• 25 Secrets from Episode II
  A souce who wants to be known as 'The Female Obi-Wan' states that on E! Online, they have a thing about 25 secrets from Episode 2. Here are some of them:-
  1). JarJar Binks and the Gungans are coming back in Ep. 2.
  2). Tentative Release Date: May 24, 2002.
  3). According to an interview in the French magazine "Studio" that George Lucas did, Anakin Skywalker truly is the "chosen one", not Luke as some people had believed.
  4). Here is a list of the people that are being bandied about for the role of Anakin in Episode 2:
  - Leonardo Dicaprio- Considered but NOT seriously.
  - Ryan Phillippe- "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Cruel Intentions".
  - Joshua Jackson- Pacey on "Dawson's Creek"
  - James Van Der Beek- Dawson on "Dawson's Creek"
  - David Schwimmer- Ross on "Friends"
  - Rick Schroder- AKA Ricky Schroder
  - Harry Connick, Jr - "NYPD Blue"
  - Matt Damon
  6). From early design sketches, it appears C-3PO will still not be completed in Episode II but will have more covering on his legs and upper body.
  7). The sole location for Ep. 2 may be....Tatooine.
  8). A new Sith may emerge named Detori.
  9). The Darth Maul in Eps. 2 and 3 may be a clone and not the original Darth Maul. Who knows?!
  10). The movie could end in Anakin and Amidala's wedding.
  11). Here is a far-fetched rumor being bandied about: The Anakin we know from Ep. 1 may not end up being Darth Vadar. Instead, an evil individual takes over Ani's identity during Ep. 2 and later becomes Darth Vadar.
  12). Though it appears in I that Darth Sidious and Emprorer Palpatine are the same person, Sidious is actually a clone of Palpatine who has chosen the dark side.
  13). Although Qui-Gon Jinn was struck down by Darth Maul in Episode 1, Lucas hints that we may not have seen the last of the Jedi Knight. Many fans have wondered why Qui-Gon does not disappear when Darth Maul stabs him (as Ben Kenobi does in the original), and to that query Lucas replies: "You will discover in the next film why he doesn't disappear. The key line that serves as a clue is from Ben Kenobi to Darth Vader in the original: 'If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.'"
  14). Some people expect Lucas to have the script for 2 completed in September, though several sources say Lucas is down to the last 30 minutes already.

• Plot Clues
  I received some unconfirmed stuff from Jade who claims her source is very reliable.. here's what Jade gave:-
  - Major love triangle between Amidala, Anakin, and Obi Wan. Obi Wan and Amidala hit it off, and Anakin is very jealous.
  - Shmi is killed in a cloning experiment done by Darth Sidious
  - Agree with the Boba Fett stuff, except that the clone of Anakin's friend turns out to be Boba (Hence the name of the ship Slave 1)
  - Anakin meets up with a nearly completed C3PO
  - Anaking goes to Tatooine to free slaves in revenge for Shmi's death.
  - Mace Windu betrays the Jedi Council; injures Yoda
  - Palapdine is a clone of Sidious
  - Han Solo makes an appearence, fixing a bike
  - Clone wars begin at the end.

• According to Bobby, Boba Fett might be played by Jet Li

• Meeting at Skywalker Ranch
  According to a scooper, I'll name him Maul3213. According to Maul3213, Lucasfilm had a meeting last weekend at Skywalker ranch. According to him, preproduction has begun on Episode 2, which was the purpose of the meeting. The preproduction crew needed info about the script so they could begin making character designs. George revealed his 3/4 completed script. According to Maul3213;
  - George Lucas has his eyes set on Leonardo DiCaprio as Anakin(Even this early in preproduction)
  - Towards the begining of the script, the republic senate votes battle droids illegal.
  - Darth Sidious is forced to find a new army. He takes his few human soldiors and clones them into a huge army. (The begining of stormtroopers?)
  - At the same time, he hires a bounty hunter native to the planet tatooine to capture and kill Anakin's mom, Shmi. The bounty hunter is Boba Fett a.k.a Anakin's friend Kitzter from Episode 1. Anakin leaves Coruscant with Obi-wan, Mace Windu and Amidala, to Tatooine.
  - When they leave, Darth Sidious sends his new army lead by DARTH MAUL (Thats right. We find out that the Darth Maul from episode 1 was Darth Sidious' expirament clone and this one is the real deal) to wipe out the Jedi council.
  - Yoda senses something is wrong and flees with Ki-Adi Mundi, before the attack. The rest of the council is killed. (This is supposidly a huge fight scene)
  - On Tatooine, Anakin learns that Watto sold Shmi to the bounty hunter , who later kills her. In a rage, Anakin is about to kill watto, but is stopped by the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn. Qui-Gon convinces him that killing Watto would leed to the dark side. He then tells Anakin to free the rest of the slaves. With the help of Obi-Wan, Mace Windu and Amidala, He sets out to do that.
  - With the rest of the Jedi council wiped out, Sidious searches the Jedi temple for something called the Emcron crystal (tentative name) The Crystal supposidly increases the power of a Jedi and unfortunately a Sith by by five fold.
  - Thanks to Maul3213

• Ok.. I think this report from Charles Bell confirms the report above that Darth Maul will return. He said he saw this from a Sci-Fi show. According to the show, a plot will be designed to have him cloned. Anyone knows the title of the Sci-Fi show??

• Another report by Steve states that 'Darth Maul will be returning for the second and third movies. He will play a big role in turning Anakin and the dawning of the Mandalorian armour of Boba Fett. Ray Park's original contract was to set stunts for the first two movies but it was changed and he has a role in all three as Darth Maul. Anakin will turn at the end of Episode 2. Enter the Black Armour. Anakin's mother will die by the hand of Darth Sidious. And last but not least. During the end while you see Anakin dawn the black armour, it will change back and forth between that and the birth of the twins, Luke and Leia.'

Nooooo!! Guess who's might play Anakin? This is an unconfirmed report but there is a high chance that Lucasarts might have casted him... Check it out!!

According to Carla, she found a site containing confirm/ unconfirm info on the possible return of Jar Jar Binks and Darth Sidious's new apperentice would be Darth Rage... interesting bit of info... thanks Carla! Anyone has any ideas??

Anyway while surfin' on the net I found this interesting site containing the draft script of Episode 2... Click Here! to see the draft.

Here are the character list of Episode 2. Click Here!

Rumoured Outline of the Episode 2:
- The movie starts with the return of Anakin on Tatooine as a full trained Jedi
- The clone wars - Palpatine's experiment to eliminate the last obstacle in his project : the Jedi.
- The struggle between Obi-Wan and his clone.
- The love story between Anakin and Amidala
- The revelation of Palpatine/Sidious to Anakin

Speacial appearance: Boba Fett, The Millenium Falcon and Tarkin.
Location: Tatooine, Coruscant, Corellia and Alderaan."

Earlier Rumours...

Ray Park (Darth Maul) will be working on the next prequel as a fight choreographer/advisor, nothing else. (George Lucas)

The origin of Boba Fett. Will we see the Mandalorians fighting in Episode Two? Will we see how Fett came into possession of the armor? Was was the situation that made Fett choose to become a bounty hunter? And most important: will be get to see he/she/it underneath the helmet??

Somewhere in Episode Two or Three, Ben Kenobi will indeed be cloned. Kenobi agrees to the procedure to see if the ranks of the decimated Jedi can be bolstered this way. The experiment seems to succeed at first - but then it's determined that the clones can be lured to the Dark Side of the Force. The original Kenobi fights his clone in a lightsaber battle and emerges the victor but the other characters assume that the original Kenobi died in the fight.

Archive II >>