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 through Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm. It expanded the saga's mythology, deepened the political unraveling of the Republic, and introduced the clone army whose creation would reshape the galaxy. As a bridge film between innocence and tragedy, it carries weight for audiences who understand where Anakin's path ultimately leads, making it a pivotal chapter in the franchise's larger story of democracy's fall and one man's descent.
This 35MM cell bears the name Anakin Skywalker, the young Jedi apprentice whose journey anchors the prequel trilogy and whose eventual transformation into Darth Vader makes him one of cinema's most collected characters. A film cell preserves a literal fragment of the release print, a physical trace of the movie as it once ran through projectors in theaters. For collectors, holding a piece labeled with his name means holding a tangible connection to the character's formative years, before the fall, when he still walked the line between promise and peril.
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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