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 the second installment of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, produced and released by 20th Century Fox under Lucasfilm's banner. It expanded the saga's mythology, deepening the political unraveling of the Galactic Republic while advancing the doomed romance at the heart of Anakin Skywalker's turn to darkness. The film pushed digital filmmaking further than its predecessor, and it remains a touchstone for collectors tracing the saga's transitional years between practical and digital-era Star Wars production.
This cell centers on Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, the pairing that anchors the film's emotional core. Padmé, senator and former queen, and Anakin, apprentice Jedi drawn toward forbidden attachment, together represent the seed of the saga's tragedy. A cell bearing both names invites reflection on their entwined arc, a relationship collectors prize for its narrative weight and its consequence for the entire trilogy that follows. As a piece of 35mm film, it preserves a literal fragment of that story's original theatrical presentation.
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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