Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be the role of a lifetime for actor Ahmed Best, plucked from a percussive dance troupe and given serious screen time in George Lucas' "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace ...

It came for not just Jar Jar as a character, but also Best, who received death threats over his performance. “It really wasn’t easy,” he recalls of the backlash. “I was very young. I was 26.

25 years ago, The Phantom Menace launched with a fully armed and operational merchandise campaign behind it—one that found a star in Jar Jar Binks.

Also, not to sound all “Twitter” or anything, but Jar Jar is uncomfortably close to a racist caricature, like those awkward Looney Tunes scenes where Bugs Bunny would impersonate black people.

We contacted the owner who’s trying to pawn off poor Jar Jar, but he didn’t want to be quoted or named. He did tell us, though, that he obtained it 20 years ago from a Utah grocery store.

A recent Star Wars theory has become pretty viral, if just for it’s seemingly bizarre concept. The idea: Jar Jar Binks is actually the most powerful Sith Lord in the galaxy.