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Tarpals apprehended him and prepared to take him to the surface, however, he was ambushed by Marshoo and several thugs. Tarpals was knocked out in the scuffle, but Binks saved him. The hapless Gungan pleaded with Tarpals for clemency, but was ignored.

Tarpals then escorted Binks to the shores of the Lianorm Swamp , the place of Binks's banishment. Panicking, he bumped into Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn , an ambassador who had been sent to resolve the crisis between the Naboo and the Federation.

Jinn tackled Binks to the ground and held him there to prevent them both from getting crushed by a Multi-Troop Transport that was passing by. As a result of this life-saving act, Binks, despite being an outcast, adhered to the Gungan principle of a life debt and insisted on following Jinn, much to the Jedi's annoyance.

Binks suggested that they go to Otoh Gunga, his old home, but quickly regretted mentioning it. The Jedi persuaded him to take them there, but Binks rightly feared for his life. The two Jedi escorted Binks past twenty battle droids and a half-built droid camp. Binks panicked and ran off, leaving the Jedi to Force Jump up mushrooms to reach the top of the tree and the nearby plateaus, which they traversed, eventually moving into a cave, where they faced a Slaatik hagworm.

After defeating the hagworm, they then rejoined Binks and continued their journey. Upon reaching Otoh Gunga, Binks was arrested by his old friend, Tarpals, and brought before Nass, the former also telling Binks upon arresting him that he was in "big doo-doo thisa time. Following that, Nass sentenced Binks to death, but Jinn quickly interceded, citing that Binks's life belonged to him, due to the Gungan life debt system.

Nass had Binks freed and sent along with the Jedi to Theed. Binks was dismayed over the fact that he had to tag along with the Jedi, but he figured that he had a higher chance of survival with them than in Otoh Gunga. Upon reaching Federation-occupied Theed, the central bridge across the river was blasted apart by an Armored Assault Tank , cutting the city off from other regions and separating the group.

Kenobi eventually met back up with Jinn and Binks. Jinn convinced the Queen to go to Coruscant , to plead her case to the Senate, a choice that would result in Binks leaving the planet for the very first time.

While the Queen's ship got past the Federation blockade of the planet, it sustained mild damage, and lost its hyperdrive capacity, leaving it only enough power to reach Tatooine , the only planet in the area devoid of Federation presence. Upon reaching Tatooine, Jinn, Binks, Amidala disguised as a handmaiden , and R2-D2 ventured into the city of Mos Espa in search of new parts for the ship.

They came across Watto's Shop , which had the parts they needed. However, they had no way of purchasing them, due to the Republic Credit's lack of use in backwater planets like Tatooine. At Watto's Shop, they encountered a young boy, Anakin Skywalker.

After leaving the shop, Binks crossed paths with Sebulba , a thug who threatened to beat Binks to a pulp after an incident where Binks inadvertently ruined his meal by spitting out a Gorg that he attempted to eat before learning from Gragra that the Gorg cost seven wupiupi. Only the timely intervention of Skywalker saved him. Skywalker was but a poor slave, nonetheless, he offered the group shelter and hospitality when they were caught in a sandstorm.

At his home, they discovered that he had a talent for podracing , which Skywalker thought would be a good way for Jinn and Amidala to get the money required for the new hyperdrive.

Binks was more than willing to help in the enterprise, offering to perform maintenance on Skywalker's podracer. Whether or not his efforts were of any help was irrelevant having once gotten his hand stuck in one of the compressors of the engines of Skywalker's podracer, as well as inadvertently causing his tongue to go numb from making contact with the energy binders while getting up to retrieve a wrench he dropped ; Skywalker appreciated the assistance.

On the day of the Boonta Eve Classic Race, Binks continued to assist, and observed the race from a special platform reserved for the racer's family and friends. Binks was thrilled when Skywalker won, mostly at the prospect of being able to leave the inhospitable Tatooine.

If Binks was taken aback by Tatooine, nothing could prepare him for Coruscant. A sprawling ecumenopolis , Binks was out of his depth in the capital, and understandably retreated to the sidelines of the political action taking place.

