A character we all love to hate gets a Sith makeover in the trailer for Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars special, an animated LEGO series titled Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy: ladies, gents, and others, please ready yourselves for the arrival of one Darth Jar-Jar.
An awkward Gungan outcast living on Naboo, Jar-Jar Binks was infamously introduced as a major character in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and returned with a supporting role in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. He also had a role in the animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
In Rebuild the Galaxy, the Star Wars Galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo, of Stranger Things fame), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into an adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together.
In the special, Darth Jar-Jar will be voiced by Ahmed Best, who provided the voice and motion capture for the character in Episodes I-III. Mark Hamill also returns to give his voice to a LEGO Luke Skywalker.
Showrunners and executive producers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit wrote in a statement: “The opportunity to work with LEGO and Lucasfilm to rebuild the galaxy has been a dream come true. We’ve been collecting LEGO Star Wars sets for 25 years, and we have approached this project with a fan’s enthusiasm, crafting this story quite literally brick by brick. For new fans, this will be an exciting place to enter the world of LEGO Star Wars, and for lifelong fans, you’re going to see some things that you never thought possible.”
“It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since the ground-breaking collaboration between Lucasfilm and The LEGO Group began,” says executive producer James Waugh. “…Tapping into the comedic genius of Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, two of the most talented comedy writers I’ve had the fortune of working with, we’ve mixed and matched LEGO sets to snap together Imperial X-fighters, Rebel TIE-wings, and yes, even Darth Jar Jar. This four-piece special is a celebration of all things Star Wars, LEGO, and the incredible explorations that can only happen when these two amazing brands come together.”
Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy will consist of four parts, debuting September 13th on Disney+. Watch the trailer below:
