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 the director's chair for the middle chapter of the prequel trilogy. Arriving three years after The Phantom Menace, it pushed the saga's visual ambitions further with extensive digital environments and set the galaxy firmly on its path toward the Clone Wars. As the bridge film of the prequels, it carries the weight of transformation, both technologically for Lucasfilm and narratively for its central figures.
This cell bears the name Anakin Skywalker, the character whose arc defines the entire prequel era and whose eventual fall anchors the mythology of the franchise. Collectors seek him out because his journey from promising apprentice to tragic figure is the emotional spine of these films. A 35mm frame carrying his name preserves a physical fragment of that unfolding story, a tangible piece of the print reels that carried his likeness through theaters in 2002, tying a single strip of film to one of cinema's most scrutinized character transformations.
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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