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News: Fans turn out in Force
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
Well, "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones," is both confused and confusing. Like "The Phantom Menace," it is in the unfortunate position of being stuck in the middle of the series and therefore unable to move in a free, organic way. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
In the classic movie adventures that inspired "Star Wars," dialogue was often colorful, energetic, witty and memorable. The dialogue in "Episode II" exists primarily to advance the plot, provide necessary information, and give a little screen time to continuing characters who are back for a new episode. ...
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
They can't blame Jar Jar for this one. The floppy-eared one with the unintelligible patois keeps his duck-billed trap shut through most of George Lucas' "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones." If only Hayden Christensen as the hunky new Anakin Skywalker and Natalie Portman as now-Senator Padmé Amidala had been similarly muzzled. ...
Chris Hewitt
St. Paul Pioneer Press
If the largely dissatisfying "The Phantom Menace" was about setting up this trilogy, "Clones" is about making connections to things we know will happen in the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters. Most thrillingly, we get a glimpse of why Darth Vader becomes so Darthy. ...
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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(2002)
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Overview:
Ten years after the events of "The Phantom Menace," not only has the galaxy undergone significant change but so have our familiar heroes Obi-Wan-Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as they are thrown together again for the first time since the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo.
Starring:
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Pernilla August, Jack Thompson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Oliver Ford Davies, Temuera Morrison, Silas Carson, Jimmy Smits, Ahmed Best (voice of Jar Jar Binks) and Frank Oz (voice of Yoda)
Directed by:
George Lucas
Written by:
George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
Cinematographer:
David Tattersall
Composer:
John Williams
Studio:
20th Century-Fox and Lucasfilm
Release Date:
May 16, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG) - for sustained sequences of sci-fi action/violence
Running Time:
140 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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