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 in 2002 by 20th Century Fox under Lucasfilm, Attack of the Clones marked George Lucas's return to directing after a decade away, and the first Star Wars film shot on digital cameras rather than traditional 35mm stock, making surviving celluloid artifacts from this production especially scarce. As the second prequel installment, it deepened the mythology of the saga, tracing the political unrest of the Republic and the personal entanglements that would shape its eventual fall, cementing its place as a pivotal chapter in one of cinema's most enduring franchises.
This cell centers on Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, the pairing whose relationship forms the emotional spine of the prequel trilogy and ultimately the entire saga. Padmé, portrayed by Natalie Portman, is a senator of unwavering conviction, while Anakin, played by Hayden Christensen, is a young Jedi whose path toward darkness begins here. Collectors seek this duo for the weight their union carries in Star Wars lore, foreshadowing both love and tragedy. A physical film cell preserves an authentic fragment of the release print itself, a tactile piece of cinema history from the moment it played in theaters.
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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