Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen return to star in this second instalment of the sci-fi saga's prequel trilogy. After disobeying the strictures of his Jedi training, Anakin Skywalker (Christensen) embarks on a forbidden affair with Padme Amidala (Portman). Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor)'s investigation of assassination attempts against Senator Organa (Jimmy Smits) leads him to the distant ocean planet of Kamino and into the middle of a separatist plot which brings the Galactic Republic to the very brink of civil war.