Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
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Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones

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''With great vengeance and furious anger...''
Don't expect Samuel L. Jackson to recite Bible passages in ''Episode II,'' but his character, Jedi master Mace Windu, will nonetheless deliver some ''Pulp Fiction''-worthy butt-whippings. ''Mace knows that war is coming and he's in full attack mode,'' Jackson says in the production notes. ''I've watched and enjoyed Errol Flynn movies all my life, and now I finally get to fight in these incredible scenes.'' It's revealed that Windu is eclipsed only by Yoda in his mastery of the Force, or as Jackson puts it, he's ''the second-baddest person in the universe.'' Since when is Yoda a person?

Strange new worlds
A new ''Star Wars'' movie always means at least one novel planet -- whether it's the cloud-city of Bespin, the Muppet-ridden Endor, or the tranquil-but-Gungan-infested Naboo. ''Attack of the Clones'' won't disappoint on that front, serving up two distinct new worlds: Kamino and Geonosis.

Kamino -- the rain-swept setting of the fight between Obi-Wan and Jango Fett (as seen in the film's trailers) -- is also where a clone army is born. The planet's native Kaminoans are ''tall, thin-necked, elegant beings harkening back to classic science fiction''; they live in houses built on stilts over an endless ocean.

Geonosis, meanwhile, is a Mars-like world, where insect-like natives spend their days building an army of droids. The planet also includes three creatures that will battle the Jedi: ''the bull-like reek, the lion-esque nexu and the acklay, a crustacean-like creature.'' No word on which members of 'N Sync will fill those roles.

Originally posted Apr 10, 2002
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