The Mandalorian Feels

[Ghost]

So the most recent episode of Mandalorian (S3Ep4) hit me right in the feels. I'm gonna put this behind a spoiler tag, but AFTER you watch the episode (or if you don't care), check this out.

***Spoiler...orian?***

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Why this should bring a tear to your eyes.

Kelleran Beq is played by Ahmed Best. Ahmed Best you know as being the body and voice actor of universally hated Jar-Jar Binx. Following the release of the prequels, Ahmed fell into a deep depression due to ridicule and inability to find work that he later admitted he was near suicide.

Since then, Ahmed has appeared as a new character, Kelleran Beq, as a Jedi youngling trainer in "Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge" (a "legends of the hidden temple star-wars themed kids show).

The hope was that Ahmed would do away with Jar-Jar and someday be known more (and loved) as Master Beq. Which...is now a reality thanks to what he did for Grogu.

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[reimesu]

@Ghost I had to catch up on The Mandalorian before I let myself read this.

That is...really uplifting. I did not hate Jar Jar Binks, personally, although my favorite headcanon is that he was a Sith using a form of Drunken Monkey Kung Fu. It puts a whole new twist on everything he does. But man, no one hates like a Star Wars fan.

[Derp]

@reimesu

The Darth Jar-Jar theory is one of my personal favorites.