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Originally Posted by Zend

I like Jar Jar. Have since Phantom Menace came out, but I do acknowledge that he is the single greatest mistake to ever come from the franchise. I am forgiving though, and I still find Phantom Menace very enjoyable.

I'm also forgiving of how utterly stupid the majority of Return of the Jedi is despite considering it to be The Attack of the Clones of the OT (shit overall, with a few redeeming scenes and events). Either way, whether it be the Ewoks, Jar Jar, or most of the writing from RotJ/AotC, you can't just erase it from canon because people don't like it. At least not if they appeared in the main movies.

No no no, that goddamn Ewoks cartoon was the greatest mistake, or the green bunny man from the old comics, or the Star Wars Holiday Special (except for the animated sequence with Boba Fett which was enjoyable), or a ton of other stuff. We forget all too often about how terribly bad our beloved franchise has been dragged through shit with some of the original expanded media stuff. As to Jar Jar, it worked. His sole purpose was to be a kid appeal character (him and lil' Ani who is also a stain on the series) and he did draw in a lot of kids to the series. Fortunately most of them grew up and with that diminished their liking of the weird frog/duck/alien. However, Jar Jar was also unnecessary. Most kids would've still wanted to see that movie because it was Star Wars, I was born post RotJ but I still knew what Star Wars was since I was three so wanting to see a new movie was already a thing, that and Jar Jar and most of the new aliens in TPM are stereotypes.

I believe Simon Pegg summed it up fairly in Spaced (it was a TV show)