Details of the New Phantom Menace Sequel

Rumours have been spilling out of Skywalker Ranch about the Episode II movie, tentatively entitled The Convergence of the Clones.

A teenage Anakin Skywalker and Queen Amidala are said to remain central characters against the backdrop of the much talked about Clone Wars.

In the movie, the Republic faces a new threat from the Instem Arm of space, a legion of clone warriors - their armour vaguely reminiscent of the uniform worn by bounty hunter Boba Fett.

The force behind this endless stream of soldiers is of course the corrupt maniac who is aiming to become the Emperor, the duplicitous Senator Palaptine.

Also said to be starring in the movie is a young Chewbacca (wookies live for an average of 200 years, so they tend to hang around for a bit), and the wookie's dangerous home world, where Obi-Wan and the other characters flee the advancing clone legions following the collapse of a key Republic star system.

The movie starts off with a major space battle, which according to our sources, is going to be on scale unlike anything that has been seen before, special effects-wise, using some new FX techniques that Lucas has kept in stealth mode especially for the movie (a new form of CGI rendering, perhaps?).

This space battle is a surprise attack on the Republic fleet which was described to us in hushed tones by our source as 'Pearl Harbour in a massive Orbital Dock facility', and will be a death blow from which the Republic will find it near impossible to recover from.

Only the brave but outnumbered Jedi Knights are left to hold the line as the near limitless ranks of clones push on deep into the Republic's space.

Yoda and Mace Windu are said to see some action, leading the fight back from a never seen before Jedi warship which is already said to have sucked up an immense amount of computer graphic processing power in an attempt by Lucas's creatives to push the envelope of film goers' expectations of what is possible in a movie.

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Brandon Roth. 01/09/2000
I am really glad to hear that Mace Windu is set to play a bigger part in the next Star Wars Film. Samuel Jackson is one of the greatest actors in America at the moment.

Claudia Hayes. 01/09/2000
The original movie was cool. One of the main reasons I went to see PM was because a good friend of mine actually starred in it. He had a minor role as a Naboo guardsman, which really hyped the movie up to me.

Simeone. 03/09/2000
Phantom Menace was the worst film ever. this HAS to be better, can't possibly be worse. I hope Jake Lloyd never makes a another film ever. He was rubbish. They all were. Shame on GL.

Marcus Christian. 19/09/2000
Wow, this sounds incredible, I guess lucas has a thing for 2nd installments, (I consider the Empire Strikes Back to be one of the greatest films of all time.) Man this plot sounds awesome, I sure hope we see a fight scene where Yoda shows why he is "The Master". PS...Phantom Menace was NOT that bad, just some less than perfect dialogue at times.

Tana. 19/09/2000
I think Jake Lloyd was a bad chouse and G.L. did make him too...whatever. And they had lots of on planet stuff (too much if you ask me.) but it still was a good Star Wars movie. That's my op.

Ben Kinobee. 19/09/2000
The Convergence of the Clones? That's terrible. Hope it's a rumor. I am happy to hear about a possible Chewbacca appearance. That would be pretty cool. Get more info!!

Riddler of Wattos Junkyard. 20/09/2000
Episode II has the potential to be the second greatest film behind Episode III which we all know will be the best. I just hope Lucas listens to his undying fans and gets rid of that Jar Jar creature. I mean cmon, even Obi-Wan said it himself to George Lucas, "Master, why do we need that worthless creature?"

Johnny T. 22/09/2000
Whatever the second movie is like, I know I'll enjoy it. Never saw Phantom Menace until it came out on video as I was sure I'd be disappointed. But I wasn't, despite the second-rate actors. The visuals and the script won me over.

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