. Jedi Librarian Great costume choice of the biggest c-word in the Star Wars galaxy. When Obi-Wan is trying to solve the mystery of… something, he consults the Jedi Library when he doesn’t find a planetary system on the computer. He asks a Jedi librarian for assistance and she acts like a total bitch.

While the character of a “Jedi Librarian” is annoying in concept and I’m not a fan of her giving Obi-Wan lip, the most annoying part is that she’s scored really high on fan wish lists for an action figure. Why? To complete some sort of Jedi Library diorama? What’s the fucking point? 9. Ashoka Certainly not the coolest girl in school. Asoka from the Clone Wars animated series is a character that has improved a little over time. During the Clone Wars animated movie though, she was in rare form. Her most annoying aspect (to this day) is her need to make up terrible nicknames. Anakin Skywalker becomes “Sky Guy”. Really? That’s the best you can come up with? Perhaps the worst nickname, or at least the most aggravating, is her insistence on calling R2-D2 “Artooy.” This is stroke inducing annoying, because his shortened name is R2, so adding an extra syllable on the end needlessly makes his name longer. If you’re going to give out a proper nickname, call him T-Bone or R-dawg and be done with it.

Another big problem with the character is that if there is supposed to be any kind of consistency with the fact that Luke, Obi-Wan, and Yoda end up being the last of the Jedi, Ashoka has to be killed. It would really make an awesome story where she is murdered at the hands of her master Anakin, but we all know that’s never going to happen on a children’s show. 8. Darth Maul Darth Maul is annoying for one very obvious reason: He didn’t live up to his potential in the Phantom Menace. Darth Maul another character that got tons of build up, but enjoyed only a small amount of screen time and a less than dignified death. To make matters worse, he died pre-Clone Wars. There’s not a whole lot of Expanded Universe territory in the pre-Clone Wars time-frame aside from some comics, so it really limits the amount of stories Maul can appear in. It’s no surprise that his popularity was mostly a fad. 7. Fode – The two headed alien announcer Who looks at this and thinks, "This is a great character design!" George Lucas must have made Phantom Menace on a bet.

A good indicator of this is the two headed alien pod racer announcer who can only be explained away a response to Steven Spielburg saying, “Hey George, I bet you can’t make the worst piece of shit ever.” As terrible as he is though, the main reason he’s on the list is that the one head is unabashedly comedian Greg Proops. It helps to really pull our out the film, but then on second thought, maybe that’s a good thing. 6. Jar Jar/Boss Nass The dumbest costume paired with the dumbest collectable. I didn’t want to include Jar Jar because he’s so damned obvious. These kinds of lists are supposed to surprise and shock you. Still, there’s no Star Wars themed “worst of” list you can possible make that doesn’t have Jar Jar Binks on it. One of the most annoying aspects of Jar Jar isn’t even in the films, though. It’s the fact that the kids that grow up with him will not find him as annoying as we do.

It’s probably the same reason why some fans like Ewoks when Return of the Jedi was the film they remember seeing in the theater first, as opposed to those fans that remember seeing A New Hope and Empire in theaters before Jedi. Boss Nass ties with Jar Jar just because he does that stupid cheek waddle thing and he looks nothing like the rest of the Gungans. 5. Anakin Skywalker I'm acting! Talk about dropping the ball on creating a compelling character. When Obi-Wan described Anakin as a friend and a great pilot, the last guy I would have pictured was the one characterized in the films. He’s god damned annoying in Phantom Menace and is just a whiny, creepy, dumbass throughout the rest of the prequel trilogy. 4. Padme Amidala The lack of snow here isn't really helping. Man, Padme had promise. Sure she was kind of dud in The Phantom Menace, but she did have some decent action in re-taking the throne room. She showed a little more promise in Attack of the Clones with her arena battle scenes, though it was annoying that her reactions to the insanely weird Anakin Skywalker was to fall in love with him. Annoying enough to get on this list?

No. She gets on this list for taking a nose-dive in Revenge of the Sith. In the theatrical cut of the movie she spends the whole thing being pregnant, crying, and then to top it all off she dies of heartbreak. What a dick move. She leaves two kids all alone in the world because she’s sad. 3. Aurra Sing The greatest single moment in film history. If there was any character that just screamed big fat failure, it’s Aurra Sing. Sing was built up prior to the release of Phantom Menace as the next big thing. The way that she was presented at the time was that she was pretty much going to be the next Boba Fett. A bounty hunter that hunts Jedi? Score! Hell, she wasn’t even regulated to the EU, she was even going to be in The Phantom Menace! Well, her screen time lasted about three seconds, she was kind of ugly, and she never really went anywhere. Sure she showed up and was kind of cool in the Clone Wars comic (and later in the GGI cartoon), but it’s too little, too late.

