Tupac Shakur was meant to read for a part in Star Wars (Picture: AP)

Tupac Shakur was supposed to audition for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace before his tragic death, it has been revealed.

The rapper, who was gunned down in 1996, was set to try out for the role of a Jedi – a part which eventually went to Samuel L Jackson, according to one of his former collaborators.

In an interview with 2Pac-Forum.com, Death Row Records’ ex-chief engineer, Rick Clifford, said: ‘It’s sad because ‘Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on 90210, then he found out I was in some movies.

‘So we always talked about his film career and stuff.’




He added: ‘He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. Yes, I’m serious — Samuel L got Tupac’s part.

‘Yeah, he called me “Old Man”. He said “Old Man, keep your fingers crossed, I got three movies coming up. One of them I gotta read for George Lucas”.’

Shakur, also known as 2Pac, had several films on his acting CV before he died including Poetic Justice, Above the Rim and Gang Related.

The musician was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas and died several days later in hospital.

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