Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Annikin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, but failing to get any information from her, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Annikin is sent with Amidala to Naboo. While Annikin and Amidala are falling in love on Naboo, Obi-Wan is investigating the connection between the assassination attempt and a growing sepeartist movement, which could bring the Republic to the brink of civil war.

Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Nov. 12, 2002. Special features: feature-length audio commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt and others; 8 deleted scenes with commentary; "From puppets to pixels" a documentary on the digital characters, including Yoda; "state of the art: the previsualization of Episode II"; "Films are not released, they escape" sound documentary; 3 more featurettes; "Across the stars" music video; posters and print campaign; trailers and TV spots; "R2-D2: beneath the dome" mockumentary trailer; production photo gallery; web documentaries; DVD-ROM features.