Meanwhile, Anakin continues his task of protecting the Senator, and is asked to escort her back to her home planet of Naboo. Returning to the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan is assigned by the council to track down the assassin's killer. Upon being questioned by Obi-Wan and Anakin outside the bar, she is killed by a saberdart, fired by a mysterious man, before the Jedi can learn the name of her employer. They pursue her through Galactic City, eventually disarming her in the Outlander Club. That night, the assassin Zam Wesell makes another attempt on Amidala's life, though the Jedi are able to foil her plot. As a result, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine requests that Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, protect her. Upon her arrival on Coruscant, she narrowly escapes an assassination attempt that claims the life of her decoy, Cordé. Senator Padmé Amidala, former Queen of Naboo, returns to Coruscant to vote against the Act, even though there are no longer enough Jedi to maintain peace and justice in the galaxy.Īnakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi chase Zam Wesell through Coruscant. A Separatist movement led by former Jedi Master Count Dooku, alias the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus, is threatening the peace, causing the Galactic Senate to debate a Military Creation Act to form a standing army for the Republic's protection. Nine years after the events of The Phantom Menace, the Galactic Republic is in crisis. However, for the first time, a Star Wars film did not earn the highest box-office sales for the year Attack of the Clones ended up fourth behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Spider-Man. The film was a financial success, grossing over $600 million at the worldwide box office. Soon the Jedi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement, and the beginning of a new threat to the galaxy: the Clone Wars.Īttack of the Clones was the first Star Wars film to use a high-definition digital 24-frame system for most of the its live-action scenes. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her, while his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi is assigned to investigate the assassination attempt. Under the leadership of renegade Jedi Master Count Dooku, thousands of systems threaten to secede from the Republic. The film is set nine years after the Battle of Naboo, when the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. It is the second part of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones is a 2002 film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales.
" The shroud of the dark side has fallen.
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