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
Released by 20th Century Fox in 2002, Attack of the Clones marked George Lucas's return to directing after more than two decades away from the chair, continuing the prequel trilogy he began with The Phantom Menace. It expanded the saga's mythology into political intrigue and the origins of the Clone Wars, introducing digital filmmaking techniques that pushed the boundaries of the era's production. As the second chapter of the prequels, it remains a touchstone for how the Star Wars universe grew from a single story into a sprawling, generational franchise spanning film, merchandise, and cultural memory.
This cell preserves a frame of Anakin Skywalker, the young Jedi apprentice whose arc anchors the prequel trilogy and shadows the entire saga to come. Collectors seek him out because his presence bridges innocence and inevitability, the promise of a hero who will become Darth Vader. A 35mm cell like this one is a direct physical artifact from the film's actual theatrical print, a tangible piece of the movie as it was projected, tying the collector to the exact strip of celluloid that carried this character's image to audiences in 2002.
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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