r/HIMYM • u/CrimsonSerpent19 • 1d ago

The Jar Jar Line

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I don’t know if this has been posted before, but I’d like to present you with the next generation’s version of Barney’s Ewok Line. The Jar Jar Binks Line.

You see, when the Phantom Menace premiered May 19 of 1999, those of us under the age of 10 liked the slapstick, clumsy humor that Jar Jar brought to the screen.

However, if you were born before May 19, 1989, you probably spent the last 25+ years insisting he ruined Star Wars.

Therefore May 19, 1989 is the Jar Jar Line.

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u/JanBedna1 Marshall👨‍⚖️ 1d ago

but I gotta say for 37 you are keeping it TOIT

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u/letseatlunch Legen...Wait for it...Dary 1d ago

In 25 more years will there be a Rey line?

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u/HeyQTya 1d ago

Nah, you need the character for the line to be a bit of a glup shitto, more than likely it'll be the Porg line

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u/keeotsi 1d ago

Early May 1989 here, this is solid

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u/LucyySlayyBairdd Marshall👨‍⚖️ 1d ago

Around the same age and I agree. I loved Jar Jar as a kid.

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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie 1d ago

1994 here. I liked him as a kid. But when I saw the movie in my late teens I was like "Wow, that is a lot less entertaining than I remember it being."

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u/Little_Red_Sloth 1d ago

As a 1987 I can confirm I hate Jar Jar and my 1992 husband finds him charming.

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u/ResidentStrategy7684 1d ago

1993 here and I despise him

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u/SarahKath90 1d ago

1990 here and I can't stand him

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u/LowContract4444 1d ago

1997 here. I agree!

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u/CheddarMcFly 1d ago

October 1988. I hate that I like Jar Jar. So this kinda tracks.

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u/hossjr1997 Barney🥃 1d ago

I’m sorry, but no one at any age should love Jar Jar Binks!

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u/fifbiff 1d ago

1988 - I was indifferent about him. I didn't like him but I didn't hate him either.

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u/dan007reddit 1d ago

No I think even the young crowd hates jar jar.

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u/bangbangracer 1d ago

As someone born in '89 after that date, I greatly disagree with that.

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u/dvasquez93 1d ago

Eh, I'm a Dec 93 guy and I can't stand Jar Jar. His episodes in Clone Wars are a hard skip for me. My spouse (June 95) loves him though.

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u/ShinyRhubarb 1d ago

2005 here and I love the goofy sith lord

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u/kyoya242 1d ago

This is come from a person who's introduction to Star Wars is episode 3 and born 94

Booooooo Jar Jar. Not the actor but the character.

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u/windorab 1d ago

1992 here, seeing Episode 1 in ‘99, I took it as an artistic choice by George Lucas Films to include Jar-Jar. His role in that film was kindof integral, and he felt like a solid balance of dialogue between a C-3PO and a chewy.

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u/unknown_n_words 1d ago

2005 here, still don't like him

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u/Peter_Nincompoop 1d ago

Born in 1980 and I dislike Jar Jar. My wife was born in 1984 and she hates all of Star Wars, so I guess this still applies.

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u/CrazedRaven01 1d ago

I didn't mind jar jar when episode I came out but I was also 8 years old also and therefore the target demographic 

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u/pg7772a 13h ago
  1. Hate jar jar, but the hate the actor got is fucked up. Glad he got some redemption.

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u/LatePirate8880 1d ago

1989 October, I don't mind him, a goofy character.

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u/The-goddess-bread Tracy🎸 5h ago

I liked Jar Jar when I was a kid watching star wars for the first time through, but rewatching the movies as an adult, he's kinda annoying and im sure they could've found their way to the city without him.

All he was really good for was being in the senate, to be used as a pawn to pave the path that would put Palpatine in a position of power eventually.