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
Attack of the Clones arrived in 2002 as the second chapter of Lucasfilm's prequel trilogy, a 20th Century Fox release that pushed digital filmmaking further into the mainstream and reintroduced audiences to a galaxy now defined by political unrest and the slow unraveling of the Jedi Order. It marked the return of George Lucas to the director's chair after decades away, and it carried the weight of expanding a beloved saga into new technical territory while setting the stage for Anakin Skywalker's eventual fall.
This cell centers on Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, two figures whose entwined story drives much of the saga's tragedy. Padmé, a former queen turned senator, and Anakin, the gifted young Jedi apprentice, share a bond that collectors prize for its narrative significance, marking the beginning of a relationship that reshapes the fate of the galaxy. A 35MM cell bearing their names preserves a physical fragment of that unfolding story, a tangible link to the reel as it once ran through projectors.
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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