This is exactly my experience as well. I must've been around nine at the time, and yeah — my friends and I (to my memory) all loved Jar Jar and (horrifyingly) spent a good bit of schoolyard time imitating him; I even remember desperately wanting a Jar Jar figure. But yes, that died a welcome death — I don't exactly…

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For what it's worth, that basically already exists:
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