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 the prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Lucasfilm under George Lucas's direction. It marked a return to the saga after a sixteen-year gap since Return of the Jedi, using early digital filmmaking techniques and reshaping the mythology that would culminate in Anakin Skywalker's fall. For longtime fans, this chapter carries weight as the hinge point of the series, where the Republic begins its slide toward Empire and the central romance takes root.
This cell centers on Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, the two figures whose relationship drives the emotional core of the film and sets in motion consequences that ripple across the entire saga. Collectors seek these two names paired together because their story is the thread connecting the prequels to the original trilogy, tying Padmé's political idealism to Anakin's eventual transformation. A 35mm cell like this preserves a physical fragment of that authorship, a single frame excised from the release print, offering a tactile piece of the film's history rather than a reproduction.
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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