The Official Site's Homing Beacon had a new article on Bonnie Piesse, the actress who plays Beru in Episode II:

lot can happen in two years. For a 17-year old Bonnie Maree Piesse, she filmed a Star Wars movie, finished high school, worked to get a CD of original music recorded, and now, as a 19-year old, is looking forward to the release of Attack of the Clones, wherein she plays the young Beru Whitesun.

"It was a long, long time ago now," says Piesse. "I still have pretty vivid memories of the whole thing, because it was such a dream-time for me. When I see it, I'll probably look really young."

The wait is unusual for the young actress, who is used to the span of a few short months between wrap and release in Australian television. But Episode II was unusual in many ways, starting in August of 2000 when Piesse's agent called her, indicating that Casting Director Robin Gurland had expressed interest in her for a role in Star Wars.

"I didn't know what part it was for until they faxed me the original script of Beru from Episode IV, so I was reading her words," she recalls. Studying the original performance on videotape, Piesse then read for Gurland in Melbourne, and then heard nothing for a few silent weeks.