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International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day is now only 11 months away! It seems like a long time, but it'll go by quickly. Here's a new Haiku to celebrate.

 

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Even though the next International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day is over 11 months away, I've occasionally been updating the database of words for the Gungan Translator on this site. A great source for Gungan words that I didn't previously have in the translator is a series called "Episode I Adventures" written by prolific Star Wars author and editor, Ryder Windham, and released after The Phantom Menace came out in theaters.

Several of these books, including "Pirates from Beyond the Sea" and "Festival of Warriors" take place on Naboo and focus exclusively on the Gungans, which means there are pages and pages of dialogue written in Gunganese.  If you are able to obtain a copy of any of these books, I highly recommend it, because they are delightful!

In "Festival of Warriors" there are some scenes where Jar Jar is working in a kitchen. We discover the words for spoon (food-scooper) and fork (sticker), but not for knife. Wondering what the word would be, I decided to reach out to Ryder Windham to ask him if he had any thoughts on what the translation might be, and he graciously wrote back with the suggestion of "dagger" for knife and "foosadagger" for table knife, which is awesome!

With Gungan words for spoon and knife, I'm now able to more accurately translate "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette into Gunganese. Wondering what that looks like? Here are the lyrics:

Ironic

An old man turned nineety-ate-a
Hesa won da lottery un died da next day
It'sa a black fly in yousa Chardonnay
It'sa a death row pardon duey minutes too late
Isn't it ironic, do nosa yousa tink? 

It'sa liken sheesh on yousa weddin' day
It'sa a free ride when yousa've already paid
It'sa da hot advice dat yousa just nosa'd take
Whosa would've head thought, it figures?

Mr. Play It Safe was 'fraid ta fly
Hesa packed hisen suitcase un kissed hisen toboo nukis good-bye
Hesa waited hisen whole damn life ta take dat flight
Un as da plane crash-ud down hesa head thought
"Well, isn't dis nice?"
Un isn't it ironic, do nosa yousa tink? 

It'sa liken sheesh on yousa weddin' day 
It'sa a free ride when yousa've already paid
It'sa da hot advice dat yousa just nosa did take
Whosa would've head thought, it figures? 

Well, life has a funny way of sneakin' up on yousa
When yousa tink everythin's okeyday un everythin's goen right
Un life has a funny way of heping yousa oot when
Yousa tink everythin's gone wrongo un everythin' blows up
In yousa face 

A traffic jam when yousa already late
A no-smokin' sign on yousa death stick break
It'sa liken tenska tousand food-scoopers when all yousa besa needin bein' a foosadagger
It'sa meetin' da man of mesa dreams
Un den meetin' hisen beautiful toboo nuki 

Un isn't it ironic, do nosa yousa tink
A lettle too ironic, un yeah Mesa rilly do tink
It'sa liken sheesh on yousa weddin' day
It'sa a free ride when yousa've already paid
It'sa da hot advice dat yousa just nosa'd take
Whosa would've head thought, it figures?

Well, life has a funny way of sneakin' up on yousa
Un life has a funny way of heping yousa oot
Heping yousa oot.

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In an interview with the New York Times, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson revealed an interesting piece of information: that Jar Jar Binks is secretly First Order Supreme Leader Snoke!

"And Jar Jar, he's Snoke" - he really couldn't be any clearer about it!

Although it's surprising that Johnson would reveal this information several months before the film is even released, he mentions earlier in the interview how questions like this, like who Rey's parents are, while interesting, aren't impactful. It's questions about the future that are more important.

So what do you think about the fact that Jar Jar Binks is definitely Snoke?

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Smilen Labor Day ta yousas! In honor of this holiday celebrating working people and their contributions to the country, here's Dolly Parton's classic song about working, 9 to 5, in Gungan.

Ninee ta Five

Tumble oot of bed
Un stumble ta da kitchen 
Pour mesa-self a cup of ambition 
Un yawn un stretch un try ta comen ta life 

Jump in da shower 
Un da blood starts pumpin' 
Oot on da streets, da traffic starts jumpin' 
Per folks liken mesa on da jobbin from ninee ta fife 

Workin' ninee ta fife 
Whata a way ta make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It'sa all takin' un nosa givin' 

Theysa just use yousa mind 
Un theysa nebber give yousa credit 
It'sa enough ta drive yousa 
Loconut if yousa let it 

Ninee ta fife 
Per service un devotion 
Yousa would tink dat Mesa 
Would deserve a Boss Nass sized promotion 

Wanten ta move ahead 
Boot da boss won't seem ta let mesa 
Mesa swear sometimes dat man bein' 
Oot ta get mesa, hmmm 

Theysa let yousa dream 
Just a watch 'em shatter 
Yousa just a step on da boss man's ladder 
Boot yousa got dreams hesa'll nebber take away 

In da same bongo wit a lot of yousa palos 
Waitin' per da day yousa heyblibber'll comen in 
Un da tide's ganna turn 
Un it'sa all ganna roll yousa away 

Workin' ninee ta fife 
Whata a way ta make livin' 
Barely gettin' by 
It'sa all takin' un nosa givin' 

Theysa just use yousa mind 
Un yousa nebber get da credit 
It'sa enough ta drive yousa 
Loconut if yousa let it 

Ninee ta fife 
Yeah, theysa got yousa were theysa wanten yousa
Dare's a better life
Un yousa tink abou' it, nosa yousa? 

It'sa a rich man's game 
Nosa matter whata theysa call it 
Un yousa spend yousa life 
Puttin' mula in hisen wallet 

Ninee ta fife 
Oh, whata a way ta make a livin' 
Barely gettin' by 
It'sa all takin' un nosa givin' 

Theysa just use yousa mind 
Un theysa nebber give yousa credit 
It'sa enough ta drive yousa 
Loconut if yousa let it 

Ninee ta fife 
Yeah, theysa got yousa where theysa wanten yousa 
Dare's a better life 
Un yousa dream abou' it, nosa yousa? 

It'sa a rich man's game
Nosa matter whata theysa call it 
Un yousa spend yousa life 
Puttin' mula in hisen wallet 

Ninee ta fife

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