I bring good news!!!!! Theforce.net has posted an article and guess what?! According to a Lucasfilm spokesperson, GL never had ANYTHING at all to do with NSYNC and it looks like the footage shot with NSYNC is going to be cut!!!!! I was a little unclear whether it was probably going to be cut anyway, or whether GL was cutting due to fan complaints, but either way, its good news!!!! Keep complaining people! Maybe GL cares what we think afterall!!!
By the way, Theforce.net had a very interesting poll: If given an ultimatum, would you rather have more Jar Jar screen time, or a cameo appearance by NSYNC. SO far twice as many people would rather have more jar-jar!!! Can you beleive it! People hate this idea more than they hate jar-jar! If that doesnt clue GL in, i dont know what will!
Spoiler:
Slowbeam tells us it was Rick McCallum who granted the boys' wish and let them be part of the film as Jedi. Furthermore, Slowbeam mentions them appearing in a different scene from the one being widely reported right now (the big battle scene at the end): a scene shortly before, which required a great many extras.We have reason to believe (although no inside word directly lending weight to it) that the five boygroup members will be seen in the scene featuring the 200 Jedi on Corusc antdeparting into battle.