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
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FILM NOTES
FILM NOTES
Released by 20th Century Fox in 2002, Attack of the Clones marked the second chapter of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, directed by George Lucas. It arrived as the saga expanded into political intrigue and the roots of the Clone Wars, deepening the mythology that would carry through to Revenge of the Sith. The film pushed digital filmmaking further than its predecessor, becoming a landmark in the transition toward fully digital production. For collectors, this era of Star Wars represents a pivotal middle passage in Anakin Skywalker's transformation, a period rich with narrative weight as the mentor and student relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin moves toward its eventual fracture.
This 35MM cell preserves a frame of Obi-Wan and Anakin together, a pairing central to the emotional architecture of the prequels. Their bond, part teacher and student, part brothers in arms, gives the saga its tragic undercurrent, since audiences know where their paths will lead. A cell like this captures a single physical fragment of that ongoing relationship as it existed on release prints, offering collectors a tangible piece of the story's most consequential friendship, one built on trust that history will later test.
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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