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
Released by 20th Century Fox in 2002, Attack of the Clones marked George Lucas's return to directing after a long absence, expanding the prequel trilogy's political scope while pushing digital filmmaking further than any studio production before it. As the middle chapter of the prequels, it carries the weight of transition, moving the saga from senate chambers toward galactic war, and it introduced audiences to the budding relationship between its two central figures at a pivotal narrative juncture.
This cell preserves a piece of film built around Padmé and Anakin, the couple whose bond quietly reshapes the entire saga's future. Padmé Amidala, former queen turned senator, and Anakin Skywalker, apprentice on the edge of destiny, are among the most sought-after pairings in prequel-era collecting, their scenes together carrying the emotional undercurrent that later defines the trilogy's tragedy. A 35mm cell from this pairing represents a physical fragment of that unfolding relationship, 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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