Jafar is the main antagonist in the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin.
He is based on both the character from the Aravian Nights tales and the character of the same name from the 1992 animated film.
Role in the film[]
Jafar and Iago are first seen standing outside the Cave of Wonders during the musical number "Arabian Nights" waiting for their pawn to go in and retrieve a treasure, but the Cave rejects all those that it finds unworthy by burying them deep into the sand until it has found the "diamond in the rough". Jafar is later seen examining prisoners to find the "diamond in the rough" the cave speaks of, but none of the candidates fit the description and he pushes one of his subordinates down a well when he tries to convince Jafar that "second" is good enough. Jafar wants to convince the Sultan to use their armies to invade the kingdom of Shirabad, which is where Jasmine's mother is from, not because he sees it as a threat, but because he was once imprisoned there for years and he seeks revenge. Jafar attempts to use his snake staff to hypnotize The Sultan, but it doesn’t work after Jasmine comes in, and The Sultan tells Jafar to remember his place. Not long after, Iago draws Jafar's attention to Aladdin coming into the palace.
Aladdin is later caught by Jafar and the guards, but Jafar talks to Aladdin and tries to appeal to him by showing that he was a former street rat himself who rose to power. He also tells Aladdin that Jasmine is the princess and that he can help him be rich enough to impress her by finding and giving him the lamp which is located in the Cave of Wonders. Just as Aladdin decides to do Jafar's task (this time not disguised as an old beggar), he gives him the warning to avoid touching any treasure inside except the lamp. On their way to get the lamp for Jafar, Abu grabs a nearby ruby which causes the Cave to collapse. Carpet helps Aladdin and Abu reach the exit, but when he asks for Jafar's help, he only takes the lamp and attempts to kill Aladdin. Abu attacks Jafar before he and Aladdin get trapped in the cave. Jafar thinks he is victorious until he checks his pockets to find that the lamp is gone, and he screams in fury.
After Aladdin visits Jasmine again, this time using the alias/identity of Prince Ali, he is caught by Jafar and the guards again. Jafar knows who Prince Ali really is and wants to prove that he has the lamp by pushing him off a ledge and into the ocean to see if Genie will help him survive. After saving Aladdin, they find Jasmine and the Sultan to tell them about how he tried to kill him and wants the Sultan's throne, but Jafar uses his staff to control the Sultan and make him believe Aladdin's the one with evil intent. When Aladdin notices this, he swipes and smashes it on the ground to snap him out of his trance and expose Jafar's manipulations. Afterward, Jafar is imprisoned for his crimes, but Iago manages to get the keys to rescue him.
Later, as Aladdin is walking through the streets, a disguised Jafar swipes the lamp off of him and now becomes Genie's new master. After that, he goes to the palace throne room and uses his first wish to the Genie to become the new Sultan. However, when Jasmine stands up to him and convinces Hakim and the rest of the guards to do the same, Jafar uses his second wish to become the world's most powerful sorcerer. He then banishes Hakim, the rest of the guards and Jasmine's pet tiger Rajah to the dungeon. and when Aladdin tries to take the lamp from him, he catches him and exposes him for who he really is before banishing him to a frozen wasteland. He then forces Jasmine to marry him by torturing the Sultan and Dalia with the threat, so she reluctantly agrees on the condition he'll leave them alone.
As Aladdin, Abu and Carpet head back to Agrabah, Jasmine is about to go through with the ceremony to marry Jafar until she spots Aladdin and Abu riding there on Carpet, at which point she steals the lamp from Jafar and escapes with them to get it away from him. Angered, Jafar uses his powers to turn Iago into a monstrous roc to chase after them and get the lamp back so that he can continue to marry Jasmine, but the Sultan pushes the staff out of Jafar's hand so that Iago goes back to normal, and Abu has the lamp. Feeling enraged about this comeuppance with the Sultan, Jafar manages to overpower everyone by creating a powerful storm that destroys Carpet and bring the rest of them back to him along with the lamp, after which he traps most of them in stasis and starts torturing Aladdin for their defiance. However, Aladdin tells Jafar that he will always only be second best to Genie since he gave him his powers and can take them away just as easily. Jafar, refusing to be second best, then decides to use his third wish to become the most powerful being in the universe. Genie grants him his final wish by using the grey area in his wish to make him a genie, and Jafar tries to use his new power to destroy Shirabad, but now that he's a genie, he realizes, much to his horror, that he is bound to his own lamp and he gets sucked into it. Iago attempts to escape, but Jafar grabs and pulls him in. Genie then comments that a couple thousand years in the Cave of Wonders should cool him off before chucking the lamp all the way there.
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