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Date Posted: 13:29:35 03/26/02 Tue
Author: theefool
Subject: More StarWars EP II info.....

Jackson Lights Up Episode II Fights
March 26, 2002 08:00 CDT

Samuel L. Jackson told SCI FI Wire that his lightsaber fighting style in Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones combines kendo, samurai sword dueling, fencing and street fighting. Jackson reprises the role of Jedi knight Mace Windu in the film.

"You do a lot of kendo training [with the choreographers], and because I'm a huge fan of Japanese samurai films, I came with this particular style of mine that I've been working on," Jackson said in an interview while promoting Changing Lanes. "I mix that with some proper fencing techniques, because I took fencing in acting school. So I combined some kendo with some fencing with some street fighting, and I have a pretty efficient and cool kind of fighting style. Mine is a no-nonsense, waste-no-time, get-out-of-my-way-quick kind of style."

Jackson said the lightsabers are made out of plastic and are digitally altered in post-production to give them that characteristic glow and hum. "If you're fighting with somebody else who has one, then it's like clack-clack-clack-clack-clack."

The biggest change for Jackson from Episode I was that "I had more to do." But the actor refused to say any more about his role out of fear of what might befall him in the next prequel. "Go see the movie. I can't talk about that. Are you trying to get me killed early in Episode III?" Episode II opens May 16.

Scifi.com; Lucas Film

http://www.cosmiverse.com/scifi03260201.html

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