The Gungan Jar Jar Binks's father was a male Gungan. By 32 BBY, both of Binks' parents had passed away. Boss Rugor Nass showed respect for Binks' family by reducing his punishment after Binks's clumsiness led to an incident. The thought of his father made him sad.
In Otoh Gunga on the planet Naboo, George R. Binks was born into a family of whale hunters. The Binks family had been whale hunters for ages, so even as a young boy, he was in charge of his own fishing group in his town. He eventually made the decision to join the family's business, becoming a captain at the Binks & Son Whaling Company. Binks frequently took lengthy ocean trips as a professional whaler, even sailing around Naboo more than once.
He once fell in love with Sheebla, a warrior woman, and intended to marry her, but when he learned she was infertile, he called off the wedding and left her; in his opinion, having a child was more important than love. He eventually married another woman, not out of love, but because she could provide him with an heir.
The Gungan male's partner gave birth to a son, Jar Jar Binks, in 52 BBY.
Binks started trying to teach Jar Jar the whaler trade and get him involved in the family business when his son was a young child, but much to his dismay, Jar Jar was uninterested and clumsy. Binks started to dislike his son as a result of these traits.
Binks and his wife and son were on a whaling expedition in Naboo's stormy southernmost seas when they came across a large whale. His first attempt to harpoon the animal failed, and in the ensuing struggle, in which he instructed Jar Jar to keep the vessel stable, the whale became entangled in the rigging of Binks's ship. He gave Jar Jar a series of instructions to turn the wheel to starboard and steer clear of the situation, but his son was unable to do so. The ship consequently sank, forcing the Binks family to seek safety on a deserted island.
Binks and his family were still stranded on the island a month later. He grew increasingly irritated by his son's antics, such as picking up a creature that painfully pinched the boy's face. Binks was hoping he wouldn't put the creature in his mouth, and when he did, Binks grabbed his son's throat while taking the creature and yelling at Jar Jar. Binks' wife, however, stood up for Jar Jar, scolding Binks for taking his anger out on him. She continued by saying that he shouldn't have let Jar Jar control the ship's wheel by himself in the first place, but Binks insisted that he had done so when he was Jar Jar's age. Binks's anguish reached the point where, when Jar Jar tried to show him a supposed "sea serpent-tailbone" that he had discovered, Binks slapped the bone away, figuratively viewing the bones as all of his shattered hopes scattered across what he saw as a "barren rock." Binks then immediately planted a white flag in the sand, naming the island "Binks's Woe."
Jar Jar then volunteered to swim for help, claiming to be a skilled swimmer. Binks initially turned down his offer, calling it a fatal attempt to swim in the dangerous waters. Binks welcomed the boy's offer when he realized he could get rid of his son in this manner, and he got ready to throw him into the sea to get him going. Binks' wife, however, stepped in and put an end to his attempt to have Jar Jar killed. Binks started sobbing and sat on the sand just as he saw his son blowing into a shell, and he reached the height of his despair. As a tear fell from his eye, he pulled out a gun and pointed it at himself. His wife tried to stop him, but she ended up encouraging him to pull the trigger by telling him to think of their son. The projectile grazed his skull, rendering him unresponsive. He remembered his love, Sheebla, as he lay there. As he imagined seeing Sheebla standing in front of him, his delusion cleared to reveal that it was none other than Jar Jar running on the sand with an octopus wrapped around his head. Binks simply lowered his head in sorrow.
Jar Jar was eventually kicked out of all of Otoh Gunga's schools and was unable to seek guidance from his parents; as a result, he was forced to work a variety of odd jobs as a young man. By 32 BBY, both of Binks' parents had passed away. Also, by that year, Boss Rugor Nass punished Jar Jar for an accident caused by his clumsiness; but for Nass's respect for his parents, the punishment would have been harsher. Jar Jar was saddened by the mention of his mother and father, but he was grateful that he would not be beaten.
George R. Binks took great pride in his family and his whaling profession. He was so determined to have a male heir to carry on the Binks name that he abandoned the woman he loved because she was unable to have children. When he eventually had a son, Jar Jar, he put in a lot of effort to teach the young man the whaling trade. His son's repeated inability to meet his expectations became a source of unhappiness for Binks. He became violent and enraged by his apparently inept son, which led to a failed suicide attempt. He had light brown skin.
The father of Jar Jar Binks was first mentioned in Ryder Windham's 2000 junior novel Episode I Adventures 9: Rescue in the Core, which was a part of the Star Wars: Episode I Adventures series. Tony Millionaire came up with the name George R. Binks and drew him as the main character in the comic book "George R. Binks," which was published in Star Wars Tales' twentieth issue on June 30, 2004 and was ambiguously canonical in relation to the Star Wars Legends continuity.