Dracula Joins Star Wars

Christopher Lee has signed on to appear in Star Wars: Episode II, it has been announced on the starrwars.com official site. Lee has appeared in over 200 films in his 53 year career, including a number of classic Hammer horrors as well as The Wicker Man and The Man with the Golden Gun. His role in Episode II will be that of a 'charismatic separatist', and he told Starwars.com that he was, "used to working in epic pictures," but that he was, "looking forward to it enormously."