Tupac once auditioned for a role in Star Wars, it has been claimed.

Death Row Records engineer Rick Clifford has revealed that the late rapper apparently auditioned for the part of Jedi Master Mace Windu in the 1999 movie The Phantom Menace.

However, that role was given to Samuel L Jackson.

Referring to a conversation he had with the rapper in 1996, Clifford said on a Tupac forum:

"Pac found out that I worked for Brian Austin Green, who was on 90210, then he found out I [worked on] some movies, so we always talked about his film career and stuff. He was telling me that he was supposed to read for George Lucas and them. They wanted him to be a Jedi. I'm serious."

He added: "Samuel L got Tupac's part. [Tupac] said [to me], 'Old man, keep your fingers crossed'. He said, 'I've got three movies coming up. One of them, I've got to read for George Lucas'."

Tupac died in 1996 after being shot.