Obi-Wan Kenobi: Why were you banished, Jar Jar? Jar Jar Binks: It’s a longo tale-o, buta… a small part of it would be mesa… clumsy. Obi-Wan Kenobi: You were banished for being clumsy? Jar Jar Binks: Yousa might’n be sayin dat. Mesa caused mabee one two-y lettle bitty axadentes, huh? Yud-say boom da gasser… den crashin der boss’s heyblibber, den banished.
Where does this quote come from? (Source)
This quote is from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) (also known as Episode I). Produced by Lucasfilm, the film is a part of the Star Wars universe.
- Movie: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Movie Number: Episode I
- Production: Lucasfilm
Why we collected this quote
This exchange is one of the funniest moments in The Phantom Menace – Jar Jar’s earnest, stumbling explanation of his banishment is both witty and oddly endearing. Obi-Wan’s perfectly deadpan “you were banished for being clumsy?” captures the audience’s reaction exactly and became one of Ewan McGregor’s most quoted moments from the prequels.
What does this quote mean? (Meaning & Context)
Travelling underwater through Naboo’s core, Obi-Wan asks Jar Jar about his banishment – trying to understand the strange creature they’ve picked up. Jar Jar’s sheepish admission that clumsiness played “a small part” in it, followed by his increasingly catastrophic list of accidents (“boom da gasser, crashin der boss’s heyblibber”), makes the understatement funnier the more he explains.
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Fun facts & Trivia
Jar Jar Binks was created almost entirely through digital animation – one of the first fully CGI major characters in a live-action film. Despite the character’s mixed reception, the scenes establishing his backstory with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are often cited by fans as his most watchable and charming moments.
