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 George Lucas's return to directing after a seventeen year gap, released by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm as the second entry in the prequel trilogy. It expanded the saga's mythology into war and romance, introducing the Clone Army and deepening the political unraveling of the Republic. The film pushed digital filmmaking further than any studio production before it, shot almost entirely on high definition video, and remains a touchstone for collectors tracing the technical evolution of the Star Wars series.
This cell holds Padmé and Anakin, the doomed couple whose relationship anchors the emotional core of the prequels. Their kiss marks a turning point, the moment personal feeling overtakes duty and foreshadows the tragedy to come. For collectors, this pairing is essential prequel material, capturing the tenderness before the fall. A 35MM cell from this scene preserves a physical fragment of that pivotal exchange, a tactile piece of the story's romantic center rather than a mere still image.
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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