20 years ago today, one of my college classmates and I went to the AMC theater near our alma mater, Cal State Long Beach, to watch Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
While Episode II was my least favorite film in the prequel trilogy (yes, even moreso than The Phantom Menace), it still had its moments: Boba Fett and his father Jango making an appearance, seeing a group of Jedi run into battle on the big screen for the first time, watching the clonetroopers make an appearance on the planet Geonosis to begin the Clone Wars, Samuel L. Jackson kicking arse as Mace Windu with his purple-bladed lightsaber, and cheering on Yoda as he engaged in a fierce lightsaber duel with Count Dooku.
Remembering Attack of the Clones also makes me nostalgic for early 2002...when I was on the verge of being accepted into the film production program at Cal State Long Beach during that summer, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their third straight championship after defeating the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals a few weeks after Clones made its theatrical release. (I'll talk more about the Lakers and the 20-year anniversary of their 3-peat in my main Blog next month.)
I'll end this entry by saying that members of the boy band *NSync almost made cameos in Episode II! It's a good thing this plan fail through... The news of these cameos caused quite a negative stir among Star Wars fans back in early 2002. Carry on.
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