Jon Favreau talks about how they brought Ahmed Best back into Star Wars as well as brought Kelleran Beq into Canon in the ...

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 ...

All plot development aside, this is what’s really cool about Kelleran Beq and his suddenly massive importance to the mythos: he’s played by Ahmed Best. Yep, he’s played by the same performer ...

Ahmed Best has said in the past that he considered suicide following significant backlash against Jar Jar Binks in the 2000s Ahmed Best, the actor known for portraying Jar Jar Binks in the three ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ahmed Best is an American actor. He played Jar Jar Binks in the ‘Star Wars’ movies. He made an appearance in The Mandalorian as a Jedi Knight. Ahmed Best on the set of ‘The Phantom Menace ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...