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 Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox pushed the prequel trilogy further into digital filmmaking, with George Lucas shooting almost entirely on high-definition video, a first for a major studio release. It expanded the saga's political scope while deepening the romance at its core, setting up the fall that would define the entire series. For fans who grew up on the original trilogy, this chapter marked a turning point in how Star Wars was made and how its mythology was built out.
This cell centers on Anakin and Padmé, the pairing whose relationship anchors the emotional throughline of the prequels and ultimately the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader. Collectors seek these two names together because their shared scenes carry the weight of the saga's central romance, the one that quietly reshapes the galaxy's fate. A 35mm cell preserving them side by side offers a physical fragment of that pivotal courtship, a tangible piece of the print that carried their story to audiences in theaters during the film's original run.
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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