Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.6/10· 815K votes
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic54%
TMDb6.594/10· 14K votesWith 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 54/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
Cast of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Hayden Christensen
as Anakin Skywalker
Ewan McGregor
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Natalie Portman
as Padmé Amidala
Christopher Lee
as Count Dooku
Samuel L. Jackson
as Mace Windu
Frank Oz
as Yoda (voice)
Ian McDiarmid
as Chancellor Palpatine
Pernilla August
as Shmi Skywalker
Temuera Morrison
as Jango Fett / Clone Troopers
Jimmy Smits
as Senator Bail Organa
Jack Thompson
as Cliegg Lars
Leeanna Walsman
as Zam Wesell
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones facts
- Budget
- $120M
- Box office
- $649.4M
- Collection
- Star Wars Collection
Our take on Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
George Lucas's 2002 entry in the Star Wars saga mixes action, adventure and science fiction as galactic tensions build toward open war. After an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi follow a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement, arriving at the outbreak of the Clone Wars. The film balances a budding romance with political intrigue and large-scale, effects-driven spectacle, expanding the prequel storyline toward its darker turns. It's aimed at Star Wars fans and viewers who enjoy sweeping space opera with grand battles and franchise mythology. Ambitious in scope and heavy on digital worlds, it moves the saga's larger machinery into place.
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Epic scale matches franchise expectations
- •Alien world building is visually ambitious
- •Good versus evil themes resonate across ages
What the audience disliked
- •Romance subplot undermines action momentum
- •Dialogue execution feels stilted and awkward
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