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	Star Wars: Episode II — Attack Of The Clones
	George Lucas Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christiensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, Jimmy Smits, Anthony Daniels 2002		Give in, strap in and fly with the latest chapter of the "Star Wars" galactic saga. Dashing young Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christiensen), who will grow to become arch-villain Darth Vader, romances Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) and begins to show signs of a real bad temper. Don't worry about the bogus dialogue or cardboard performances by the actors (only Ewan McGregor, as Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a lively digital Yoda, voiced by Frank Oz, rise above declamation.) Creator George Lucas began the series with "Episode IV," his hi-tech homage to Saturday-matinee serials of yore, complete with corny dialogue and cliffhangers. "Attack..." is more of the same; the thespians are pawns subservient to the epic sweep of the story. But after a tepid "Episode I," this is rapture. Groove on the jet-car chase through the crowded skies of the Jedi Council's home planet! Marvel at glorious digital landscapes, skylines, space battles and aliens! And steel yourself for non-stop action in the last hour!