Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published
While critics may dislike their musicality, NSYNC is arguably the best boy band in the world, especially when you consider the subsequent cultural and musical influence of rising star Justin Timberlake. Surprisingly, when NSYNC was at their peak, the best of these boy bands appeared in what might be the worst Star Wars movie. In the 2023 episode of HotThe band confirmed that they were originally going to appear Attack of the Clones But their cameos were eventually cut from the film.
Bye bye, NSYNC in Star Wars
Part of Hot“Magic is the great questions asked by host Sean Evans, and in this episode, he finally asked NSYNC if they starred in the second Star Wars prequel. He asked if they would actually play Jedi Knights in the movie, and Lance Bass pointed out that It wasn’t the entire band that nearly made a cameo appearance…just Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, and Joey Fatone However, Kirkpatrick immediately pointed out the obvious about their appearance: “He never showed up on screen.”
NSYNC members Lance Bass and Justin Timberlake mentioned their annoyance at not receiving the initial invitation to appear in the Star Wars sequel. “Lance and I were very nervous,” Timberlake said. That prompted Bass to give a very balanced response: “They were cut anyway, so it doesn’t even matter.”
NSYNC is getting too close to Star Wars
The fact that NSYNC almost appeared in a Star Wars movie has sent ripples through the fan community for years (more on that soon), but even the most superfans don’t realize just how close the boy band appeared in Attack of the Clones. They’ve already received combat training, the kind that would ensure they would appear at least halfway convincing when thrust into the film’s thrilling battle of Geonosis. The rehearsal also seemed convincing because “when we were doing the scenes,” Joey Fatone sheepishly admitted, the musicians would “literally… go ‘voom vom’ like an idiot.”
Interestingly enough, the only reason NSYNC was invited to appear was Attack of the Clones First and foremost is that the daughter of Star Wars producer Rick McCallum was a huge fan of the band. The cameo was cut for two reasons, the first being SAG-AFTRA rules regarding extras. Joey Fatone later admitted that “normally, they’d have to pay the SAG rights to that” and “we just signed something secret — we didn’t say anything — but they had to cut us out of it.”
Although a bit vague, Fatone’s tale helps explain why NSYNC didn’t appear in the Star Wars sequel. Namely, George Lucas and his crew didn’t want to have any SAG-related drama. There was another reason for their breakup, which was revealed by Fatone’s brother Steve in 2015. Basically, it was the band’s appearance in Attack of the Clones Rumored long before the film came out, it generated such backlash among fans that their appearance (along with Jedi robes and Padawan braids) was canceled altogether.
In hindsight, killing NSYNC’s Star Wars movie was for the best. At the time, the fandom was already suffering from the poor quality of the film The imaginary threat. After that first introduction, there was a lot of speculation about whether or not George Lucas had lost the creative vision that led him to create this famous galaxy far, far away in the first place. Fortunately, Lucas helped say “Bye, Bye, Bye” to this speculation by cutting the band from the film entirely.
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