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Ahmed Best, the actor known for portraying Jar Jar Binks in the threeStar Warsprequel movies, has returned to the franchise after nearly two decades.
In the latest episode of the Disney+Star WarsseriesThe Mandalorian"Chapter 20: The Foundling," Best, 49, made a cameo appearance as a Jedi named Kelleran Beq. The actor appeared in a flashback scene showing events that took place duringRevenge of the Sith(2005), as Jedi-affiliated clone troopers turned on their Jedi generals amid the series' famed Order 66, which largely wiped out the mystical Jedi order.
The scene shows Kelleran Beq escaping an attack from the clones and saving a young Grogu decades before the character initially appeared inThe Mandalorian’s first season.
“Gratitude! Good to be back. There is so much to say and share,” Best wrote in the caption of an Instagram post he shared as the episode released on Wednesday.
“It’s going to take a couple of days,” he added in the caption. “But, for now, I’ll just say thank you to all that have held me up and made me better.”
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“I don’t talk a lot about my experience as #jarjarbinks because a lot of it is very painful,” the actor wrote in a July 2018Instagram postfeaturing a photo of himself and his son looking over a bridge. “I faced a media backlash that still affects my career today. This was the place I almost ended my life. It’s still hard to talk about.”
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Back in 2017, Best toldWiredin an interview that he “had death threats through the internet,” after his first appearance as Jar Jar soured some longtimeStar Warsfans' relationship with the franchise.
source: people.com
