In 1977 a movie was released which changed movie-making forever. That movie was Star Wars.

Star Wars is one of my favourite movies of all time. I would have been 15 at the time I first saw it. I loved it so much that I went back to the cinema a few days later with a cassette recorded hidden under my coat so that I could record the audio for the entire movie! I still had that recording until a few years ago!

The genius behind the movie was George Lucas.  He was the writer, director and exec producer.

The movie scores 8.7 on IMDB and many movie-makers have paid tribute to it as the movie which made them want to make movies.

In 1980, Lucas released the next episode and it has a slightly higher score on IMDB. Many fans say that it is their favourite of the series.

The third movie was released in 1983 and has a lower score, thanks (in my opinion) to the introduction of the cuddly but annoying Ewoks. But Lucas had released the first Indiana Jones movie by this time and his fame (and fortune!) were assured.

If we ignore TV (and there seem to have been quite a few things about Ewoks in the intervening years!), Lucas returned with Episode I in 1999. This movie introduced the first computer generated character: Jar Jar Binks. Like many fans, I HATED the Jar Jar character. People felt that (like Ewoks) he had been introduced to appeal to young children. Lucas reacted to the fans’ hatred by reducing Jar Jar’s role in Episode II. In Episode III he only had a few scenes and no dialogue.

But…

In October 2015, a Reddit user by the name of “Lumpawarroo” published a theory that Jar Jar was actually a Sith. I am including a video below which beautifully presents the evidence that this is in fact the case.

This is mind-blowing genius! It turns Episode I on its head. It dramatically changes the story arc for episodes I-III.

But unfortunately Lucas chicken out for some reason, introduced Count Dooku, and sidelined Jar Jar.

Such a pity. You are left to imagine the fabulous scene where Jar Jar’s true nature is revealed and he gets to fight with Yoda. How fantastic would that have been!