{"id":246,"date":"2019-07-13T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T10:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/did-you-know-jar-jar-binks-could-have-appeared-in-ralph-breaks-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T20:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:56:22","slug":"246-did-you-know-jar-jar-binks-could-have-appeared-in-ralph-breaks-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/246-did-you-know-jar-jar-binks-could-have-appeared-in-ralph-breaks-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know Jar Jar Binks could have appeared in Ralph Breaks the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that at one point Jar Jar Binks was set to appear in Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph, which came out this past fall? It&#8217;s true.<\/p>\n<p>We learned this recently when we saw a Tweet from Twitter User <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vegas487\">Stormie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Recently learned Jar Jar was almost in Ralph Breaks the Internet &lt;3 Would have loved to seen him <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahmedbest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ahmedbest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JarJarBinks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JarJarBinks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPn6MEmwiQ\">pic.twitter.com\/aPn6MEmwiQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stormie (@vegas487) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vegas487\/status\/1143297655960940544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Wreck-It Ralph, a 3D computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Studios in 2012, followed the adventures of Wreck-It Ralph, a video game &#8220;villain&#8221; on a quest to become a hero. The sequel released in 2018 features Ralph and his best friend Vanellope venturing into the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that one of the character designers for the sequel, Jeff Merghart, posted a bunch of concept art on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/nnwo4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ArtStation site <\/a>back when the film premiered, including a whole page of Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars character art. There are several pieces which feature Jar Jar. Here are a few.<\/p>\n<p class=\"centered\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-759\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph1-1579x2048.jpg 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"centered\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-760\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph2-1707x2048.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"centered\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-761\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3-1024x242.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3-768x181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/talklikejarjarday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jeff-merghart-jar-jar-ralph3-1536x362.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"centered caption\">Images courtesy of Jeff Merghart<\/p>\n<p>I was curious to see if I could learn what sort of role\u00a0Jar Jar would have had in the film &#8211; so I reached out to Mr. Merghart, who generously answered my questions. According to Jeff, initially Jar Jar was just going to have a couple of funny throwaway lines, but then his planned role increased. Says Mr. Merghart: &#8220;I think he started out as a background character in Oh My Disney with a funny line or two (as did Darth Vader) to being a part of Ralph&#8217;s crew that also consisted of Eeyore and Grumpy. Together with Vanellope and the princesses they were going to team up with Double Dan, Shank (who also recruited Jimmy&#8217;s Gramma) and the Slaughter Race gang to defeat Ralphzilla.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as you&#8217;ll know if you saw the film, this did not come to pass. Explains Jeff: &#8220;There were a lot of fun scenarios and gags but as the story developed things got whittled away to focus on the story and intent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I asked whether any of Jar Jar&#8217;s scenes ever got animated, but Mr. Merghart was unsure. Also unknown is whether Ahmed Best was, or would have been, approached to return to the role. I really hope he would have been given the opportunity if he wanted it.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s sad that Jar Jar didn&#8217;t make it into the movie, it&#8217;s cool to know that he was at least considered for a part in the film, and who knows, maybe he&#8217;ll show up in the third Wreck-It Ralph film!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jeff Merghart for answering my questions about the film. Be sure to check out more of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/jmerghart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his great artwork<\/a>\u00a0as well as his <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffmerghart.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tumblr<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0keep up to date on what he&#8217;s working on.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that at one point Jar Jar Binks was set to appear in Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph, which came out this past fall? It&#8217;s true. 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