Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002142 minutesPG

5.6

Arcplot Score

📝 Unconventional

Unverified

⭐ 6.6IMDb

🍅 62%Rotten Tomatoes

Ⓜ️ 54/100Metacritic

🎬 6.6TMDb

📊 5.4Popularity

🏆Nominated for 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 71 nominations total

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Directed by: George Lucas

Written by: George Lucas, Jonathan Hales

Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is facing a Separatist movement and the former queen and now Senator Padmé Amidala travels to Coruscant to vote on a project to create an army to help the Jedi to protect the Republic. Upon arrival, she escapes from an attempt to kill her, and Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker are assigned to protect her. They chase the shape-shifter Zam Wessell but she is killed by a poisoned dart before revealing who hired her. The Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan Kenobi to discover who has tried to kill Amidala and Anakin to protect her in Naboo. Obi-Wan discovers that the dart is from the planet Kamino, and he heads to the remote planet. He finds an army of clones that has been under production for years for the Republic and that the bounty hunter Jango Fett was the matrix for the clones. Meanwhile Anakin and Amidala fall in love with each other, and he has nightmarish visions of his mother. They travel to his home planet, Tatooine, to see his mother, and he discovers that she has been abducted by Tusken Raiders. Anakin finds his mother dying, and he kills all the Tusken tribe, including the women and children. Obi-Wan follows Jango Fett to the planet Geonosis where he discovers who is behind the Separatist movement. He transmits his discoveries to Anakin since he cannot reach the Jedi Council. Who is the leader of the Separatist movement? Will Anakin receive Obi-Wan's message? And will the secret love between Anakin and Amidala succeed?

Box Office

Budget:$120.0M

Revenue:$649.4M

Profit:$529.4M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision4.3/10

Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10

Thematic Consistency7/10

Overall Score5.6/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Arcplot

Opening Image

1 min

Theme Stated

15 min

Set-Up

25 min

Catalyst

35 min

Debate

48 min

Break Into Two

62 min

B Story

72 min

Fun and Games

88 min

Midpoint

105 min

Bad Guys Close In

118 min

All Is Lost

125 min

Dark Night of the Soul

128 min

Break Into Three

133 min

Finale

137 min

Final Image

141 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

Opening Image

1 min

Opening crawl: Separatist movement threatens Republic. Senator Amidala returns to vote on Military Creation Act. Assassination attempt on her ship. Galaxy on brink of war. Peace crumbling.

Theme Stated

15 min

Anakin to Padmé: "Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion is central to a Jedi's life, so you might say we are encouraged to love." Theme: love vs. duty, passion vs. order.

Set-Up

25 min

Anakin assigned to protect Padmé. 10 years since Phantom Menace. He's grown powerful but arrogant. Obi-Wan investigates assassination. Anakin frustrated by restrictions. Padmé Senator. Feelings developing.

Catalyst

35 min

Second assassination attempt with poisonous bugs. Anakin and Obi-Wan chase assassin Zam Wesell. She killed by mysterious dart before talking. Clue leads to Kamino. Mystery deepening. Danger escalating.

Debate

48 min

Anakin escorts Padmé to Naboo for safety. Should he act on feelings? She's Senator, he's Jedi. Forbidden. Obi-Wan travels to Kamino alone. Discovers clone army - but who ordered it? Trust or suspicion?

Break Into Two

62 min

Anakin and Padmé fall in love on Naboo. "I don't like sand." Romantic interlude. Meanwhile Obi-Wan discovers Jango Fett, follows to Geonosis. Two storylines: love blooming, conspiracy unfolding.

B Story

72 min

Anakin has nightmare about mother. Returns to Tatooine despite orders. Finds mother dying, killed by Tusken Raiders. Anakin slaughters entire tribe. "I killed them all. Not just the men, but the women and children." First fall to darkness.

Fun and Games

88 min

Obi-Wan spies on Separatist meeting - Dooku leading. Gets captured. Padmé and Anakin arrive to rescue. Captured in droid factory. Sentenced to arena execution. Facing acklay, nexu, reek. Adventure escalating.

Midpoint

105 min

Jedi arrive en masse to rescue Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padmé. Arena battle. Mace kills Jango. Clone army arrives to save Jedi. "Begun, the Clone War has." False victory: won battle but war started.

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Bad Guys Close In

118 min

Battle of Geonosis rages. Separatist leaders escape. Obi-Wan and Anakin pursue Dooku. Yoda warns but they don't listen. Arrogance and anger driving them into trap.

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All Is Lost

125 min

Dooku defeats Obi-Wan easily. Anakin faces him alone - arm cut off. Both Jedi down. Dooku about to kill them. Padmé helpless. Complete defeat by superior dark side user.

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Dark Night of the Soul

128 min

Yoda arrives but barely escapes with lives. Dooku escapes. Anakin maimed. Jedi couldn't prevent war. Separatists still free. First major battle won but war beginning. Pyrrhic victory at best.

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Break Into Three

133 min

Anakin fitted with mechanical hand. Marries Padmé in secret ceremony on Naboo with only droids as witnesses. Love triumphs but in violation of Jedi code. Synthesis: choosing love over duty.

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Finale

137 min

Clone Army mobilizing across galaxy. Yoda: "Victory? Victory you say? Not victory. The shroud of dark side has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has." Palpatine watches with satisfaction. War he orchestrated.

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Final Image

141 min

Anakin and Padmé watching sunset on Naboo as newlyweds. Moment of happiness. Meanwhile clone troopers loading onto Star Destroyers. Palpatine smiling. War spreading. Peace lost. Dark times ahead. Love and war intertwined.