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, Attack of the Clones marked Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox's return to the Star Wars saga after a three-year gap, expanding the prequel trilogy with a darker, more political turn as the Republic edges toward war. Directed by George Lucas, it deepened the mythology surrounding the fall of the Jedi Order and introduced Anakin Skywalker's descent as a central dramatic thread, pairing him once again with his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi.
This cell pairs Obi-Wan and Anakin, the master and apprentice whose bond anchors the prequel era and whose eventual rupture shapes the entire saga. Collectors seek their shared frames for the weight that relationship carries, foreshadowing loyalty, mentorship, and tragedy still to come. As a 35MM cell, this piece is a physical fragment of the actual release print, a tangible remnant of the film's theatrical run rather than a reproduction, preserving a genuine sliver of that pairing's screen history.
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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