 Jar Jars antics during the climactic battle echo scenes from  classic silent comedies. Ball rolling down hill after Jar Jar:  _Seven Chances (1925)_ (qv). Gun tied to foot firing:  _Navigator, The (1924)_ (qv). Hanging from gun turret:  _Girl Shy (1924)_ (qv). An animals flatulence right in Jar Jars  face before the pod race: Charlie Chaplin