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 George Lucas's return to full directorial control of the saga after decades away from the chair, expanding the prequel trilogy's political scope while pushing the franchise further into digital filmmaking. It sits at the hinge point of the saga's mythology, tracing the fracture that leads toward the Republic's collapse and the rise of the Empire, and it introduced audiences to the wider galaxy of Kamino, Geonosis, and the clone armies that would define the saga's next chapter.
This cell preserves a strip built around Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, the master and apprentice pairing at the emotional center of the prequel era. Their bond carries the weight of the trilogy's tragedy in miniature, mentor and student bound by loyalty even as the seeds of betrayal take root. Collectors seek out material featuring the pair because it represents the saga's central relationship before its fall, a physical strip of 35mm film pulled directly from a theatrical print, cut from the release reel rather than a promotional trailer or title card.
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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