Jar Jar Binks to Be a Playable Hero in Battlefront II
Following the high praise EA DICE received at this year’s E3, the development team behind Star Wars Battlefront II has released a new render of a previously unplayable hero character in the Battlefront franchise. The fan favorite Gungan, Jar Jar Binks, will be a new playable hero in the new game.
According to a press release issued by Electronic Arts to select Star Wars sites and gaming news outlets, Jar Jar will be a part of The Last Jedi DLC pack but only for the Nintendo Switch version of the game.
EA DICE, Criterion Games, and Motive Studios are happy to announce that Jar Jar Binks will be among the first wave of free DLC for our upcoming game Star Wars Battlefront II. Binks will be a playable Hero for the Grand Army of the Republic as well as the First Order. Binks will have 2 skins of course, one based on his appearance in Episode I The Phantom Menace and another based on how he will appear in this December’s Star Wars The Last Jedi. However, Jar Jar will be an exclusive character for the Nintendo Switch version of Battlefront II. We hope Switch players will enjoy this new addition to the already bountiful selection of playable Heroes.
Yes, you read that correctly. He will have a skin based on his Episode VIII appearance and fight for the First Order. This seemingly confirms that Jar Jar is indeed a secret villain of the sequel trilogy as many fans on Reddit have theorized that it was George Lucas’s original vision for the character.
After we received this press release, one of our interns reached out to The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson for a comment on Twitter. Johnson’s reply was a GIF of a dancing banana and prompt blocking of our intern. Take that as you will.
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