STAR WARS - MCGREGOR SLAMS STAR WARS II

STAR WARS star EWAN McGREGOR has attacked the penultimate movie in the sci-fi series, insisting EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES was "unsatisfactory".

It's not the first time the Scottish actor has criticised the GEORGE LUCAS-directed franchise - he dubbed EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE "disappointing" following its release in 1999.

But McGregor - who plays OBI WAN KENOBE - is far happier with the final movie, EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, which premieres in May (05).

McGregor says, "The fighting in Episode II was unsatisfactory, I think.

"I don't think the fight was nearly as good as it should have been and I certainly didn't have as big a crack of the whip as in the first one.

"I made up for it in number three. We fight our a**ses off in that film."