Samuel L. Jackson
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| Samuel L. Jackson | |
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| Nationality |
American |
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| Star Wars work |
The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith |
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| Other work of note |
Pulp Fiction, Jungle Fever, Snakes on a Plane |
Samuel Leroy Jackson is the actor who played Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy. Born on 21st December 1948, in Washington DC, USA, he is well-known for playing a wide variety of characters. He starred in three Spike Lee films in the eighties, and was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in 1994. He married LaTanya Richardson in 1980, with whom he has one child.
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[edit] Purple Lightsaber
Before filming of the Battle of Geonosis began, the actor asked director George Lucas what colors there were for lightsabers. Lucas told him blue and green for the good guys and red for bad guys. When Jackson enquired as to whether purple was a possibility, Lucas only answered: "You might get purple". Mace Windu thus became the only character to appear in the movies whose lightsaber was not a primary color, although you did see other characters that had purple lightsabers, such as Depa Billaba or Leia Organa, but not with their lightsabers.
Before the release of Revenge of the Sith, Jackson said in an interview that his death scene would not have him "going out like a punk", which Windu's final scene in Episode III bears out. Jackson believes that Mace Windu indeed overpowered Palpatine in their fight scene.
[edit] Other work
Other films he has featured in include:
- Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance
- Jurassic Park
- Snakes on a Plane
- Sphere
- Pulp Fiction
- The Man
- The 51st State
- Iron Man
- Jumper
