This is OUR redemption, not his. “Fans” treated him so horribly, I’m glad we are here for him now and am hopeful and thankful for his forgiveness.

Ahmed has been so open and honest about what he experienced after TPM came out and how he was suicidal at times, it was really heartbreaking. The fact that he’s persevered and finally got his redemption was fantastic to see. Much deserved.

I love these moments when you can tell which reactors really know their Star Wars actors/names/characters/stories.

I had never heard of Kelleran Beq before, and didn't recognise Ahmed Best when he made his appearance. But after discovering the significance of the cameo, I'm overjoyed that Best gets to be remembered now for such a brave, selfless, badass character, and the savior of Grogu. Beq is an important reminder of all the people throughout history who have placed their lives on the line to rescue the targets of attempted genocides.

The fact that the Jar Jar Binks actor returned to Star Wars to play a character fans will love after all these years is poetic as Hell.

Kelleran earned the nickname “The Sabered Hand” by being one of the greatest dual-wielders amongst the Jedi. I love how he goes from rave-dance deflecting dozens of shots simultaneously to just casually slapping that last shot back at the trooper like he was volleying a slow-moving tennis ball. His reaction time is off the goddamn charts. Total badass moment; I love that Best got to play this role.

Ahmed Best being the one to save GROGU is beautiful poetry. Absolutely perfect. I actually shed some tears when I saw this!

In case my fellow Star Wars fans aren't aware, Ahmed Best is a genuine real life very skilled martial artist. His primary style is Brazilian Ju Jitsu but also is a black belt in Kendo, which is why he looks so natural using the lightsabers in Mando. He also has trained in Tae Kwon DO and Hapkido, Aikido and traditional Judo

So glad he's finally getting the action he deserves, I'm so happy

It feels like “redemption” is the wrong word. Redemption implies that A.B. did something wrong, when in fact it was the incessant bullying of an actor who played a character the fanbase didn’t like that was wrong. This scene isn’t A.B.’s redemption, it’s a well-deserved, long-overdue apology. The only redemption to be had is for us, the fanbase. Dave & Jon did a lot of heavy lifting to allow us to finally give him the respect he’s always deserved. I’m thankful for that.

Jar Jar Binks getting the screentime he deserves. For those who don't know, the black man thar saved Grogu is the actor who played Jar Jar in the prequels.

The flashback is clearly the part of the episode written by Dave Filoni. He knows how to tie in all elements of the universe and give fans moments like this.

"Ahmed Best. For saving the foundling Grogu, you too have been redeemed. This is the way."

Such an amazing reveal! Crazy that not as many people knew who Ahmed was right off the bat. But we knew.... we knew. 😉

Ahmed Best's comeback as a Jedi Master Kelleran Beq's the absolute best, and that is pun intended. Out of all seriousness, the way he kicked ass against the clone troopers with Jar Kai alone shows that he's the sabered hand for a reason!!! BEASTLY EPISODE EVER, and I'm so happy that he is back, stronger than ever. Jar Jar really did save the kid in his own way.

Someone send these reactions to Ahmed he deserves all the love he's getting right now. Fastest dual weilding jedi to block blaster fire I've ever seen. And with minimal effort. What a G

Grogu clutching his little blanket made my heart break, he was clearly scared.

It's so sweet watching people that recognize him be so happy for him😊

I ❤ how the SW fans who know ALL the lore or who are deep divers knew the second they saw him that it was Best. I'm so happy he gets reintroduced to a whole new generation of fans that didn't know him before.

You really do the best compilation reaction videos on KZfaq. I’m never disappointed by your posts. The stand out thing is your commentary as you show the clips; it truly is a value added touch to your posts. Plus, it’s so good to see Ahmed Best get unanimous love in this heroic Jedi role! Love’n Mandalorian season 3 so far!!!!

Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd two people who didn't deserve the hate they got. Both played their roles amazing. Love them both.

