News about Ahmed Best

After backlash against Star Wars actor Ahmed Best, he considered "jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge": "I've never been in my life," Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best considered

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 28, 2023
Ahmed Best, a Jar Jar Binks actor, has admitted that he considered suicide as he weathered a storm of backlash against his Star Wars appearance. After his character - who appeared in 1999's The Phantom Menace - became one of the most reviled characters in history, Best, 49, said he considered jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.

In the latest episode of "The Mandalorian," Groco Meets a Superstar and Iconic Comedian

www.popsugar.co.uk, April 6, 2023
Why are Mandalorians great til they gotta be great?That's a question you could ask yourself while watching the newest episode of "The Mandalorian," released on 5 April, because it features some major celebrity cameos — including Lizzo and Jack Black! Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), Grope (aka Baby Yoda), and Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) arrived in a new episode of the third season, which included Bo-Katan's former Nite Owls colleague Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides). When they get to the palace, they are rushed to the Duchess and Captain Bombardier to meet the planet's leaders. Lizzo plays the Duchess, while Black plays Captain Jack Black, and both have strong personalities and a keen eye on life's finer things.

In The Mandalorian, actor Ahmed Best wields lightsaber as Jedi Kelleran Beq

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 23, 2023
Ahmed Best changed into Jedi Beq in this week's striking new poster to advertise The Mandalorian season three. Jar Jar Binks, the actor who appeared in 1999's Phantom Menace, has smolders as he wields a green lightaber with all the power of someone who has waited 24 years for the chance of redemption.

Star Wars actor Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks, is cast in Mandalorian

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 22, 2023
Jar Jar Binks from 1999's The Phantom Menace was one of the most popular characters in Star Wars history. But Ahmed Best, the actor who played him, is back in the franchise for the fourth time. It was revealed on Wednesday that he had been cast in the Star Wars movie The Mandalorian but in a completely different role from Jar Jar. Best plays Jedi Kelleran Beq during a Grogru flashback to Order 66 in Chapter 20: The Foundling.