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 chapter of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, produced under Lucasfilm and released by 20th Century Fox. It pushed digital filmmaking further than any prior Star Wars entry, shot almost entirely on high definition video, and it deepened the mythology by tracing the romance that would produce Luke and Leia while the Republic slid toward war. For fans mapping the saga's turning points, this film supplies the emotional hinge between innocence and empire.
This cell preserves the pairing of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker at the moment their bond becomes physical and undeniable. Padmé, the former queen turned senator, and Anakin, the apprentice whose path bends toward darkness, are among the most sought after figures in prequel collecting, since their union anchors the entire saga's lineage. A kiss between them marks a private, forbidden beat within a story otherwise dominated by politics and battle, a single frame of intimacy collectors prize for what it foretells rather than resolves.
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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