He stayed at Senator Palpatine's apartments in the Republica , eagerly awaiting the chance to return home. The chance came when Amidala was refused aid in the Senate, and decided to take matters into her own hands. She formulated a plan, based on Binks's mention of a Gungan Grand Army , and decided to take the fight to the Federation. Upon returning to Naboo, Binks discovered that Otoh Gunga had been evacuated due to a major battle. He knew of the Gungan Sacred Place however, and took the Queen there.

Upon meeting Nass, she made an alliance with him, unifying the Gungan and the Naboo people after years of bitter hatred and isolation. Nass was most pleased with the new alliance, and attributed it all to Binks, much to the latter's embarrassment.

As a "reward," Nass appointed Binks as joint commander of the Gungan Grand Army, giving him the rank of Bombad General —a decision that made him faint with shock. She and her task-force, along with the Jedi, would first liberate the Theed Hangar , allowing pilots to take their starfighters and attack the Droid Control Ship , hopefully deactivating all of the droids in the Federation droid army.

The battle droid commander did not disappoint, and attacked the Gungans. They held up a solid defense against the mechanized army, but sheer numbers overwhelmed them, forcing Ceel to call for a retreat. During the chaos, Binks accidentally sent a cascading wave of energy balls into a pack of B1-Series battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks , which slowed the Federation advance for a while and allowed some Gungans to escape.

However, Binks and his old friend, Tarpals, were rounded up and captured. Shortly after their capture, however, young Anakin Skywalker, who had accompanied them from Tatooine, destroyed the Droid Control Ship, deactivating the droids.

The Gungans rejoined, knocking over the limp droids and celebrating. However, the victory was not without bitter loss. But their deaths were not in vain.

Amidala had succeeded in her mission and had re-taken Naboo. After attending Jinn's funeral , Binks joined in the celebrations and looked forward to a new era of peace. Following the resolution of the Naboo crisis, Jar Jar Binks became involved with the restoration of peace on the planet. With the help of a precocious Jedi youngling , General Binks set up traps in the Sacred Forest for the last operational battle droids.

In the months that followed the liberation of his home planet from the Trade Federation's clutches, Binks remained in the closest entourage of his new friend, Queen Amidala. During his stay in Theed, Binks had long discussions with the queen, who told him of the reasons why she had entered the political arena.

Those intense conversations sparkled a newfound and naive enthusiasm for politics in the Gungan's mind, and he decided to follow that path too. In order to achieve that, the Gungan had not hesitated to play on his former position in the Grand Army, proving himself shrewder than many of his detractors thought.

After a short term, he was promoted to the position of Gungan Ambassador to Theed, although his detractors hinted he might in fact have been put out of harm's way by doing so. One day, a group of heavily armed assassins tied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems infiltrated the embassy, which the Chancellor was to visit, disguised as cooks.

By a happy concurrence of circumstances, Binks managed to foil the assassins while Typho was incapacitated. In order to thank Binks for his role in stopping the assassination attempt , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed him as the new Associate Planetary Representative for Naboo in the Galactic Senate, to the Gungan's intense delight. Despite his sheer honesty and the hard work he had done to achieve his position, Representative Binks remained as clumsy as ever, to the point that he became a priority target for those who wanted to ridicule the reformist senators.

During the opening ceremony of the Endangered Shreebird Aviary , the Gungan accidentally deactivated the force-field dome that contained the rare creatures, repeating his legendary goof at the Gungan Municipal Zoo years earlier. While attending an important fundraising gala in the Jrade Plaza , Binks provoked another disaster while trying to mimick the table manners of his colleague Orn Free Taa of Ryloth.

By doing so, the Gungan pulled the tablecloth violently, destroying a priceless ice sculpture of the famous artist Kime Enanrum in the process. The priceless artifact was so completely destroyed that it seemed to be snowing in Jrade Plaza for a few hours. Only a few weeks later, Representative Binks caused a level-five security alert at a fundraiser for the Refugee Relief Movement when he inexplicably vanished from sight.

It turned out the Gungan had accidentally locked himself in the building's cloakroom. Despite his legendary disasters, Binks was often invited at galas and other social events, in part because his presence guaranteed good media coverage.

