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 from Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, the second installment of George Lucas's prequel trilogy and his return to the director's chair after a sixteen year absence from the saga. Coming three years after The Phantom Menace, it pushed the franchise deeper into digital filmmaking, shot largely on high definition video, and expanded the galaxy's political and romantic stakes as the Republic edged toward civil war. For fans tracking the saga's evolution, this chapter marks a hinge point, the moment the story commits to the tragedy that follows.
This cell centers on Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, the pairing that anchors the film's emotional core and the prequel trilogy's central romance. Their relationship, forbidden by Jedi code and political duty alike, drives much of the picture's tension and foreshadows the fall to come. A cell naming both characters together points to a shared scene, preserving a frame of the courtship that reshapes the galaxy's fate. For collectors, this pairing represents the saga's most consequential love story, the seed of Vader's origin captured on film.
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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