- "When reporters asked me, 'Are there any directors you want to work with that you haven't worked with before,' I would say, 'George Lucas is about to do the Star Wars thing, I'd really love to work with him.' And I said that often enough that somebody heard it and told him. I got invited to the Ranch to see if I was serious about that. Yeah, sure! You can make me a stormtrooper if you want, I don't care—as long as I know I'm in the movie, I don't care if anybody else knows or not."
- ―Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson is an American actor who portrayed Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy. He later voiced his character in The Clone Wars film and the video game LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.
Biography[]
Jackson was offered the role of Windu after he announced on a radio program that he was a fan of the films.[2] Prior to the release of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Jackson stated in an interview that his death scene would not have him "going out like a punk."[3]
Before the filming of the First Battle of Geonosis began, Jackson asked director George Lucas what colors there were for lightsabers. Lucas told him "good guys are green and blue, bad guys are red." 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 movie to have a lightsaber that was not red, blue, or green.[4]
When asked about appearing in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, Jackson commented that he had not been contacted, and that he was busy with a number of other roles. He stated, however, that "it would have been interesting," and that he had high hopes for the new movies.[5]
Works[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | |
| 2019 | "Jedi vs. Sith - The Skywalker Saga" | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures | Mace Windu, via reused audio |
| 2019 | Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu | |
| 2020 | "Shattered" | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu, via reused audio |
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑
"A Jedi Trio" — Star Wars Insider 46
- ↑ Star Wars Trivial Pursuit
- ↑
Jedi Samuel L. Jackson Drops 'Episode III' Hint on MTV (January 29, 2003) (backup link archived on December 16, 2014)
- ↑
Making Episode II: Part 10: Good To G.O. on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑
Samuel L Jackson: 'Star Wars return would have been interesting' on www.digitalspy.com (June 17, 2014) (backup link archived on May 13, 2020)
External links[]
- Official website (backup link)
- Biography: Samuel L. Jackson on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- Samuel L. Jackson on Wikipedia
- Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) on Twitter (backup link)
- Samuel L. Jackson (@samuelljackson) on Facebook (backup link)
- Samuel L. Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
