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...stash had been raided by the Hello Kitty contingent, and the Blues Clues bandits had left the cupboard bare. In addition to Madeline’s entire wardrobe, glitzy Barbies, and assorted Harry Potter ogres, there was still a healthy supply of singing Kiss dolls, Star Wars’ Amidala action figures, The Simpsons’ Bleeding Gums Murphy figurines, and Mary-Kate-and-Ashley videos to satisfy the masses. And who knows what loot (or lil’ looter) was left beneath the mounds of boxes piled in corners here and there? Even in the autumn of its years...
...plot? It's boy (Anakin Skywalker, played by Hayden Christensen) remeets girl (Natalie Portman's Padme Amidala), and a noble Jedi knight (Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi) meets a naughty one (Count Dooku, incarnated by Christopher Lee). Joseph Campbell might have got a kick out of the mythic reverberations, but for the rest of us the story is a thin clothesline on which to hang some terrific computerized beasties (the iguana hashslinger Dexter Jettster, the tall, graceful llama-lamas of planet Kamino) and fab set pieces (a treadmill struggle in the clone factory). Lucas guides these scenes with ingenious...
...absolutely refuse to kvetch about Things I Wish I’d Done (gone to more football games, spent less money at Store 24 freshman year, spent less money generally), Girls I Wish I’d Dated (are you listening, Padme Amidala, Senator from Naboo?), Clubs I Wish I’d Been Asked to Join (the Fly, the Porcellian, the Signet, the Pudding . . . heck, any of them would have been nice), People That I Wish I’d Punched (there’s still time for us to rumble, Jason T. Sauer...
Portman, 20, gained the respect of critics as a low-key Lolita in The Professional (1994), Beautiful Girls (1996) and Anywhere but Here (1999)--roles that showcased her ability to appear wary and wide-eyed, seductive and silly. Lately, when she hasn't been playing Padme Amidala, she has been going to college and keeping a low profile. "When I'm at a restaurant with my parents, I don't want to be stared at," Portman says. (Last week, however, Portman turned the spotlight on herself by writing a letter to the Harvard Crimson. The actress, whose family immigrated from...
...AMIDALA The teenage Queen of Naboo defends her people in Episode I. In II, she falls in love with Anakin, the future father of her children, Luke and Leia...