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
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FILM NOTES
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones arrived in 2002 as the second installment of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm. It marked a technical turning point for the franchise, shot almost entirely on digital cameras rather than traditional film stock, and it deepened the saga's mythology by tracing the fall of the Republic and the romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala. For a generation raised on the original trilogy, this chapter reintroduced familiar faces alongside new ones, situating the story firmly within Lucasfilm's growing empire of moving-image history.
This cell preserves a frame of Anakin Skywalker, the young Jedi whose arc anchors the entire prequel era and whose eventual transformation into Darth Vader makes him one of cinema's most collected characters. A 35mm frame bearing his name captures a physical fragment of that unfolding tragedy, a tangible link to the actual film print that once ran through theater projectors. For collectors, Anakin represents both promise and peril, the central figure whose presence in any cell carries the weight of the saga's larger design.
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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