Episode II Heaven

As Episode II finishes its last day of shooting in Spain, tempers were said to be running high in the burning southern Spanish heat between Hayden Christensen (alias Anakin Skywalker) and Natalie Portman (alias Queen Amidala).

The cause of the discomfort, apart from the extreme Seville sunshine, was the thousands of Spanish Star Wars fans who mobbed the production when they heard the Phantom menace sequel shooters were in town. At times they overwhelmed the set security and shooting had to be delayed.

George Lucas and the cast members on the shoot eventually calmed the crowd by staging an impromptu fan signing. The stores in Seville were cleared out of Star Wars-related books, magazines and even toys which the population rushed to present to the generous film makers for their scribble.

Shooting is now going on in Tunisia, which always seems to be drafted to stand in for Tatooine. The bad news is actor Ahmed Best was spotted on set, which means that yoosa cansa be expecting morsa of Jar Jar Binks in the second movie.

The stars in Tunisia were ALSO saddened to hear that Shelagh Fraser, alias Skywalker's Aunt Beru in Star Wars I, has died at the age of 77.

LucasFilm confirmed rumours that one of the precious complete scripts for Episode II had indeed been stolen, and has warned that any magazine, print or web, that runs stories from the nicked script will be prosecuted for handling stolen goods. Lucky for us, they missed our Peal Harbour story last issue, or we might have received one of these legal visits ourselves.

Even we don't know the identify of the script thief. The Pink Panther for all we know, as he/she must have been really good to evade Lucas's strict measures. The complete script is been jealously guarded, with actors only being given the pages that their dialogue appears on, and all scripts snippets have been signed in and out by a special script security force.

One things is for sure, we'll publish more of those rumours at the 'Nest when we get them.

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Pedro Baldwin. 01/10/2000
If we're lucky, Jar Jar Binks might accidently get chopped in half by a light sabre. I'd pay to see that.

Neil Cunnington. 01/10/2000
Man, you are one sick puppy. Would you pay to see R2D2 put in a trash compacter too?

Dustin. 01/10/2000
Are they offering a reward for the return of the script? I could search the Net for evidence of who stole it, and make a fortune when I recovered it for George.

Ed Bear. 02/10/2000
Personally, I'm hoping the script shows up on the warez channels so I can figure out whether to bother with II after the pile of "dung" that was I.

Girac. 08/10/2000
Whomever stole the script will be hard pressed to pass it along, if that's their intent. I'm sure GL will press charges to the fullest extent of the law on this.