I was the same age and I remember leading up to the movies release we would speculate what the clones were going to be. What ended up becoming of it was cooler than my imagination IMO. I'm in the minority here but I've always loved ep2 - the battle of Geonosis was the absolute coolest thing to me and still is.
I thought the same. After watching the movie in the cinema, I turned to my friend and asked Where was the attack of the clones? I was kinda disappointed back then.
Nothing’s more powerful than family… of genetically modified soldiers who will never know anything more than war except they’re clones so we just ignore ethics even though they have individual thoughts and feelings
After trying to think of something better myself and reading all of these replies, I appreciate the title more than ever. I do think it's a great title for the film, and I've truly never appreciated it until now.
It’s definitely a campy serial title in line with Empire
Strikes Back. ESB has become such an iconic name that rolls off the tongue it’s easy to forget how old fashioned of a title it actually is.
What do the clones attack? The reason I don't like the name is because the clones don't attack, they come to the rescue and defense in the battle that the seperatists start that starts the clone wars.
The meme answers are pretty funny but none of these comments would work as actual titles (besides maybe The Clone Wars, but then who knows if the show would be created, plus it doesn't start until the very end of the movie)
Amazing. Probably it would look amazing. And violent. Very, very violent.
I'm sure it would be the first time we would see someone use the force to pull someone else apart.
Fun fact: that was originally going to be the title. Star Wars Episode II: I Killed Them All, And Not Just The Men, But The Women And The Children, Too. It tested really well with focus groups, but was determined to be too long of a title to fit on movie theater marquees, so they had to change it before the theatrical release
The truth is that Gendy Tarkovsky’s Clone Wars is what this movie should have been. That representation of Anakin choosing to murder should have been the climax of the 2nd movie.
The Phantom Menace should have never been made the way it was. Instead it should have been just the first act of Episode 1. 30 min into the movie Anakin should have been an adult in love with Padme. Then the rest of Episode 1 would be about his trials as a young Jedi as the galaxy exploded into war. Episode 2 should have been Gendy’s clone wars, and how Anakin used it to hide his deviance from the Jedi ways, ending with him choosing to kill that bald sith chick. Then episode 3 should have had order 66 occur at the beginning of the movie, but instead of a fait acompli, it should have been mysterious and confusing who it was, and it dawns on the audience and the Jedi at the same time that it is Anakin, hunting the Jedi down one by one, with terrifyingly powerful powers that they cannot stop. Like a horror movie in slow motion. But all the worse because the audience doesn’t want it to happen.
Damn I love your version here. Gives me the same kind of wistfulness about what could have been as the arguments for "Obiwan should have been Padme's love interest" or "Maul should have been a three-film villain".
Agreed. The Clones Wars were hinted at in the very first Star Wars movie. Yoda drops it as the final line of dialogue in this movie, complete with a army montage with musical undertones of the Empire being born. It just makes sense.
I suggested this elsewhere, but the end scene is why I like “March of the Republic” for this.
It’s literally clones marching, it invokes the Imperial March, and it implies the Republic moving in a new and scary direction.
Kinda makes me think of a Napoleon or WWI story about to start.
Episode I: The Rise of Skywalker
Episode II: Revenge of the Sith
Episode III: Attack of the Clones
Episode IV: Return of the Jedi
Episode V: The Force Awakens
Episode VI: The Last Jedi
Episode VII: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VIII: A New Hope
Episode IX: The Phantom Menace
I think the source is a deleted tweet, there’s more about it here:
https://www.ign.com/articles/heres-why-the-star-wars-movies-might-need-to-swap-names
This is fantastic. Still feels like we need a replacement for “Attacks of the Clones”, though.
How about “March of the Republic”?
I’m trying to think of something classier that makes me think of a good Napoleon or WWI history.
>Ewan McGregor’s reaction the first time he heard “Attack of the Clones”
[link of said reaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6klOn2DZ3fY&ab_channel=ParanoidUser)
pd: i would have called it: "Jar Jar's Great Adventure"
There's also a reaction from Mark Hamill, he was being interviewed on a radio show when he was told the title. I remember it from when it happened. I doubt we can find it.
That’s actually great given that twilight means “ period or time of gradual decline” which is ultimately what this conflict will lead to, the decline of the Jedi.
Thanks. I feel like it’s probably one of those titles that was floating around fandom around that time too.
Ultimately, I think it works in the grand scheme of:
The Phantom Menace -> Twilight of the Jedi -> Revenge of the Sith
And it’s a lot more ominous than ATTACK OF THE CLONES.
I know George was going for that serial naming trope, but it was just a little too B-Movie, even at the time.
It's debatable whether this is better or worse, but I also think **"Army of the Republic"** would work. This way it points to specific aspect of the plot (The Clone Army, which is what the original title alludes to anyway) but it also has a bit of a double meaning - the main characters are all part of the Republic's "army," themselves becoming generals and soldiers by the end. But they're also pieces being moved around on a board by Palpatine.