Got to say, as someone who really loves ROTS and the Jedi temple attack sequence, there are other parts of the Star Wars movies that could get this kind of attention in flashbacks.

His moves were SO FUCKING CLEAN! Effortless, beautiful, intuitive, he was so cool.

Such a cool moment for Ahmed Best. Amazing how far things have come for him since the prequels

I didn't realize it was Ahmed Best until the credits rolled when I first saw this episode! 🤣🤣🤣 What a way for him to redeem himself here after getting a lot of backlash playing Jar Jar in the Prequels! Good for him! 🙂👏

I have been so excited to see your post of this because I've been dying to see other people as excited as I was to see Ahmed Best's most epic return to Star Wars. Thanks for always bringing us the joy!

Don't mind me. I'm just the guy that didn't learn that this was freaking Jar Jar Binks, until 3 hours after I watched the episode.

It might be the greatest cameo I've seen in my life.

I'm so happy for Best, considering how much he loves star wars and the fan backlash of Jar Jar was so bad not only did Lucas rewrite the prequels but it put Best in a serious deep depression.

The best part of this season so far

Glad Best got redemption after his life got ruined.

I personally had no clue who kellerin was, his actors role as jar jar, or how bad the fans treated him. If you cannot distinguish the actor from the character then theres a severe issue. This is indeed redemption for the fans and hopefully ahmed can forgive those who damaged him

I heard Kelleren and was like where the heck I have I heard that name from? And then whole and behold we see Ahmed returne and I instantly remembered the Sabered hand.

It's him! It's Jar Jar Binks!

The Stormtroopers are great shots. They never miss the lightsabres. Great line Sir

LOL, great comment. "Those soldiers have really good aim, they never miss those lightsabers". That was funny.

Hahah “those stormtroopers have really good aim, they never miss those sabers” had me dying

I can't front... no cap... I got the onions in my eyes watching these reactions. I myself when I saw this seen, leaped out of my chair and put my fist in the air like "YES!!!"

8:00 the bloke just luckily wearing a jar-jar blinks t-shirt lol

Kelleran Beq is not the hero we need but the one we deserve.

The fact that Grogu is basically saved by Jar jar binks is amazing haha

It warms my heart to know Ahmed has seen this video and has likely scrolled thru the comment section. Ahmed, if you’re seeing this, we love you. Always have, always will

Is no one gonna talk on how The Armorer's hammer is a PTSD trigger??

I've never understood why people hated Jar Jar so much, or why people harassed and bullied Ahmed for playing him. It's great to see him back though!

I remember seeing him talk about how depressed he got after his backlash for his Jar Jar Binks role that he even was having thoughts of Suicide. I'm happy he pushed through that and glad he got to be part of the Star Wars Universe again as a Jedi Master. and rather fitting for his current Jedi character to save Grogu since he hosted the trials for many other Jedi Padawans. If I ever meet him, I would want to give him a big hug to thank him for making my childhood as Jar Jar and glad that he is still with us and glad he is still in the Star Wars Universe.

After all the crap Ahmed Best got, unfairly, from the prequels because of Jar Jar, I'm glad they made an awesome role for him. The role of a kick ass double wielding Jedi Master fits him like a glove and I'm glad he will get the respect he deserves

The love in this generation for actors like himself and Hayden getting the chance to come back after so much hate for no reason in my eyes. But I was a little kid when watching revenge of the sith and ever Star Wars movie in order. I have done researching on this actor now. And I’m as happy as I am for Hayden as I am for Ahmed. Dude deserves to be loved on screen as he unfortunately underwent the same hate for some reason I don’t understand

All great reactions a joy to watch other fans. Gotta hand it to Kyle katarn his star wars knowledge is vast and impressive...most impressive😂👍

So glad to see this! Great action sequences. Yeh!

As usual, you have done an excellent job putting together these clips! Great job! Continue doing these and I will watch!

Loved that this was so unexpected

This is a moment where people who watches to animated shows and reads the comics can have a massive nerdgasm meanwhile the rest of us just sitting here like “oh cool a Jedi saved him”😂

I’m here for all the redemptions. Ahmed Best is the man.

