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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 4, 2015 3:42 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 4, 2015 3:42 PM UTC To celebrate [May the 4th](http://time.com/87062/may-the-4th-be-with-you-a-brief-history-of-star-wars-day/), 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) 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) 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! 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