2.Joh Yowza (Full name: J’ywz’gnk Kchhllbrxcstk Et’nrmdndlcvtbrx… no really) Spittle in your face is always entertaining in film. The Star Wars special Editions gave us a lot of terrible, terrible things. Joh Yowza flies under radar a bit thanks to the infamous stuff like “Han shoots first”, but he’s gotten away with hijacking Return of the Jedi for far too long. I skip past Yowza’s appearance any time that I watch Return of the Jedi and the terrible “improved” musical number in Jabba’s palace shows up. If I was going to single out any character it’s Joh Yowza who makes the scene unbearably worse. His very cartoon existence is a blight on an otherwise great film. (And if you point out that the Ewoks ruin the movie, fuck you, you have no soul.) 1. Quinlan Vos Coolest Jedi Evaar! What’s not to like about Quinlan Vos? He’s an ultra cool Jedi who had to delve in the Dark Side in order to try and uncover Darth Tyranus’s secrets? He just looks cool right?

Well, that’s true, but the reason that he’s annoying is that he’s designed to be the coolest Jedi ever. Just look at that hair and the face make up. He’s the friggen Wolverine of the Star Wars universe. He’s got bad boy stamped all over him, like he was designed by a committee to give nerds’ boners. And it worked on you. You’ve fallen for the Mountain Dew of Star Wars characters. Related Posts: The Best Characters in the Star Wars Universe Vader to Binks: Best to Worst Star Wars Characters 111k votes 5.8k voters 131k views 296 items tags f t p @ List Criteria: Only characters from the Star Wars Universe. (TV, Movies, Books, Video Games) This is a list of the people and creatures who make up the complete Star Wars universe, ranked by Star Wars fans from the best to the absolute worst. From the first movie, to the prequels, to the books, to the TV shows, to the video games - few things have inspired our imagination like these characters and the universe they inhabit. Who are the best Star Wars characters?

Vote up your favorite humans, aliens, and robots from all of Star Wars below. Are you one of the three people on earth who actually liked Jar Jar? (Just kidding, zero people liked Jar Jar.) Do you think C3PO was really just annoying? Cast your votes now. And if you really want to impact the order of this list, rerank your own version! The 10 Most Annoying Star Wars Characters | ForeverGeek The 10 Most Annoying Star Wars Characters February 16, 2012 by Robin Parrish 30 Comments With the release of The Phantom Menace in 3D to theaters, George Lucas has once again thrust Jar-Jar Binks upon the masses. But the wretched Gungan hardly has a monopoly on defacing the Star Wars universe. Here are ten characters at least as annoying as Jar-Jar — maybe even more so. I would have titled this article “Aside from Jar-Jar, the 10 Most Annoying Star Wars Characters.” But there isn’t enough room in the header. It’s not like you need me to tell you that Jar-Jar is annoying.

He’s not just the worst Star Wars character ever — he’s one of the worst characters in the history of cinema. Part of me still wonders if George Lucas created him as a way of testing the loyalty of his fans. “I bet I can put a character that’s the embodiment of fingernails-on-a-chalkboard in one of my movies — and people will still pay to watch it!” Here are ten more horrible characters Lucas spoon-fed us — and expected us to swallow, no questions asked, just because they came out of his brain. 10) Wicket Wicket the Ewok Call it an obvious, heartless choice if you want. Doesn’t matter. As the Ewok we spent the most time with in Return of the Jedi, Wicket represents his people for the audience — for better or worse — and that’s why he’s on this list. The Ewoks take you right out of the action of the final movie, giving the main characters time to frolic and be silly, at a time when… Hey, isn’t there something kinda important they were supposed to be doing? Like destroying the Empire?

Han, Leia, Luke, and Chewie are sent on a crucial, time-sensitive mission by the Rebel Alliance to covertly take down the Death Star’s shields. Important business, their friends in the Alliance counting on them, the entire fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance. But not only do Han, Luke, and Chewbacca let themselves get caught by this tribe of critters that look about as threatening as a Care Bear, they take time out to enjoy some downtime and entertain the tribe. Meanwhile, the Rebel fleet is on its way. Priorities, people. It’s also impossible to get past the fact that Lucas’ original (and far superior) plan was for the latter half of Return of the Jedi to be set among the Wookies on Kashyyyk. That would have been a real treat for fans of the ever-popular Chewbacca, letting the story keep its grownup tone, and it would have a much more believable way for Han’s Rebels to draft an army to take down the Empire’s shield generator. Instead of the intelligent, epic science fiction climax we dreamed of… Lucas gave us the cuddly furry little teddy bear people. Probably because they were more kid-friendly and made for better toys.

