Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Overview
 
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic
Epic film
An epic is a genre of film that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale. Epics are more ambitious in scope than other film genres, and their ambitious nature helps to differentiate them from similar genres such as the period piece or adventure film...

 space opera
Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced technologies and abilities. The term has no relation to music and it is analogous to "soap...

 film directed by George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...

 and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales
Jonathan Hales
Jonathan Hales is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is noted for his work with Lucasfilm, including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.-Career:...

. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology. At 142 minutes, it is the longest film in the series.

The film is set 10 years after the events in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, as the first of a three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the first film in the saga in terms...

, when the galaxy
Star Wars Galaxy
Star Wars Galaxy may mean:* Star Wars Galaxies, a Star Wars themed MMORPG platform for Microsoft Windows* Star Wars galaxy, the fictional galaxy where the setting of the Star Wars saga occurs...

 is on the brink of civil war
Galactic Civil War
The Galactic Civil War is a fictional war from the Star Wars galaxy. It serves as the setting for the original trilogy of films A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, as well as many novels, comics, and video games in the Expanded Universe.The war was fought between the...

.
Quotations

For a mechanic, you seem to do an excessive amount of thinking.

Oh! Have you no sense at all? Idiot!

(on seeing droid factory) Oh my goodness, shut me down! Machines making machines. How perverse.

I wonder what happened to poor little R2? He's always getting himself into trouble. (his head gets whacked off by a piece of machinery) OH NO!

(after having his head put onto a battle droid's body) Oh, I'm so confused!

(As the droid his head's stuck on marches into the arena) What's all this noise? A-a battle! Oh no, there's been some terrible mistake; I'm programmed for etiquette, not destruction!

DIE, JEDI DOGS-- Oh, what did I say?!

Oh, I'm terribly sorry about this!

(on having a super battle droid lying on him) Excuse me? I'm trapped, I can't get up.

(as R2 drags his head across the arena) Now where are you taking me? Oh, this is such a drag.

 
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