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 direction after a long absence and pushed the prequel trilogy into darker, more political territory. Shot largely on digital cameras, a first for a major studio blockbuster of this scale, it expanded the galaxy's mythology while setting up the Clone Wars that would consume the saga's final chapters. For collectors of the prequel era, this film represents a hinge point, the moment Anakin Skywalker's story begins its real descent, making any surviving 35mm material from it a tangible link to that production milestone.
A cell simply marked Anakin Skywalker centers on the saga's most consequential figure, the future Darth Vader, whose arc across these films drives the entire prequel narrative. Collectors seek him out because his presence anchors the mythology that connects both trilogies, and any frame carrying his name holds weight regardless of context. Without further detail, this piece stands as a straightforward character cell, a physical fragment of celluloid tied directly to Anakin's screen presence in this installment, valued simply for who he is.
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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