The two companies have already hosted a trio of trailers, entitled "Breathing," "Mystery" and "Forbidden Love," respectively. All three have been published on the Web via QuickTime, and the fourth installment, entitled "Clone War," is no exception.

Previous teaser trailers for the new movie have given viewers tantalizing glimpses of the scenery and special effects in the new movie, and have explored the budding romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, as evidenced in the trailer 3 "forbidden love".

The new "Clone War" trailer provides a lot more action, with depictions of some epic battles and close-up action featuring faces and situations both old and new. (As with previous installments of the QuickTime movie trailers, the small and medium versions of the trailer can be viewed by anyone with QuickTime 5 installed. But to view the large trailer, Apple's registration-only QuickTime Pro 5 is required.)

The Mandalorians, supported by the Dark Jedi, have made a bid for the galaxy and are expanding their power outside the Mandalorian homeworld.

The Republic, strong and proud, has vowed to defend the galaxy from this new invasion. Will the Republic and their Jedi Knights be able to defeat the onslaught of these battle hardened warriors and their Dark Jedi Masters?

One thing is clear from the newest trailer for "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones:", "George Lucas definitely hasn't lost his touch of dialogue," argued by a cyber writer. Who else other than Ed Wood -- would make Ewan McGregor intone the line "your clones are very impressive?" Or force Hayden Christensen to make frequent use of the honorific "m'lady?"

But Star Wars, Lucas might argue that dialogue isn't the point, instead judging from the new trailer and its three predecessors, the goal seems to be to create images that no moviegoer has ever seen before: a thousand clone troopers massing underneath an orange sky, a battallion of jedi wielding lightsabers in an all-out war, or a ship zooming through an alien cityspace of coruscant. The trailer's visual dazzle is promising, but after the betrayal of "phantom menace" (which only seems more clunky and sterile as time goes by) Star Wars fans are like cuckolded spouses; we want to believe that Lucas will come through this time, but it's hard to trust him. The refreshing lack of hype for Episode II bodes well. So does Lucas' repeated promise that the movie will be darker in tone.

As a stand alone preview of Episode II, clone war falls short, giving no hint for the love story seen in previous trailers, while simultaneously letting slip what must be a major plot point. The rapid cuts, intended to convey the sheer magnitude of what's in store, end up headache-inducing and nearly incoherent.

The Attacks of the Clones will flesh out key areas of the mythos, including the courtship of Luke and Leia'a parents, the descent of Anakin into the dark side and yes, the Clone Wars , which were hinted at since the beginning.