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
Attack of the Clones arrived in 2002 as the second chapter of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, produced and released by 20th Century Fox under Lucasfilm. It carried enormous weight as the film tasked with deepening the saga's central romance and setting the political machinery of the Republic's collapse into motion. Shot partly on digital cameras, a first for a major Star Wars release, it marked a technical turning point for the franchise while expanding the mythology that would eventually connect to the original trilogy.
This cell centers on Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, the pairing whose relationship drives the emotional core of the film and the trilogy's tragic arc. Collectors seek this duo because their story anchors Anakin's transformation from Jedi apprentice to the man who becomes Darth Vader. A 35mm cell bearing their names preserves a physical fragment of that turning point, a tangible piece of the reel where the saga's central romance unfolds on screen.
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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