--- description: Happy Star Wars Day! title: Watch Jar Jar Binks Ruin the New 'Star Wars' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jar Jar Binks Ruin the New _Star Wars_ Trailer by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 3:42 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 3:42 PM CUT To celebrate [May the 4th](http://time.com/87062/may-the-4th-be-with-you-a-brief-history-of-star-wars-day/ "undefined"), a.k.a. _Star Wars_ Day, take a moment to revel in the fact that Jar Jar Binks does not have a role in _The Force Awakens_. YouTuber [Murdock Motion](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq0yT%5F0JFMjltEv1Xa1wiiA "undefined") used video-editing software to add one of the most hated characters in cinematic history into the trailer of the highly anticipated new _Star Wars_ film. It’s a great reminder to fans of the true horror that could have been. (Now if someone could just come up with a way of editing Jar Jar _out_ of _The Phantom Menace_.) Fans don’t need to worry about Jar Jar _actually_ appearing in _The Force Awakens_, though, as director J.J. Abrams seems to hate him as much as most fans. He [told _Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-vanity-fair-cover "undefined") he considered killing off the character as soon as he took the helm of the franchise: “I have a thought about putting Jar Jar Binks’s bones in the desert there. I’m serious! Only three people will notice, but they’ll love it.” ### These Are The Lego Star Wars Posters You've Been Waiting For  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3845235/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-jar-jar-binks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3845235/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-jar-jar-binks/"},"headline":"Watch Jar Jar Binks Ruin the New Star Wars Trailer","datePublished":"2015-05-04T15:42:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:39.994Z","description":"Happy Star Wars Day!","url":"https://time.com/3845235/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-jar-jar-binks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","Star Wars topic","Viral Videos","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3845235/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-jar-jar-binks/","name":"Watch Jar Jar Binks Ruin the New Star Wars Trailer"}}]}] ```