Named in the title of 3 peer-reviewed works
Examples
La Force est avec George! Star Wars : Episode II — Attack of the Clones Star Wars : Episode II — Attack of the Clones — Ciné-Bulles : Le cinéma d’auteur avant tout, 2002
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones (Motion picture) — Sight & sound/Sight and sound, 2002
La Force est avec George! / Star Wars : Episode II — Attack of the Clones — Ciné-Bulles : Le cinéma d’auteur avant tout, 2002
Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex · Library of Congress. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones arrived in 2002 as George Lucas's return to directing after decades away, released by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm as the second chapter of the prequel trilogy. It expanded the saga's scope with the Clone Wars' onset, digital effects innovation, and a galaxy sliding toward empire. For collectors, it represents both a technical milestone in filmmaking and a divisive but essential piece of the larger Star Wars mythology, bridging the idealism of the Republic with the tragedy to come.
This cell preserves a strip from that print naming Padmé Amidala, the former queen turned senator whose political conviction and personal entanglements drive much of the film's tension. She remains one of the saga's most collected figures, central to the Skywalker lineage and the Republic's unraveling. A 35mm cell bearing her name alone offers a direct physical link to her screen presence in this installment, without further context of scene or sequence, making it a quiet artifact of her continued role in the prequel era's unfolding drama.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
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