When most people think of ways to describe Jar Jar Binks, a list of several things come to mind. A unfunny abomination. A racist stereotype. A crime against everything that "Star Wars" fans hold dear. However, some are adding "Sith Lord" to this list, as redditor Lumpawarroo has amassed evidence that our not-so-beloved gungan was in fact planned to be the most powerful enemy in the entire Star Wars franchise.
Here is the full theory on Reddit.
In short, the theory states that Jar Jar was originally planned to be the main villain of the prequel trilogy, being the one who brings Emperor Palpatine to power. The evidence that supports this is Jar Jar's ability to seemingly come out on top in any conflict through sheer inept and his ability to persuade people in an almost Jedi mind trick-like fashion to further the plot. He was supposed to be revealed to be a villain in "Attack of the Clones." However, the negative backlash on Jar Jar was so great that George Lucas hastily re-wrote "Darth Jar Jar" out of the scripts for "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" and replaced him with Count Dooku, a boring and flat character that seemed shoehorned in.
Now I know what you're thinking. "That is the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard of!" And I'm here to tell you that you are right. This theory is so off-the-wall that it had to be true! It would've been the perfect reveal as opposed to the one we got where Palpatine turned out to be Darth Sidious (which everyone and their dog knew since Episode 1).
Will Jar Jar be the main villain of Episode 7? Probably not. But it's nice to think of what might have been.