6. Samuel Jackson plays the Jedi master Mace Windu in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. What color is his lightsaber and why? Answer: Windu’s lightsaber is purple. Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays Windu, mentioned to George Lucas he’d like to have a unique lightsaber, different from the others, so he requested purple. Lucas agreed, and Windu became the master with the purple lightsaber.
91. Did You Know: The Phantom Menace was nominated for Hollywood’s most non-prestigious award The Razzies? In fact, Ahmet Best “won” the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor for his role as Jar Jar. On the upside, The Phantom Menace was nominated for numerous technical Academy Awards, yet it failed to garner any Oscar statuettes.
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