There’s a joke I like to use when talking about this stuff, Jar Jar walked so Gollum could run.
Ahmed Best, who played the infamous Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, has spoken out against his contribution to motion capture being repeatedly overlooked.
Retweeting a comment from a fan about how Jar Jar wasn’t referenced, the actor said, with clear respect for Serkis, that he does feel his work had been forgotten.
To deny Jar Jar’s place in film history is to deny the hundreds of VFX technicians, animators, code writers and producers their respect.