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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

None of his “accidents” worked against the goals of the heroes and he was always where he needed to be.

Well yeah, he was still in the "gain their trust" phase. The betrayal/reveal was going to happen in the second or third movie.

The whole prequel trilogy was about the corruption of the Jedi and Jar Jar might have been exile or left because of his opposition to it.

Jar Jar causing the corruption of Anakin, more like.