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 installment of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and produced under Lucasfilm. It expanded the saga's political and romantic dimensions, pushing digital filmmaking further with widespread use of virtual sets and performance capture. As a bridge film, it carries the weight of setting up the Republic's fall and the personal entanglements that would shape the entire saga, making it a pivotal chapter for collectors tracing the series' visual and narrative evolution.
This cell centers on Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, the pairing whose relationship forms the emotional core of the prequel era. Anakin, the future Darth Vader, and Padmé, the Naboo senator, represent one of the saga's most collected duos, their shared scenes carrying significance for anyone following the arc toward tragedy. A 35MM cell bearing their names preserves a piece of theatrical history, a physical fragment of the reel as it once passed through projectors, tying the collector directly to the film's original theatrical 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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