Star Wars fans were in for a surprise when they tuned into Wednesday's episode of "The Mandalorian." The new episode, titled "The Foundling," featured an unexpected cameo from Ahmed Best who ...

This article contains discussion of suicide. Reader discretion advised. For many older fans of the Star Wars franchise, we all remember where we were when we first saw the trailer to Episode I ...

Jar Jar Binks and Jedi Master Kelleran Beq actor Ahmed Best paid tribute to Star Wars stars Mark Hamill and Frank Oz in a beautiful post addressing Best's experience with backlash in the franchise.

But what Star Wars fans may not realize is that actor Ahmed Best, who plays Telleran, was first in the Star Wars universe as a different character: the one and only Jar Jar Binks. He played Jar ...

Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be the role of a lifetime for actor Ahmed Best, plucked from a percussive dance troupe and given serious screen time in George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I ...

As the actor who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, Ahmed Best did not have the best experience with fans following the release of those films. In recent years, Best has opened up ...

Ahmed Best recalls the painful backlash to the “Phantom Menace” character that was considered a racial stereotype at the time, but is now embraced by fans. Supported by By Carlos Aguilar ...

Ahmed Best—who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel trilogy—returned to the franchise as Jedi Knight Kelleran Beq on The Mandalorian. He was the previously unknown Jedi who ultimately ...

Jar Jar Binks might have been an intergalactic pariah in 1999, but it seems like George Lucas — and Ahmed Best, who brought the clumsy Gungan to life — got the last laugh. For the record ...

Sold. Especially if we could get Keanu Reeves to join the Star Wars movie as a literal Jedi John Wick fighting beside Ahmed Best’s Kelleran Beq. (If he’s not too busy making John Wick movies ...

Ahmed Best, the actor who played the polarizing character Jar Jar Binks in the “Star Wars” prequel films, made a surprise cameo on the Disney+ series nearly 20 years after his final appearance ...

(L-R) Ahmed Best on 'The Mandalorian' and Jar Jar Binks from 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' Lucasfilm / Disney+ Ahmed Best is getting a shot at redemption by returning to the Star ...