9) Dash Rendar Dash Rendar When George Lucas first began development of the prequel trilogy, he decided to ramp up fan interest in the franchise (wholly unnecessary — our interest never waned) by inventing a new story that bridges the time gap The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. It was everything but a movie — a novel, video game, comic book, even a soundtrack — but Shadows of the Empire was connect-the-dots storytelling of the worst kind, explaining things like where Leia got the “Boushh” disguise she wore to Jabba’s Palace in Jedi, and how Luke mastered the Force (“Suddenly, it was just there!”). Another atrocity brought on by Shadow is Dash Rendar. With Han Solo frozen in carbonite during this time period, you can practically hear the creation-by-committee brainstorming session: “Han’s out of the picture… Hey, I know! We should create a new character that’s just like him!” Meet Dash. He’s a Corellian smuggler who plays by his own rules, hates the Empire, and owns a ship that’s remarkably similar to the Millennium Falcon. ‘Nuff said. But one more thing: Why is he wearing scifi football pads?

8) Fode & Beed Fode & Beed The two-headed alien announcer at the Boonta Eve Podrace in The Phantom Menace. One spoke English (aka, “Basic” in Star Wars lore), the other Huttese. The English-speaking one was voiced by comedian and voice actor Greg Proops. I, like most people, find Proops’ smarmy shtick to be “fake” and therefore grating. This is reason enough, but Fode and Beed put yet another pockmark on the film that should have been Star Wars’ triumphant return — but was instead one long yawn, filled with one exasperating, farcical side character after another. Like this absurdity. 7) Dexter Jettster Dexter Jettster You’re not going to believe this news! The setting of a popular 70s sitcom has been found, after being missing for many years. Even the proprietor of Mel’s Diner is still toiling away, making greasy food for patrons and employing beehive-sporting (android) waitresses.

But somehow transplanting the diner to Coruscant has given Mel knowledge about weapons from far-flung planets — knowledge that exceeds even the collected data of the massive Jedi Archives. I know Lucas relished the creative freedom he had with the prequel trilogy, but the problem with absolute creative freedom and control is that there’s nobody there to tell you when you have an insanely stupid idea. 6) J’ywz’gnk Kchhllbrxcstk Et’nrmdndlcvtbrx Joh Yowza (No, I didn’t make that name up.) This guy, also known as Joh Yowza, was the CGI “counterpoint to Sy Snoodles” added to the Jabba’s Palace scene for the revised musical number in the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi. With the help of his abhorrent new song, Yowza (seriously?) made a mostly tolerable scene utterly unwatchable. When the Special Edition of Jedi hit theaters, I don’t think any of us realized that Joh Yowza was a perfect preview of the kind of “entertainment” that the prequels would soon deliver.

5) Boss Nass Boss Nass It wasn’t enough that we had to sit through Jar-Jar for an entire film? We had to deal with others of his buffoonish race, too? Aside from the obvious stuff… Can somebody please explain to me why this big fish guy is the leader of the Gungans? He’s already annoying as all get out with his idiotic jowl-wiggling, but why doesn’t he look like the rest of his people? Seriously, look at him! Every other Gungan has eye stalks. Nass’ eyes sit right there on his big ol’ face. Are we supposed to believe that he’s so fat that his face is swollen up to cover his eye stalks? What’s the deal? 4) Ahsoka Tano Ahsoka Tano The idea behind Ahsoka is an interesting one: what if Anakin Skywalker had his own Padawan during the Clone Wars? But why did she have to be such a brat? When we first met her, she was a great deal like Anakin was when we first met him in Phantom Menace: a headstrong, disobedient child, ruled by her emotions, and always getting herself into trouble.