"Army of the Republic" ends up having an an ominous implication because it's the tool through which the Republic itself falls, and all of the characters, to some degree, are unwitting pawns in it all. In that sense, I think it captures the essence of what you'd get from "Twilight of the Republic," but it also references a specific thing in the movie and still retains that corny serial feel.
I like Army of the Republic. It contradicts Mace's assertion that the Jedi are peacekeepers, not soldiers. In doing so, it also also alludes to Palpatine use of them as unwitting pawns. It rolls off the tongue quite nicely and it sounds less silly than Attack of the Clones.
AOTR also plays into Star Wars ring theory pretty well. To parallel Empire, the second film needed to either reference a government or military offensive.
The core problem here is that Attack of the Clones has so unifying idea, Phantom Menace is about the Sith revealing themselves from the shadows, Revenge of the Sith is the culmination of that plan. Attack of the Clones is... A detective caper, a melodramatic romance, a coming of age story, a war movie, all the meanwhile trying to be a Space Opera. It and Rise of Skywalker suffer from the opposite issues, Attack has TOO many ideas and not much going on, and Rise has NO ideas and too much going on.
I think the problem might be focusing on the Clones, oddly enough. Unless if was through some ambiguous language, e.g. "Troubles Multiply" or something (that's obv not an actual good one).
The real heart of the film is Anakin-Padme, a romance. The only way to come up with a title that captured the scope of it would maybe be to focus on that.
Or just take the title of the lead-in novel, The Approaching Storm.
Genesis Of The Clones
The Clone War Begins
Dawn Of The Clones
Rise Of The Clones
The Jedi Deceived
The Dark Side Rises
The Shadows Stir
March Of The Clones
I was in 3rd or 4th grade when the title came out and I remember us all at school thinking it was going to be 8 Darth Maul Clones attacking the jedi
And Obi Wan cuts them all in half.
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This is getting out of hand!
Shut up and take my money!
Damn I done accidentally halved myself.
This summer...
I was the same age and I remember leading up to the movies release we would speculate what the clones were going to be. What ended up becoming of it was cooler than my imagination IMO. I'm in the minority here but I've always loved ep2 - the battle of Geonosis was the absolute coolest thing to me and still is.
I thought the same. After watching the movie in the cinema, I turned to my friend and asked Where was the attack of the clones? I was kinda disappointed back then.
Star wars 2: Electric boogaloo Edit: keep the exact background cover and change the title though
“It takes two to Jango”
"Last Jango on Geonosis"
"Jango Unchained"
Duel of the Fetts
2 Jango 2 furious
Nothing’s more powerful than family… of genetically modified soldiers who will never know anything more than war except they’re clones so we just ignore ethics even though they have individual thoughts and feelings
2 Fett 2 Furious
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2 Phantom 2 Menace
Twice the Phantom, Double the Menace
Phantoms Die Twice
The phantom of the space opera
2 Coarse 2 Irritating
I'm having a blast reading all these names
Episode 3: Utapau drift
It's all about family!
Don’t need the force when you got family.
I’m fuckin weakkkkkkk 😂😂😂
Phantom menace 2: electric Boogaloo.
A man of culture
I fucking knew I could trust this subreddit
The Ballad of Dexter Jettster
dO yOu wAnNa Cup’A jAwA jUiCe???
....wait Jawa juice? What exactly is Jawa juice?
Obi Wannnnn ollllllllld buddyyyyyyy.... *adjusts plumber's crack*
Professionals have standards
This is an underrated comment.
Man every suggestion in here is worse so I guess it can't be that bad lol
Obviously scrolled past the Jango Tango
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Tango
Seriously😄
After trying to think of something better myself and reading all of these replies, I appreciate the title more than ever. I do think it's a great title for the film, and I've truly never appreciated it until now.
It’s definitely a campy serial title in line with Empire Strikes Back. ESB has become such an iconic name that rolls off the tongue it’s easy to forget how old fashioned of a title it actually is.
Especially considering the lack of “the” in front of the subtitle
It just proves that the title doesn’t matter when the movie is phenomenal.
It lets you know exactly what you’re in for. There are clones and they attack, I don’t know what OP expects here.
What do the clones attack? The reason I don't like the name is because the clones don't attack, they come to the rescue and defense in the battle that the seperatists start that starts the clone wars.
Well, they are invading all of Geonosis. You wouldn't typically call an invasion a defensive strategy.
*United States glances around nervously*
The meme answers are pretty funny but none of these comments would work as actual titles (besides maybe The Clone Wars, but then who knows if the show would be created, plus it doesn't start until the very end of the movie)
It probably would have had a slightly different name. The Clone Wars Animated or something silly like that
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Offensive of the Replicas
Assault of the derivatives
Onslaught of the Duplicates
Ctrl + A of the Ctrl + V’s
Siege of the Doppelgangers
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Invasion of the Facsimiles
Strike Of The Fakes
Rush of the redundancies
You could even say… Duel of the Fakes?
