[CaptainCrunch]

Frankly I doubt that theory, its just something a fan boy pulled up from hand gestures etc. I think when George wrote the character he wanted another Wicket, that would sell a bunch of toys, and that Christopher Lee was a bland villain.

I tend to think that he wanted more of Jar Jar but after the backlash he severely cut back on Jar Jar's character and then made him the major dupe to Palpatine in that his decision to second the granting of emergency powers really started the end of the republic and the start of the Empire.

In ROTS he had no significant screen time at all until the funeral scene.

Robot chicken even spoofed it when Palpatine phoned him before his death to apologize and Jar Jar laughed and pulled on a Sith robe.

But I don't buy the theory being laid out here.