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
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FILM NOTES
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones arrived in 2002 as Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox pressed further into the prequel era, continuing the CGI-heavy overhaul of the saga's visual language. Directed once again by George Lucas, it deepened the political unraveling of the Republic and the romance that would shape the saga's tragic center. As the middle chapter of the prequel trilogy, it carries weight for collectors tracing the franchise's technical and narrative evolution, a bridge between Anakin Skywalker's boyhood and his fall.
This 35MM cell preserves a frame of Padmé Amidala, the Naboo senator whose political conviction and personal entanglement with Anakin drive much of the film's emotional architecture. Portrayed by Natalie Portman, Padmé remains one of the most collected figures from the prequels, prized for her dual role as stateswoman and romantic lead. A single frame like this one offers a tangible fragment of that screen presence, a physical remnant of the reel that once projected her performance in theaters, valuable simply for having been part of the film's original print run.
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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