Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is the actor who played Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy. Born on 21st December 1948, in Washington DC, USA, he is well-known for playing a wide variety of characters. He starred in three Spike Lee films in the eighties, and was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in 1994. He married LaTanya Richardson in 1980, with whom he has one child.

Purple Lightsaber
Before filming of the Battle of Geonosis began, the actor asked director George Lucas what colors there were for lightsabers. Lucas told him blue and green for the good guys and red for bad guys. When Jackson inquired as to whether purple was a possibility, Lucas only answered: "You might get purple". Mace Windu became the first Jedi depicted in a Star Wars movies to have a lightsaber that was not red, blue, or green.

Before the release of Revenge of the Sith, Jackson said in an interview that his death scene would not have him "going out like a punk", which Windu's final scene in Episode III bears out. Jackson believes that Mace Windu indeed overpowered Palpatine in their fight scene.

Star Wars

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Mace Windu
 * ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Mace Windu
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Mace Windu
 * 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' - Mace Windu
 * Lego Star Wars: The Video Game - Mace Windu

Other work
Other films he has featured in include:
 * Deep Blue Sea
 * Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance
 * Jurassic Park
 * Snakes on a Plane
 * Sphere
 * Pulp Fiction
 * The Man
 * The 51st State
 * Iron Man
 * Iron Man 2
 * Jumper
 * XXX:State of the Union
 * S.W.A.T
 * XXX
 * The Avengers
 * Lakeview Terrace