UPDATE 29/2/24: This week’s social media post by Jar-Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best in which he tagged himself with #Activision is – sadly – not a tease that the star will soon be popping up in Call of Duty.
Internet sleuths have now scoured Best’s social media posts for more clues – and discovered he is currently shooting motion capture scenes with someone named Anamaria Musca – who is a producer on the upcoming South of Midnight, from We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games (thanks, AltChar). In November last year, Best also tagged another photo of himself on a mo-cap stage with #compulsiongames, seemingly confirming his work on the project.
So, why Activision? As Eurogamer reader SoVeryTired pointed out in the comments of this very article, Activision has a Los Angeles-based mo-cap studio it regularly leases out to other projects – and it seems Best and Musca are there working on South of Midnight right now.
ORIGINAL STORY 28/2/24: Ahmed Best, who’s best known for his performance as Jar-Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, has issued a cryptic tease that has set Star Wars fans’ tongues wagging.
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in,” Best posted on Instagram, alongside a photo of himself clad in a performance capture suit. He accompanied the caption with a string of hashtags: “#mocap #starwars #jarjarbinks #activision #jedi #sithlord #kelleranbeq”