This was such a great moment. The star wars fan base can be pretty awful and toxic, and Ahmed Best, at least prior to the sequel trilogy, was the one who got the worst treatment. It is so great to see the fan base, seemingly, being unified in joy at seeing Ahmed get a great scene playing a character who may have done one of the most vital things any character ever did in any SW series/film. It seems as if the series is headed towards Grogu being Mandalore and potentially a unifying figure for the Mandalorians AND Jedi. Grogu will end up being a top 5 most important character, and now Ahmed got to be the guy who made it all possible through his heroism. Fantastic redemption for the actor, AND the fans.

So it turns out Jar Jar was not in fact a Sith Lord, but actually a Jedi Master!

I wasn't aware of the connection until today, but I'm so glad Ahmed got some redemption for himself with the series as a whole. I know it's easy to blame the actor for a bad character because they're the face of the character, but even the most phenomenal actor in the world can only do so much with a character that sucks. Blame the writers for writing the character so badly, and the director for approving that terrible character making the final cut. If a character sucks, and whenever it's an option(so for basically everything that's not a movie adaptation of pre-existing media), the director should go back to the writers and say "hey, this character's not gonna work, we need you to rewrite or replace them".

I only knew Ahmed Best as Jar Jar, and didn't know about Kelleren Beq. I actually teared up a bit. I'm so happy for him after all the unwarranted flack he took as Jar Jar.

great reaction clip, glad to see people give Ahmed Best his Flowers finally

the one with reel rejects, the 3rd guy realizes it after they land by the naboo starship

I didn't realize who it was until the credits rolled, but I was so happy.

This was the only thing to get a reaction out of me in season 3.

much respect to the ones who knew who he was

Was waiting for this!!!

Well after what happened in Revenge of the Sith, Mace Windu wasn't in a position to lend a hand.

I had never heard of Kelleran Beq, but I definitely recognized Ahmed Best. I'm so happy that he got this moment to shine. Jar Jar was never a favorite character of mine, but I wasn't Gunganist. In fact, this whole "Star Wars Fans Are Toxic" thing isn't new at all. There's not enough therapy in the world to even touch how traumatized Jake Lloyd was by it. Hayden got the same abuse, but he was a Zen master about it -- I know his feelings were hurt, but I always got the feeling like he just took it, because if he made a big deal about it, it would've been an insult to Jake, who was a CHILD in Episode I. That was AFTER Jingle All The Way. This kid had ice in his veins, and *we* BOILED it. And then twenty years later, we've got Kelly Marie Tran, Felicity Jones, John Boyega, Diego Luna, and Donnie Yen, and Moses Ingraham and everybody's screaming about "woke" but only when it's minorities -- and not when it's dipshit Jimmy-the-Greek-ass farmers who can't hit a lit target standing less than ten feet away from them, like Uncle Owen shooting at Reva with his eyes closed. I'm not going to lie, Disney hasn't exactly been cranking out bangers with the Star Wars franchise, but I'm so tired of the "Where are all the white people at?" bullshit you hear about these days. That kind of toxicity from fans is just... embarrassing.

I watched that a dozen times, and I didn’t notice that Kelleran picked up that lightsabre from off the elevator floor until you mentioned it! 🤦🏻‍♂

hands down best scene ever!

incredible the mobility of the saber he has

Soo happy when star wars fans do recognized Ahmed Best.

This is the content I need.

It was so emotional

This is long overdue for Ahmed. The treatment he dealt with from fans from TPM over Jar Jar(who I have never had a real issue with) was despicable and shows that people take fandom too seriously sometimes. I hope Ahmed has more scenes like this in future SW project's

In my head he taught Ahsoka to dual-wield

I remember watching TPM and I loved the character of Jar Jar. I never had a problem with him. I don’t understand what made certain audiences so angry with Best.

