Screen Rant 2s5h6u Ahmed Best Screen Rant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more! Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:37:51 GMT en-US hourly 60 <![CDATA[Jar Jar Binks Ahmed Best Stands In Solidarity With Amandla Stenberg After The Acolyte Cancelation]] 2a2w2t /star-wars-ahmed-best-amandla-stenberg-the-acolyte-cancelation/<![CDATA[Sean Morrison]]><![CDATA[TV]]><![CDATA[The Acolyte]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[Amandla Stenberg]]><![CDATA[ Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks and Kelleran Beq, shared his for star of The Acolyte Amandla Stenberg after the show's cancelation. ]]><![CDATA[

Ahmed Best, the actor who played Kelleran Beq in The Mandalorian and Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy, shared his for The Acolyte star Amandla Stenberg. The Acolyte season 2 was recently canceled, which has caused reactions from fans and actors alike. Amandla Stenberg's reaction to The Acolyte's cancelation has been among the most high-profile, particularly because she pointed out the hatred, bigotry, and negativity she received for her roles. Actors from other areas of Star Wars, such as John Boyega, have voiced for Stenberg previously, and now Ahmed Best is standing in solidarity with her. 16y4z

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<![CDATA[Ahmed Best Reveals The Heartbreaking Reason He'll Never Get Credit For Blazing Hollywood's Mo 412t1p Cap Trail]]>/star-wars-ahmed-best-jar-jar-binks-mo-cap-trailblazer/<![CDATA[Molly Brizzell]]><![CDATA[Movies]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[ Even as the first mo-cap actor in a feature film, portraying Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace, Ahmed Best reveals why he won't ever get the credit. ]]><![CDATA[

Actor Ahmed Best, known for his portrayal of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, has revealed the tragic reason why he'll never receive the proper credit as the first mo-cap actor in a movie. While his role of Jar Jar may have been poorly received at first, it has since become more appreciated alongside the rest of the Star Wars prequels. Best has also received his due credit by reprising his role of the Jedi Kelleran Beq in The Mandalorian. One vital thing, however, has yet to receive proper appreciation and credit.

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<![CDATA[Jar Jar Actor Reveals What It's Really Like To Create A Character With George Lucas]] 6z5v17 /star-wars-ahmed-best-george-lucas-collaboration-created-jar-jar-binks/<![CDATA[Thomas Bacon]]><![CDATA[Movies]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[ Jar Jar actor Ahmed Best reveals what it's really like to work with George Lucas, explaining how Star Wars' Gungan sidekick came to be. ]]><![CDATA[

Ahmed Best, the actor who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, has revealed the "collaborative" approach George Lucas really took when creating the Gungan sidekick. It's not difficult to imagine how intimidating it must be to work with George Lucas; this is the man who created Star Wars after all. The Star Wars prequel trilogy was his vision, telling the story of Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side, and he'd been planning the story for decades.

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<![CDATA[Dave Filoni Explains Ahmed Best's Jedi Return In The Mandalorian Season 3]] 5j2w52 /the-mandalorian-season-3-ahmed-best-jedi-return-filoni-explains/<![CDATA[Corey Larson]]><![CDATA[TV]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[The Mandalorian]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[ In The Making of The Mandalorian Season 3, showrunners Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau discuss why Ahmed Best was the perfect Jedi to save Grogu. ]]><![CDATA[

The Mandalorian season 3 finally showed how Grogu managed to survive Order 66 and the Purge of the Jedi Temple, and in doing so, brought back Star Wars veteran Ahmed Best. Best was best known for his role as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and though he did a fantastic job in his creative and clumsy portrayal, Jar Jar went down as one of the most divisive characters in Star Wars history. Nevertheless, The Mandalorian gave Best another chance at a Star Wars character by letting Kelleran Beq be the one to save Grogu, one of the franchise’s most beloved babies.

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Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:10:16 GMT/the-mandalorian-season-3-ahmed-best-jedi-return-filoni-explains/
/the-mandalorian-ahmed-best-kelleran-beq-backstory-future/<![CDATA[Lewis Glazebrook]]><![CDATA[TV]]><![CDATA[The Mandalorian]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[ The Mandalorian season 3 saw the return of Ahmed Best to the Star Wars franchise as Kelleran Beq, with Best recently detailing Beq’s potential future. ]]><![CDATA[

This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 3, episode 4.The Mandalorian season 3, episode 4 saw the return of Ahmed Best to the Star Wars franchise as Kelleran Beq, with the actor recently detailing the character's backstory and teasing at potential future stories. Viewers have naturally been fascinated by Grogu's backstory, generating countless theories as to how he survived Order 66. These have varied from Samuel L. Jackson's back-from-the-dead Mace Windu to a strange decision by Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker. But The Mandalorian season 3, episode 4 revealed it was actually Ahmed Best - previously known for playing motion-capture and the voice for Jar Jar Binks - who stepped in, now performing as Jedi Master Kelleran Beq.

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Sat, 25 Mar 2023 18:25:14 GMT/the-mandalorian-ahmed-best-kelleran-beq-backstory-future/
/ahmed-best-movie-tv-roles/<![CDATA[Padraig Cotter]]><![CDATA[SR Originals]]><![CDATA[robot chicken]]><![CDATA[Fallout 76]]><![CDATA[Star Wars]]><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones]]><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace]]><![CDATA[The Last of Us Part 2]]><![CDATA[Ahmed Best]]><![CDATA[ Ahmed Best is known for portraying Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels but here are some of his other roles in movie, TV shows and video games. ]]><![CDATA[

Here's where else you may have seen Star Wars star Ahmed Best. George Lucas began development on the Star Wars prequel trilogy in the early 1990s, becoming convinced that CGI technology would bring his vision for the universe to life. One of the big breakthroughs of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was Jar Jar Binks, who bears the distinction of being the first fully CG character in a live-action movie. Jar Jar was played by Ahmed Best, who nabbed the role after being spotted in a theatre production of Stomp.

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