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 installment of George Lucas's prequel trilogy, released by 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm. It expanded the saga's mythology, introducing the Clone Wars that would reshape the galaxy, and pushed digital filmmaking further with extensive use of virtual sets and CGI. As a bridge between innocence and tragedy in the Skywalker saga, the film remains essential to understanding the fall that follows.
This cell bears the name Anakin Skywalker, the young Jedi whose path toward Darth Vader forms the emotional spine of the prequels. Collectors seek him out for his singular place in Star Wars lore, a character defined by both promise and peril. A 35mm cell carrying his name alone, without further scene description, invites the viewer to place him within any of his pivotal moments in this chapter, from his training to his growing entanglement with destiny and desire.
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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