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The late actor, who passed on Thursday at the age of 76, was the living embodiment of the Light side of the Force inspiring everyone around him, among them is Ahmed Best Originally playing the CG character and Gungan, Jar Jar Binks, Best made his return to the franchise, making his live-action debut as Kelleran[...]

Fans discovered an unexpected live-action return of Ahmed Best to Star Wars in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian season three as Jedi Kelleran Beq, the original savior of Grogu during the events of 2005's Revenge of the Sith's infamous Order 66, which was the Emperor's (Ian McDiarmid) directive of the clone army to purge the[...]

Helping him escape was Jedi Kelleran Beq, played by Saga trilogy films star Ahmed Best, who originally played the CG Gungan character Jar Jar Binks The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and co-executive producer Dave Filoni spoke to Entertainment Weekly via their Degobah Dispatch podcast on the possibility of seeing Best's live-action future as Beq. Ahmed Best[...]

Ahmed Best was ready to turn the chapter on his time as an actor in Star Wars with his signature character Jar Jar Binks in the rearview mirror He was ready to settle down, taking new acting challenges and even hosting the Disney+ franchise-themed show Jedi Temple Challenge after his long battle dealing the personal[...]

The most recent is one no one expected in Ahmed Best, given his history with the Star Wars franchise The actor is most synonymous with the Gungan favorite Jar Jar Binks, introduced in the prequel films starting with 1999's The Phantom Menace While Best reprised the role in the two subsequent films and various other[...]

Actor Ahmed Best, most commonly known for his role in the Star Wars prequels, has joined Pirates of the Caribbean actor Isaac Singleton Jr., mixed martial artist Angie "Overkill" Hill, writer/actress Dani Fernandez (Ralph Wrecks The Internet), and Damion Poitier (Goldface on The Flash, the original Thanos in Avengers) as a stretch goal for The[...]

With the cast largely rounded out for the upcoming Disney+ limited series Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, we can count on at least one familiar name from the universe who's not returning is Ahmed Best, who's played Jar Jar Binks in the prequels and animated series The Clone Wars While he can technically also play another[...]

While making only vocal cameos in Dave Filoni's The Clone Wars and the live-action The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Neeson had nothing but fond memories of shooting TPM speaking with host Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM channel Radio Andy. Liam NeesonPhoto by G Holland / Shutterstock.com Liam Neeson's Star Wars Memories, Defending The Phantom Menace Costar Ahmed[...]

In the series, host Ahmed Best aka Master Kelleran Beq (also Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel films), wise-cracking protocol droid AD-3 (Mary Holland), and astromech LX-R5 guide Padawans through a series of tasks to become Jedi Knights Our first episode includes competitors Drake and Grace (Blue Team), Griffin and Brayden (Orange Team), and[...]

Reality competition series host Ahmed Best aka Master Kelleran Beq (also Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel films) took to Instagram to reveal that the series (available on the Star Wars Kids channel on YouTube and StarWarsKids.com) would be pushing back its premiere from June 3 to June 10 Best offered a very[...]

Disney+ is looking to get as much playtime in the Star Wars universe sandbox as possible, tapping Ahmed Best to host upcoming game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge Best is known best for his role as Jar Jar Binks in the film franchise's prequel trilogy Young contestants will face tests of ability based on[...]

Gunn's sentiments were in response to comments Gunn received after he tweeted a link to a news story about Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best revealing that he considered suicide after the backlash to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. More recently, actress Kelly Marie Tran was forced off social media by fan harassment in response to[...]

Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, took to Twitter to reveal that backlash against the films, and his particularly disliked role, nearly led the actor to commit suicide, even in an era before social media existed. Best tweeted: 20 years next year I faced a media backlash that still affects my[...]

Ahmed Best, the actor behind one of the greatest characters in cinematic history, Jar Jar Binks, helped to pioneer the field of motion capture with his bombad performance in critically acclaimed movies such as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace But when Wired and Andy Serkis ignored Binks' achievements in a feature on the history of[...]