An old wound in my heart has finally scabbed over.

... in a fire

Full story on this? That looked like a real deleted scene, but if it was that would suggest that there was a pretty major script rewrite after filming that bit.

The best explanation I can muster is that it was largely a real deleted scene, but that Jar-Jar actually jumped out in the real version, and this is a fan-made edit that cut out that escape and/or CGI'ed him back into the vehicle as it went over the brink. Or I guess possibly it is all real and they were going to have him meet up with the group again later after miraculous surviving the fall -- gungan reflexes or something (hey, the film has midichlorians, so why the hell not).

If it is a fan-edit, they did one hell of a job, and started from footage I've never seen.

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EDIT:
I googled around and came up empty. This video and blurbs about it are making the internet rounds, but nobody seems to say anything other than that it is a deleted scene and it was probably cut for "creating too many plot holes"...

That seems like a pretty huge understatement to me. Ignoring the fact that Jar-Jar appears (briefly) in Eps 2 and 3, he plays a pretty major role with a lot of screen time in the Gungans vs Droids portion of the final 3-way battle sequence at the end, which happens well after where this scene would appear in the movie (right?).

Plus, Ep. 1 is very clearly a kids movie, and it would be pretty dark to kill off your comic relief / slapstick character halfway through the movie.

Maybe they had some early warning from focus groups that Jar-Jar was going to be ... not exactly well received and decided to film this just as a joke or even to play it for those focus groups and see their reactions?

Very weird. Not that I mind seeing Jar-Jar die, but I'm quite puzzled by this!

@MilkmanDan, as one of the only people on the planet to own the Ep.1 DVD (hey I was hoping it might get better somehow), I can confirm that you're pretty much spot on. It is a real deleted scene, but unfortunately jar jar wasn't brutally murdered in it

Thanks --

Which guess was I close with?
A) Over the falls but didn't die, or
B) Jumped clear before the vehicle goes over?

I'll assume A since B would make this edited from the original deleted scene, and therefore not "real"?

Again, thanks for the info -- especially since it required you to make the shameful admission of owning the DVD!
(just kidding, I bought it also for the sake of completeness but my copy is on the opposite side of the planet since I didn't bring DVDs with me to Thailand -- don't recall ever watching the special features / deleted scenes)

From memory I think it was B.

And funnily enough my copy is also on the other side of the world

I swear to whatever is swearable upon, when I saw this movie in the theater at Arizona Mills mall, there was a waterfall scene like this with grappling hook and all, but Jar-Jar did NOT go over the edge.

I want a *happy and *dark for this.
*wipes tear from eye*

Invocations (dark, happy) cannot be called by Zawash because Zawash is not privileged - sorry.

I prefer him frozen in carbonite.
But as most people guessed, this is an actual deleted scene from the Episode 1 DVD. The actual scene shows Jar Jar swimming away with powerful Gungan swimming skills. The original poster just edited the scene of Jar-Jar swimming away, and dubbed him screaming over the existing audio track of the vehicle plummeting over the waterfall. Notice the ride is empty as it falls?