How could anyone on the Jedi Council have believed that Anakin was the right Jedi to purge her of these traits? The answer is that of course they wouldn’t have. I’ve been waiting for Ahsoka’s inevitable death (she’s out of the picture by Revenge of the Sith) since she first appeared, though I will grant that as she’s matured over the course of the series, she’s become a lot more tolerable. She would be higher on this list if not for her character growth of late, and the writers and animators and voice actress behind Ahsoka on The Clone Wars TV series deserve some real kudos for breathing life into a girl that was born as a caricature. I’m hoping she’ll go out with a bang — maybe succumbing to the Dark Side herself, as a pivotal development on Anakin’s road to his own downfall — but history is telling me not to hold my breath. 3) Young Boba Fett Young Boba Fett Boba Fett was one of the best characters of the original trilogy. He succeeded where Greedo and countless others failed, in capturing Han Solo. He rarely spoke, he was loaded with weapons, he was lethal in action, and he had a wicked cool look.

Then Attack of the Clones came along and showed him to us as a young boy. And once again, Lucasfilm gave us a whiny, annoying little punk. His whoops and hollers while his “dad” fended off an attack in the rain from Obi-Wan Kenobi were just as painful to watch as Jake Lloyd destroying that Federation ship in Phantom Menace. I suppose Lucas wanted to show us that Boba Fett started out as a pretty “regular kid” like any other, but he instead raped our memories of the most bad-to-the-bone bounty hunter in the galaxy. 2) Ziro the Hutt Ziro the Hutt Why the heck is there a pampered, effete, English-speaking Hutt in the Star Wars universe? I can’t conceive of the mind that dreamed this abomination up — and actually thought it was a good idea. Ziro is quite possibly even more annoying than the reviled Jar-Jar Binks. The only difference is that Jar-Jar got more screen time. 1) Anakin Skywalker Anakin Skywalker A cautionary tale if there ever was one — and not because of his story arc.

I don’t blame Jake Lloyd or even Hayden Christensen for Anakin sitting at the top of this list. I blame Lucas and his casting director, Robin Gurland. In both cases, they picked the absolute wrong actor for the role. This is all the harder to swallow when you consider how many truly great actors appear in the prequels: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Terrence Stamp, etc. But the ones we remember are Lloyd and Christensen, and for all the wrong reasons. Even more than the casting issue, I blame Lucas for not doing his job in designing a better character. The problem with Anakin Skywalker comes down to this. In revealing Anakin’s backstory, Lucas made Darth Vader the main character of the entire saga. Yet there was not one interesting thing about Anakin until he became a villain. If the prequels were the story of Anakin’s downfall, then it goes without saying that we should have cared about him before he turned dark. We needed to empathize with him, to understand his motivations and identify with them, to put ourselves in his shoes and wonder if we would have reacted differently.

This is basic Writing 101. Your audience must care about your protagonist. Even if they don’t like him, even if they vehemently disagree with his every act, they have to invest in him. Anakin Skywalker, the character, was a complete failure. Not only do we not invest in him, we don’t want to. It’s not like Lucas had nothing to work with. Like so many aspects of the prequels, he actually had a lot of good ideas for the character. Anakin is a former slave, a gifted pilot and soldier, a quick-tempered orphan, and he’s given an enormous amount of power that he never learns to use responsibly (where’s Uncle Ben when you need him?). He has intelligence but no wisdom. Strength but no restraint. It’s like, since Lucas knew that we knew it was a foregone conclusion that Anakin would become Darth Vader, he decided there was no point in creating a character with anything resembling complexity or nuance or… humanity. Instead of biting our nails and rooting for Anakin to hold onto his humanity, we simply waited, with rolling eyes and sighs, for him to finally don that black suit. And we never cared one good spit about him until he did.

Related What it’s like being the most hated man in ‘Star Wars’ What it’s like being the most hated man in ‘Star Wars’ Brad Reed Pin it Share Actor Wil Wheaton has recovered rather nicely for himself after being the object of Trekkies’ scorn for years thanks to his role as the super-whiny Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation. But as annoying as Crusher may have been, he was still nowhere close to being as hated as Jar Jar Binks , who is hands down the most despised character in the Star Wars universe. Ahmed Best, the actor who played Jar Jar in the Star Wars prequels, had a really interesting interview with YouTuber Jamie Stangroom in which he revealed what it’s like to be the most hated man in Star Wars. RELATED: The most impressive homemade lightsaber we’ve seen so far During the filming of The Phantom Menace, Best says that he had a terrific time playing Jar Jar and was really pumped up for the challenge of doing the physicality of a character that would be mainly animated by CGI on screen. Because he had such a good time doing this work, he was surprised to see just how much Jar Jar was hated by both fans and critics after the movie came out.

