For a few days now, nasty rumors have been circulating that the members of popular boy-band N'Sync would be given a cameo appearance in the secondprequel,. As could be expected, these reports have met with harsh criticism across the board, as fans anxiously hope to keep the classic saga from falling into teenybopper mediocrity.

"N'Sync are non-speaking extras in 2 scenes. They were there for only one day of shooting just after the first of December or so. It was all green screen shooting, with plenty of other extras, many of which work at ILM.



"George has been shooting 'extra extras' scenes lately over at Industrial Light and Magic and apparently N'Sync themselves asked to be extras. No, they don't die and no one can tell just how much screen time they'll really end up with until the print is locked. I was told you can see them clearly in the footage, but again, they shoot so much and use so little."

"Many are thinking that all of the N'Syncers are in the movie. Not true. In fact, Justin is not in it. Surprised? There are only three of the five in the movie. I heard it is only Lance, Joey, and Chris. Don't as me why I know these names off the top of my head. It is embarrasing.



"That aside, I thought you would want to know that they are Jedi in one scene and there was a brief second scene shot where they are in Naboo citizen garb. You can definitely see them, I am told."

Well, they're not just rumors any longer. LucasFilm spokesperson Lynne Hale has confirmed that N'Sync group members were indeed invited to theset to play extra roles in a few shots. The invitation was made by producer Rick McCallum after he learned that the band were bigfans. Suggestions that Lucas' daughter, a big N'Sync fan, had something to do with the arrangement are reportedly not true.There's no need yet for die-hard fans to commit harakiri with their replica lightsabers, however. The N'Sync members will not be getting any speaking lines nor performing their latest top-40 hit at Jabba's Palace. The two shots they appear in are short and may well end up being edited from the final movie cut.Ever on the ball, TheForce.net managed to get some details on exactly what scenes N'Sync will appear in.Further clarification was posted regarding the details of N'Sync's involvement:Well, it could be a lot worse! At least Michael Jackson (aka "Captain Eo") isn't going to be moonwalking with the Skywalkers or swinging a lightsaber around.