Sunday Pick: The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

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🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you … by us. Today: in celebration of Star Wars Day, we're sharing an episode from The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks, TED's first narrative show. It explores how Jar Jar Binks became one of the most polarizing figures in cinematic history when he made his debut in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.

It’s 1999, and sixteen years after its original release, a new Star Wars is finally coming. Fans have been camping out in front of theaters across the country just to be the first to see it. The beloved intergalactic saga is set to debut a slew of brand new characters, one of whom is a revolutionary CGI creation named Jar Jar Binks. Whispers begin to spread about big changes coming to the galaxy far, far away — and not everyone’s happy about it. Transcripts for The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks are available at go.ted.com/jarjar

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:10.0	Today we have an episode of another podcast from the Ted to TED Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:12.6	Today we have an episode of another podcast
0:14.6	from the TED Audio Collective, hand-picked by us for you.
0:18.5	Have you ever heard the phrase,
0:19.7	May the fourth be with you, even revenge of the fifth. Star Wars has permeated
0:26.1	our culture so much that even the month of May has become a Star Wars reference
0:31.2	of its own.
0:32.7	So this week we want to share with you the first episode
0:35.2	of our Star Wars related limited series,
0:38.0	The Redemption of Jar Jar-G-Pinks.
0:40.4	It's a great show about Star Wars fandom, the internet, and how online culture at the turn of the century can shine a light on how we communicate today.
0:49.0	We hope you enjoy it.
0:51.0	You can find every episode of The Redemption of Jar Jar Jar Binks wherever you get your
0:54.2	podcasts and learn more about the Ted Audio Collective at audio collective dot TED.com.
0:59.6	We'll get to the episode right after a quick break.
1:12.0	I do want to tell you I am, you know, I initially had some cold feet about talking to you.
1:12.7	Your cold feet are not only seen acknowledged but welcome here.
1:17.8	Okay, perfect.
1:19.2	I'm talking to Kurt Volk.
1:21.4	He's a graphic designer. He's a dad. He's a husband. And Kurt is also a Star Wars
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