Even the usually ferocious and critical Dyslogia Twang admittedly appreciated Binks' gentle sincerity, and he even praised the Gungan's fashion acumen. In 22 BBY , before the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Senator Amidala was forced to go into hiding following a series of assassination attempts.

As his duty commanded, Representative Binks stood in for her in the Senate. In Amidala's absence, however, Binks was easily manipulated by more experienced politicians, and as they preyed on his innocence, they convinced him that the creation of an army for the Republic was a course of action that Amidala would have taken.

In fact, the creation of an army was exactly what Amidala had been fighting against. Feeling that it was his duty to act in her stead, he suggested that the Senate give Supreme Chancellor Palpatine the emergency powers required to create a Grand Army of the Republic.

Binks met up with Senator Bail Prestor Organa on Toydaria , a neutral planet, to ask King Katuunko if the Republic could use the planet as a supply staging base to get relief to the Twi'leks of Ryloth. Organa and Binks are granted an audience with the king and his council, but negotiations are complicated by the arrival of Lott Dod , the Senate representative of the Trade Federation.

Organa and Binks stressed their humanitarian intentions in the matter, but Dod pointed out that by agreeing to deliver supplies to Ryloth, it would be aiding Republic troops, and with Toydaria having declared strict neutrality in this war, it would destroy their neutrality.

After thorough consideration, Katuunko officially denies the Republic their rights to a base on Toydaria, but afterwards he secretly met Organa and Binks and tells them that the humanitarian factor had actually gained his favor.

He agreed to load the supply ships they already had at the time with with a preliminary supply of provisions if Organa could keep the involvement of Toydaria secret. Organa protested, as the supplies would only aid the Twi'leks for a few days, but the king said this was the best he could supply.

Knowing these supplies were better than none at all, the Senator created a plan to have Binks distract Dod and his aide during a banquet, which he did with extraordinary skill, while Organa supervised the loading of the relief supplies. The plan was successful, but when Organa and Binks were bid farewell by Katuunko, Dod protested that they had broken the agreement, as he learns of supply ships slipping through the blockade around Ryloth, a claim for which Organa demanded proof.

Unable to give any, Dod left furious. However, before the diplomats departed, Katuunko announced that in the light of these events Toydaria may reconsider its stance of neutrality. However, after Binks accidentally switched the gravity on the platform, Threepio forgot to disengage the autopilot, and the two swindlers were unknowingly sent back to the Senate. Amidala arrived, and the three took the yacht to Rodia.

While Amidala went to ensure Rodia's allegiance to the Republic, Binks tried to communicate with jungle natives, and in response, a fruit was flung at C-3PO. However, Amidala was captured by Nute Gunray , still holding a grudge from the disastrous Invasion of Naboo , and Gunray had promised to help Farr if Amidala was captured. After B1-Series battle droids and a crab droid attacked Binks and Threepio, they knew that Amidala was in trouble.

However, Binks accidentally destroyed their yacht in the attack, and with no means of communication to the Republic, the two were forced to rescue Amidala. After finding Anakin Skywalker's Jedi cloak, Binks put it on, and he was later mistaken for a Jedi by the battle droids. After falling down a grate, Binks was presumed dead by Threepio, who informed Amidala after he escaped.

However, Binks was still alive, and after being chased by a Kwazel Maw , he attempted to rescue Amidala, not knowing she had already escaped. After Amidala glimpsed him, Binks fell into the water again. However, this time, a B2 super battle droid deployed thermal detonators to destroy the "Jedi". Binks ran into the Kwazel Maw again, but was able to befriend it, and named it " Bogey ". Threepio, meanwhile, had been sent to contact the Republic, but after getting a short message through, he was arrested.

He and Amidala were cornered by Gunray and several droidekas , while Farr watched helplessly. Binks appeared just in time, and Boogie attacked the droids. Amidala cornered Gunray, and after Farr declared Rodia's allegiance to the Republic, several Venator -class Star Destroyers arrived, Commander Gree having got Threepio's message, and Gunray was taken away.

After Skywalker learned that his wife had been in trouble, he ordered his Padawan Ahsoka Tano to accompany Master Luminara Unduli in the transfer of Gunray. Binks was later given a mission by Chancellor Palpatine to pay a ransom for the trade of Dooku to the Republic.

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