The October 2003 issue of the UK's Total Film Magazine features an interview with Ewan McGregor. He mainly talks about his acclaimed low-budget film Young Adam, but Star Wars is also mentioned, of course:

"When [McGregor] was first first trusted in filling Sir Alec Guinness' shoes for The Phantom Menace, the then 28-year-old actor was full of fizz for lightsabers, Jedis and a galaxy far, far away. After its box-office bow, however, he was perceived as being much less enthusiastic, while he publically slammed the 'terrible, terrible title' of Attack of the Clones.

"'Well, it is!' he says, unrepentant. And how did George Lucas react to his decidedly non-Hollywood honesty? 'He's been fine. I mean, I've never said anything derogatory about his movies at all. I love being in them and I love the way kids love them. When kids come up and ask about lightsabers and cutting Darth Maul in half and that, I get a real kick out of it. But, they're very difficult to do, that's all. And I can't say otherwise, because they are.

"'But, um, I think they...' Yes? 'You know...' Go on. 'I was much... I was happy with the second one and I think they're fine. They're just not the be-all and end-all of anything for me. And I don't mean that disrespectfully, they're fantastic. They're just two movies I've been in, but I've made an awful lot of other ones.'"

Referring to the currently -shooting Obi-Wan/Anakin duel, Ewan comments that Hayden is "very tasty with his lightsaber", and when asked if he would play James Bond, says "I've gone through phases of thinking it would be fantastic and phases of not. I'm in between at the moment."

Thanks to Wormie for the clip!