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 installment of the prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and helmed once again by George Lucas. It deepened the saga's mythology, tracing the fracture of the Jedi Order and the political drift toward empire, while introducing the galaxy-spanning conflict that gives the saga its name. For many longtime fans it marked a technical leap, built heavily on digital production, and it remains a touchstone for understanding how Anakin Skywalker's path toward darkness begins to take shape.
This cell preserves a strip of 35mm film pairing Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the central master and apprentice whose bond anchors the prequel era. Their pairing draws collectors because it represents the fragile mentorship at the heart of the saga's tragedy, the trust that will later curdle into conflict. A film cell like this offers a physical fragment of that shared screen history, a tangible piece of the reel itself rather than a reproduction, valued as a direct link to the moment these two characters occupied the frame together.
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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