He also said that he took it a little personally since he felt like it was a criticism of his work. That said: He also understands why so many fans did not like Jar Jar. “When [viewers] see a character that’s purely comical, that’s purely for the children, they felt condescended to,” he told Stangroom. “But by the same token, the children really liked it. And George [Lucas], his idea was to make a movie that lasted for 20 to 30 years, not to make a movie that lasted for one. So now the children who saw The Phantom Menace are now adults and they’re wondering why everybody had a problem with Jar Jar.” Check out the whole video for yourself below, where Best also reveals that Michael Jackson had originally wanted to be Jar Jar Binks.

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Collection Photo: user uploaded image 9 ReRanks Jar Jar Binks Character Profile Sci-Fi & Fantasy Expert By Amelia Hill Jar Jar Binks is one of the most controversial characters in the Star Wars saga, arousing much criticism and fan hatred. Yet he cannot be dismissed entirely because of his significant role in the Star Wars universe: helping Chancellor Palpatine rise to power and contributing, however inadvertently, to the downfall of the Republic. Biography Jar Jar, a Gungan from the planet Naboo , found that his clumsiness made it difficult for him to find work. As a result, he fell in with a bad crowd, recruited by a gang of thieves led by Roos Tarpals. When Tarpals joined the army, he convinced Gungan leader Boss Nass to find an official job for Jar Jar, but it would not last: he was sentenced to hard labor when he accidentally freed the animals in the Otoh Gunga Zoo, but forgiven when he saved Boss Nass' life (accidentally again, one must presume). Eventually Jar Jar was banished from Otoh Gunga on pain of death when he caused an explosion that led to a flood and destroyed one of Boss Nass's vehicles.

continue reading below our video 5 Classic Novels Everyone Should Read He returned, however, to find help for Qui-Gon Jinn , the Jedi who saved his life, and Obi-Wan Kenobi , his apprentice. Due to the life debt Jar Jar owed Qui-Gon, Boss Nass, out of respect for the Jedi, spared his life. When Naboo's Queen Padmé Amidala asked Boss Nass for the Gungans' help in fighting the Trade Federation, the two races began to unite. Due to Jar Jar's important role in this union, he was given the rank of "Bombad General" before the battle against the Trade Federation. He helped lead the Gungan army against the Federation's battle droids, contributing to Naboo's victory. Jar Jar later represented Naboo in the Galactic Senate, serving as the planet's Junior Representative under now-Senator Amidala. In this capacity, he proposed giving Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers in response to the imminent Clone Wars -- one of the stepping stones in Palpatine's route to becoming Emperor. After Amidala's death, he became Naboo's official senator.

Fan Controversy Star Wars fans' main complaint about Jar Jar is that, despite being clearly positioned as comic relief, he isn't funny. Even the main characters find him annoying (Obi-Wan, in particular, refers to him as a "pathetic life-form"). His role in The Phantom Menace is obtrusive, with the humor relying mostly on sight gags, like getting his hand stuck in Anakin's pod racer or trying to steal food with his tongue. Compare this to the humor of such characters as R2-D2 , whose banter with C-3PO is integrated into the story and who is funny precisely because we do not understand his actual speech, only the other characters' reactions. A more serious accusation against Jar Jar involves the possibility of racism. Professor David Pilgrim of Ferris State University, for example, mentions Jar Jar as the latest in a long line of " coon caricatures ", portrayals of Black people as childish, lazy and inept. Among the evidence for this interpretation is the fact that his accent sounds vaguely Jamaican and that his ears suggest dreadlocks, a traditional Black hairstyle.

Role in the Star Wars Universe Jar Jar's intended role seems to be that of a comedic everyman, an ordinary character caught up in an epic string of events. He has no special abilities (unless one includes "dumb luck," like when his clumsiness causes a gun to misfire and hit several battle droids). He has little common sense and gets in the way of everything. His rise to positions of importance is, perhaps, a bit of dark humor: he is one of the most hated characters in the Star Wars universe and is ultimately the one to bring about the downfall of the Republic. Jar Jar represents all of the ordinary people in the galaxy, those without special talents or even the desire to become important. He is innocent and naïve; as a result, Palpatine can easily manipulate him. Jar Jar is a good-hearted person who only wants the best for the Republic, and yet he is instrumental in the Republic's downfall. Because the humor often falls flat, however, Star Wars fans find it difficult to identify with Jar Jar as an everyman, and tend to dismiss him as a nuisance.

One interpretation of Jar Jar's presence is that, given a general lack of other "everyman" characters, the Star Wars prequels leave the impression of the ordinary citizen as the unwitting dupe of evil, having to be rescued and protected by the specially endowed.

Question: Who is the most-hated character in the "Star Wars" universe?
Answer: Jar Jar Binks