Does Jar-Jar have some Force ability?

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It seems that Jar-Jar has some very lucky breaks during the battle of Naboo. Is it possible that he has some innate hidden Force ability?

Who is Jar-Jar Binks? I don't remember this character in the Star Wars Saga. — OghmaOsiris, Feb 26 '12 at 03:59
@OghmaOsiris Then how did you know his last name? I don't think I mentioned it in my question. :) — xecaps12, Feb 26 '12 at 04:08
In my opinion, Jar-Jar is a shlemeil. He even says in the -3rd movie TPM, that he was exiled due to his clumsiness. (Footnote: The One True first movie was Star Wars ANH.) — Codes with Hammer, Jul 28 '14 at 14:38
EW, EW, EW, EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!!!! I vote for an immediate deletion! Why oh God WHY bring that ghastly creature up again? — Cherubel, Dec 07 '16 at 09:16
I really understood the hate for Jar Jar when I saw the english version of the film. In the german version his voice isn't nearly as annoying as in the english version. This took away some of the pain =) — Matthias Nicklisch, Dec 07 '16 at 12:11

Kyle Jones · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-07T05:57:16.457

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Out-of-universe answer: Jar-Jar's war antics were clearly done for comic effect to entertain the kiddies. I think the Accidental Aiming Skills trope applies.

In-universe: I don't see how we could come to any other conclusion; Jar-Jar must have innate Force-related abilities. Anakin's amazing luck in the fighter in Phantom Menace when he didn't know what he was doing seemed exactly like Jar-Jar's luck earlier in the film. In fact a Reddit user wrote a brilliant defense of the Jar-Jar Binks character as an obvious Force-adept and perhaps the true Phantom Menace of the first movie.

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answered Feb 26 '12 at 06:14

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The scene with Anakin is what I was thinking of when I asked. – xecaps12 Feb 27 '12 at 01:58
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Jar-Jar was Qui-Gon Jinn's backup plan if the kid didn't make it through the pod race. – Chahk Mar 20 '14 at 19:04
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@Chahk - They were going to try to sell him as food, hopefully. – Valorum Mar 23 '14 at 12:13
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Jar-Jar invented the ability "Force Annoy". – Omegacron Feb 16 '15 at 18:58
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More like "Sap the will to live after seeing me in the movies" force ability. This ability is exponentially more powerful than anything Sidious ever had!! – Cherubel Dec 07 '16 at 09:19
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Brilliant defense indeed! – flq Dec 07 '16 at 12:36

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '16 at 11:36

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There's actually a whole discussion of Jar Jar possibly being a Sith lord, and some hints that Lucas had a much more important role for him in mind until the negative reactions got him to back off the character. I believe the good people at Cracked summed the issue up wonderfully in the following video:

Why Jar Jar Binks Is More Evil Than You Ever Knew - Cracked Responds

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You could try to add some quotes or a transcript of the video to make your answer even stronger. – Gallifreyan Dec 07 '16 at 13:59

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '18 at 08:13

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Jar Jar's clumsiness made his movements unpredictable, confusing the simplistic targeting software used by the battle droids.

answered Dec 17 '18 at 08:13

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