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The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

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Jar Jar Banks: A Gungun

Jar Jar Banks is a gungun, a mostly underwater species that lives on the planet Naboo. He's bipedal, amphibious, with long, elephant-like ears and he becomes the sidekick to Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn. The word Net was slang and also specific enough to describe a place. Articles like these are helpful reminders of the distance between traditional media and the web.

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