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 entry in George Lucas's prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm. It marked a technical turning point for the franchise, shot largely on digital cameras and built around sweeping effects work, while deepening the mythology that would carry through to Anakin Skywalker's fall. As the middle chapter of the prequels, it carries the weight of transition, moving the saga's central relationships toward the tragedy audiences already knew was coming.
This cell pairs Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the master and apprentice whose bond anchors the prequel era and whose eventual rupture defines the entire saga. Collectors prize frames of the two together precisely because this stage of their relationship, teacher and student still aligned, is fleeting within the larger story. A 35mm cell from this pairing preserves a physical fragment of that shared screen time, a tangible artifact from the reel itself rather than a reproduction, tying the collector directly to the moment the projector once carried.
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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