By Lee Sze Yong

This may go down in the history books as the cutest fight in the galaxy.

In one corner, a diminutive, boxy robot trash collector with binoculars-like eyes rubs his twiggy arms as his love interest, a sleek white female machine, beeps with support. In the other, a Jedi with blue peepers and pharaohnic headgear readies her lightsaber, while her mentors Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi back her up.

Tomorrow, the battle begins, as two feature-length animations - Pixar's Wall.E and Lucasfilm Animation's Star Wars: The Clone Wars - go toe-to-toe against each other for box-office supremacy here in the one-week-long school holiday.

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