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 chapter of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox under Lucasfilm. It expanded the saga's political and romantic dimensions, deepening the mythology behind the Republic's fall and the rise of the Empire. As a technical milestone, it pushed digital filmmaking further than any studio production before it, and remains a touchstone for saga completists tracing the arc from Anakin Skywalker's turn to the galaxy's eventual devastation.
This cell preserves a strip from the reel bearing Padmé Amidala, the former queen turned senator whose political conviction and personal entanglements shape the trilogy's tragic momentum. Portrayed by Natalie Portman, she stands among the saga's most collected figures, prized for her duality of authority and vulnerability. A 35mm cell under her name offers a physical fragment of the character's presence within this film, a tangible link to her continuing role in the unfolding Skywalker saga.
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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