While the backlash for Jar Jar Binks has gone down in recent years, Star Wars fans have found other things to complain about, like 2017’s The Last Jedi.
George Lucas says the Jar Jar Binks backlash was just like when he first introduced C-3PO, but it was a different time, and Jar Jar got more heat simply because the Internet amplified the hate.
But, Lucas remembers a time when C-3PO was the original Jar Jar Binks.
You can read the rest of the interview with George Lucas over at Star Wars.