George R. Binks
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About
George R. Binks is a fictional character appearing in the non-canon Star Wars Tales 20 comic book who is the father of the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks. Depicted as the captain of a whaling ship disappointed with his idiot son, George R. Binks went viral on social media several times during the 2010s and 2020s, with a panel of him putting a gun to his head used as a reaction image.
Origin
On June 30th, 2004, Star Wars Tales #20, the twentieth issue in the non-canon Star Wars Tales comic book series, was released.[1] The issue included a 10-page comic George R. Binks by Tony Millionaire, which tells the story of Jar Jar Binks' father, George R. Binks (phonetically "Jor Jar Binks"), a captain of a whaling ship disappointed with his nitwit son. Over the course of the comic, George R. Binks' ship gets sunk by a sea monster because of Jar Jar's ineptness, with George, his wife, and Jar Jar getting stranded on an uninhabited island. Getting progressively disappointed with his son and his life choices, George R. Binks unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide, with the last panel of the comic showing him lamenting his life (pages 7 and 8 of the comic shown below).
Spread
On April 22nd, 2013, Imgur[2] user LandoCannabissian uploaded the comic, with the post gaining over 8,100 views in nine years. On December 19th, 2015, Tumblr[3] user thebristolboard uploaded the comic to the website, where it received over 580 likes and reblogs in seven years.
Starting in October 2019, the comic has gone viral on Twitter[4] on several occasions. On December 15th, 2019, Twitter user @nickeldoodle made the earliest found viral tweet about the comic, with the post gaining over 2,300 retweets and 11,500 likes in three years (shown below). More tweets[5][6] bringing attention to the comic were made in 2020 and 2021.
On February 25th, 2022, Twitter[7] user @WyattDuncan made a tweet about the comic and Disney not working on films and series based on the "Expanded Universe," which gained over 960 retweets and 11,500 likes in two months (shown below, left). On April 17th, 2022, Twitter[8][9] users @Yelix and @JimmySpoons1 posted two screenshots of the Wookipedia entry on the character, with the tweets gaining over 3,200 retweets and 46,400 likes and 140 retweets and 4,300 likes in two days (shown below, center and right).
Following the April 2022 thread, a panel of George R. Binks holding a pistol to his head gained prevalence as a reaction image.[10]
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External References
[1] Wookieepedia – George R. Binks
[2] Imgur – The Tragic Story of George R. Binks
[3] Tumblr – thebristolboard
[4] Twitter – @nickeldoodle
[5] Twitter – @ElleOsiliWood
[6] Twitter – @handsome_pal
[7] Twitter – @WyattDuncan
[9] Twitter – @JimmySpoons1
[10] Twitter – @thomas_violence
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