--- title: Darth Jar Jar in the Force Awakens: Andy Serkis on Conan description: And does a spot-on impression canonical: https://time.com/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-15T17:05:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:52.005Z og:title: Andy Serkis Told Conan He's Playing Darth Jar Jar in 'The Force Awakens' og:description: And does a spot-on impression og:url: https://time.com/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Andy Serkis Told Conan He's Playing Darth Jar Jar in 'The Force Awakens' twitter:description: And does a spot-on impression twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Andy Serkis Told Conan He's Playing Darth Jar Jar in _The Force Awakens_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 15, 2015 5:05 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 15, 2015 5:05 PM UTC There are many, [many fan theories](http://time.com/4116403/star-wars-force-awakens-fan-theories/) about _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ and one of the most intriguing (and [most likely untrue](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/30/jar-jar-binks-fan-theory-jj-abrams)) is that the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke is actually the much-hated Gungan, Jar Jar Binks. Actor Andy Serkis, who plays the character, stopped by _Conan_ Monday night to talk about his role in the highly anticipated film. Despite the fact that _The Force Awakens_ producer Kathleen Kennedy [swears](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/star-wars-producer-confirms-jar-jar-binks-not-upcoming-movie-n475791) Jar Jar is not in the film, Serkis jokingly confirmed to host Conan O’Brien that the rumors are true: The worst part of _The Phantom Menace_ has been re-born as an evil leader. The reality should not come as a huge surprise to _Star Wars_ fans who are keen to the fact that Serkis bears an uncanny resemblance to Jar Jar and does a spot-on Gungan voice. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/"},"headline":"Andy Serkis Told Conan He's Playing Darth Jar Jar in The Force Awakens","datePublished":"2015-12-15T17:05:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:52.005Z","description":"And does a spot-on impression","url":"https://time.com/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Star Wars topic","Conan O'brien","conan","darth vader"],"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/4149462/andy-serkis-darth-jar-jar-conan/","name":"Andy Serkis Told Conan He's Playing Darth Jar Jar in The Force Awakens"}}]}] ```