 We almost lived in a world where NSYNC officially appeared in the Star Wars universe, but fate unfortunately intervened to deny us the joy. Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, and Joey Fatone sang alongside Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass in the popular boyband who first formed in 1995. The height of their fame coincided with the release of the Star Wars prequel films, which told the story of how Anakin Skywalker became villain Darth Vader. And NSYNC almost, almost played a part in the second film in the trilogy, Attack of the Clones, which would have seen them starring alongside Ewan McGregor. During an episode of Hot Ones, the YouTube series that sees celebrities interviewed while eating spicy chicken wings, the lads revealed all. 'We were the three! It never made it to the screen,' Kirkpatrick said, revealing that they even got to wear Jedi robes and fight in a typical Star Wars battle scene. We were so, so close! (Pictures: Getty) Timberlake, who was a beginning his career as a solo artist around this time, apparently admitted that he was jealous of the others not to have been featured. Timberlake later recalled the incident: 'I think I remember us getting a call like, 'You're never going to believe what happened'. Me and Lance were so b******t.' However, before the final cut, NSYNC's appearance in the film was removed, with the band speculating that it was to avoid backlash from serious Star Wars fans. NSYNC have announced new music for the first time in 20 years (Picture: Reuters) Were NSYNC cut from the Battle of Geonosis? (Pictures: LucasFilm) 'I've asked Rick McCallum, the [film's] producer: 'Where's the footage?' because I know he has it. So let's get that footage please. I wanna see it!' They told Huffington Post in 2015: 'They just didn't want to have to deal with [the backlash], so they just basically cut the scene out.' During their career, NSYNC achieved six top 10 singles in the UK and){kind=link}
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We almost lived in a world where NSYNC officially appeared in the Star Wars universe, but fate unfortunately intervened to deny us the joy.
Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, and Joey Fatone sang alongside Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass in the popular boyband who first formed in 1995.
The height of their fame coincided with the release of the Star Wars prequel films, which told the story of how Anakin Skywalker became villain Darth Vader.
And NSYNC almost, almost played a part in the second film in the trilogy, Attack of the Clones, which would have seen them starring alongside Ewan McGregor.