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 continuation of the prequel trilogy, produced under Lucasfilm and released by 20th Century Fox at the height of the franchise's second wave of global attention. It deepened the saga's political and personal stakes, tracing the fracture that would eventually reshape the galaxy, and introduced audiences to a war-torn era bridging the Republic's fall and the Empire's rise. The film remains a touchstone for its scale, its effects work, and its expansion of the mythology surrounding the Jedi Order.
This cell centers on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, the master and apprentice whose bond forms the emotional spine of the prequels. Collectors seek their pairing for what it represents: mentorship under strain, loyalty tested by ambition, and the seeds of a fall still years from completion. A 35MM frame holding both figures together captures a moment from that shared arc, a fragment of film history preserving two names whose fates would come to define the saga's tragedy and its endurance in popular memory.
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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