'N Sync

'N Sync (often styled as *NSYNC) was a popular boy band from 1998 - 2002.

In 2001, it was leaked by LucasFilm that three bandmembers of *NSYNC - Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and J.C. Chasez - were to make cameo appearances in Attack of the Clones. Reportedly, this was done by George Lucas as a favor for his daughter Katie Lucas, who was a fan of the band.

Many Star Wars fans reacted negatively to the news, many seeing this incident as further evidence of Star Wars "selling out", similar to some Star Wars fans' reactions to Jar Jar Binks or the Ewoks. Several parodies related to this controversy circulated the internet, and a Saturday Night Live sketch showed a satirical "first look" at Attack of the Clones, wherein the movie was forced to grind to a halt to allow for *NSYNC to perform an impromptu musical number entitled "I'm a Jedi Knight in these Jedi Days".

LucasFilm responded to all of this scorn by making no further comment on it at all, and by and large it was mostly forgotten by the time Attack of the Clones reached theaters.

Exactly what roles the bandmembers played in the film has never been officially confirmed, but the most common rumor was that they were Jedi briefly seen during the Battle of Geonosis. It is also unknown whether or not the scene containing them was cut from the final release, but given the frenetic quick-cutting and high level of activity in the Geonosis sequence, if the members of *NSYNC remain in the film, they are virtually impossible to identify.