its like the writers thought "hmmm Padme is supposed to be the good politician and leader in Star wars and what do good politicians and leaders do? oh i know all good politicians and good leaders love refugees right? lets make her character support refugees" and couldn't think of any other example of "good leadership" except that
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And yet he wasn't high enough to go through with the Darth Jar-Jar idea. Shame, bizarro evil Yoda would have made the prequels so much better than yet another asthmatic cyborg.
I don’t think that was ever a real idea that he could have “gone through” with.
No it was. The actor who did the mo-cap for Jarjar all but confirmed it directly years later. Jarjar was supposed to be like Tobi from Naruto, or the Blind Masseuse. Someone who acts completely goofy and ridiculous, but their antics are all "part of the plan" and they just act like a fag as a cover. The problem was that Lucas overtuned his goofiness to the point that everyone hated Jarjar so much after EP1 that Lucas concluded he'd never be able to sell the reveal "Its wassa ME ALL ALONG, Jedi poodoos!" He invented Dooku to fill the role, which is why the latter kinda comes out of nowhere in EP2.
He also extended the goofiness for too long. He did the same trick with Yoda, but he was only a stupid annoying alien for about ten minutes before the reveal. It would have worked if he put the reveal in the first movie, maybe as a post credits scene.
Really? Wow.