Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Poster

Attack of the Clones

Directed by George Lucas

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones is a live-action feature film, set in the prequel era, written by George Lucas, and Jonathan Hales and directed by George Lucas. It was released in theaters on May 16, 2002.

Overview

Info

  • TypeLive-action
  • FormatFeature film
  • Release StatusReleased
  • Release Date05/16/2002
  • CertificationPG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Official Synopsis

Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Opening Crawl

Episode II
ATTACK OF THE CLONES

There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand solar systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic.

This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dooku, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy.

Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to the Galactic Senate to vote on the critical issue of creating an ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC to assist the overwhelmed Jedi….