The Return of the Jedi

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In 1998, rumors started to swirl about a new batch of Star Wars movies. In the fall of 1998, a trailer was released. Fans were so eager to catch the first glimpse of this highly anticipated movie they bought tickets to other movies that they had absolutely no intend to watch just so they could see the Phantom Menace trailer. "I completely flipped out. I still think that trailer is just a work of art," says actor Kurt Russell.

The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks is a new show from the TED Audio Collective, hosted by Dylan Marron.

It’s 1999, and sixteen years after its original release, a new Star Wars is finally coming. Fans have been camping out in front of theaters across the country just to be the first to see it. The beloved intergalactic saga is set to debut a slew of brand new characters, one of whom is a revolutionary CGI creation named Jar Jar Binks. Whispers begin to spread about big changes coming to the galaxy far, far away – and not everyone’s happy about it.

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