If I ever have the pleasure of meeting this man I'm going to give him the biggest apology hug on behalf of the community for the unfortunate events that happened to him, He deserved better and so did Hayden

CINEPALS were confounded when Ahmed Best showed😂😂😂😂😂😂

I had never seen Jedi Temple Challenge, so I had no idea who Kelleran Beq was… I don’t think I had ever seen Ahmed Best in person… I recognized his name in the credits, but did not make the connection that he’d played Jar Jar… At first, I thought it was Mace Windu, but when he didn’t have the purple lightsaber, I was like, “Who TF is this?” When my son told me that it was Ahmed Best, who’d played Jar Jar, I was so excited, and was a little emotional…. That poor guy seems so nice, and to know of all the hate that was shown toward him, and how he’d been suicidal because if it, truly broke my heart… I am absolutely thrilled that this man has had his redemption! Awesome for Favreau and Filoni to include him, I’m sure, as a way to get the respect he deserves… From this point on, I would hope that the fandom will now see him as a fucking GOD, because HIS Jedi saved our darling Baby Gro! So, if you think about it, Jar Jar save Baby Gro… From a certain point of view😝😉

I love that its Jar Jar

So his saber was supposed to be purple but they didn’t want to take away from it being Ahmed by linking him to Mace.

Plus, Kelleran Beq is nice with the dual sabers!

Everyone's calling it Ahmed's redemption but he doesn't need redemption, he hasn't done anything wrong. He didn't create the character, he didn't write the toilet jokes, he just followed direction.

Funny in these reactions. You can spot the OG star wars fans. Who saw ahmed and knew who he was.

It's funny watching all the proper lore fans really happy about bests return

I actually liked jar jar and don’t see why everyone hated him

I am very happy :)

Honestly shoulda been jar Jar 😂

AHMED BEST! He really didn't deserve the hate he got, especially where it put him mentally. I see some calling this his redemption, but I think it's us the fans that need redemption. Welcome back to Star Wars!

Never heard of Kelleran Beq but I remember the kids tv show being on so when I did some googling after the episode, I was like, "OH DANG!!!"

Not gonna lie, I’m kinda stunned and slightly disappointed at how many longtime fans didn’t know what Ahmed Best looked like. 🤦🏾‍♂ 😆 But the good thing is that people are finding out now. Absolutely love this moment for Best, and it was such a delightfully surprising pick. I’m glad they didn’t go with any of the choices fans have been clamoring for. Now I wonder how and when Kelleran Beq’s story will be fleshed out.

I recognized Ahmed from his role in the movie Lean on Me and his tiny cameo in Episode II. In case you don't know, that cameo character's name is Ach-Med Beq, and his character here, Kelleran Beq, IS related to Ach-Med, but no one knows how. They might be one and the same person. If so, that would mean he was undercover in the gambling parlor where Anakin and Obi-Wan chased Zam Wessell! And the guy he was keeping company with in the gambling parlor was named Dannl Faytoni (played by an out-of-costume Anthony Daniels), and he might've been an undercover Jedi agent as well!

It's just funny how people say this is HIS redemption

I still think it should have been Cere and Trilla, BUT if anyone deserved a moment like this, it's Best.

I love the meta theory that he was sent to get the kiddo Jedi by JarJar.

You can just tell the difference between real Star Wars fans, who freaked out, and the casuals, who didn't know who he was. But it's amazing Ahmed is getting this moment. This great man has been through so much.

He didn't get redeemed. He didn't need to get redeemed. Redemption is making up for the bad things you've done. AHMED DID NOTHING WRONG. He doesn't owe anyone shit. The people who treated him like shit owe him ALL the apologies.

When I first saw the episode, I was like, “why is everyone going crazy over this guy?” Now meesa feel bad

that is the person from the tv game show aimed toward ages 4-9 ? or have he been in comics or movies too?

8:54 Stormtroopers… Happy for Ahmed Best tho

9:00 thats bc theyre clone troopers not stormtroopers... ;)

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