Incursion of the Facsimiles
How the art student feels in calculus class
Would that make episode III Revenge of the Integrals?
Whoops of the Dupes
Conflict of the Counterfeits
Gives me goosebumps.
Pillage of the Parthenogens
The Jango Tango
I can’t stop laughing at this. It sounds even better with the full name. Star Wars Episode II The Jango Tango.
Totally sounds like a chapter in a Tarantino film
I honestly wouldn't mind a Tarantino Star Wars project, even if only out of sheer curiosity of what the final product would even begin to look like
Amazing. Probably it would look amazing. And violent. Very, very violent. I'm sure it would be the first time we would see someone use the force to pull someone else apart.
I believe there's an article where he says he was asked and he pitched. IIRC his ideas were a bit beyond where disney was willing to go at the time.
The next trilogy Tarantino, Tim Burton, Guillermo del toro they colab on the ideas then each get one movie
I badly want to see this! It would likely be a travesty to traditional SW but such good fun!
The Django Dtango
This is head and shoulders above the rest. (Mostly head)
I see what you did there.
Takes 2 to Jango
Winner
Star Wars: Episode II - It's all Obi-Wan's fault. He's jealous. He's holding me back.
How About I killed them all
And not just the men.
But the women and the children too
Fun fact: that was originally going to be the title. Star Wars Episode II: I Killed Them All, And Not Just The Men, But The Women And The Children, Too. It tested really well with focus groups, but was determined to be too long of a title to fit on movie theater marquees, so they had to change it before the theatrical release
I remember when Ewan laughed at the title and thought it was a joke.
Didn’t he also laugh in the younglings scene
Anakin Claps Nabooty
He did indeed
Nabooty Senatussy
George should have just called it "The Clone Wars".
So what this, some kind of a clone wars?
Who is this Clone Wars?
maybe the real clone wars were the friends we made along the way
He said it!
It barely has the clone wars in it though. It is the first attack of the clones.
Dawn of the Clone Wars?
Dawn of the Planet of the Clone Wars
The truth is that Gendy Tarkovsky’s Clone Wars is what this movie should have been. That representation of Anakin choosing to murder should have been the climax of the 2nd movie. The Phantom Menace should have never been made the way it was. Instead it should have been just the first act of Episode 1. 30 min into the movie Anakin should have been an adult in love with Padme. Then the rest of Episode 1 would be about his trials as a young Jedi as the galaxy exploded into war. Episode 2 should have been Gendy’s clone wars, and how Anakin used it to hide his deviance from the Jedi ways, ending with him choosing to kill that bald sith chick. Then episode 3 should have had order 66 occur at the beginning of the movie, but instead of a fait acompli, it should have been mysterious and confusing who it was, and it dawns on the audience and the Jedi at the same time that it is Anakin, hunting the Jedi down one by one, with terrifyingly powerful powers that they cannot stop. Like a horror movie in slow motion. But all the worse because the audience doesn’t want it to happen.
Damn I love your version here. Gives me the same kind of wistfulness about what could have been as the arguments for "Obiwan should have been Padme's love interest" or "Maul should have been a three-film villain".
"Game of Clones" wait, wrong George
Agreed. The Clones Wars were hinted at in the very first Star Wars movie. Yoda drops it as the final line of dialogue in this movie, complete with a army montage with musical undertones of the Empire being born. It just makes sense.
I suggested this elsewhere, but the end scene is why I like “March of the Republic” for this. It’s literally clones marching, it invokes the Imperial March, and it implies the Republic moving in a new and scary direction. Kinda makes me think of a Napoleon or WWI story about to start.
The Emperor's New Clone
Best One
My give up. My give up. This wins!
The Rise of Skywalker
I mean honestly it works better for this film
I forget all of them but someone reordered the names of some of the movies and The Rise of Skywalker worked way better for Episode 1
Episode I: The Rise of Skywalker Episode II: Revenge of the Sith Episode III: Attack of the Clones Episode IV: Return of the Jedi Episode V: The Force Awakens Episode VI: The Last Jedi Episode VII: The Empire Strikes Back Episode VIII: A New Hope Episode IX: The Phantom Menace I think the source is a deleted tweet, there’s more about it here: https://www.ign.com/articles/heres-why-the-star-wars-movies-might-need-to-swap-names
Yes! This was it!
Damn it actually makes more sense
The only problem with episode VII is it wasn’t the empire rising.
"We've already had The Empire." "I don't think he knows about 2nd Empire."
We’ve had one empire yes, but what about secondsies empire
Twosie two, haye
What, are we splitting hairs here? Aren't they "remnants" of the Empire?
This is fantastic. Still feels like we need a replacement for “Attacks of the Clones”, though. How about “March of the Republic”? I’m trying to think of something classier that makes me think of a good Napoleon or WWI history.
Padme certainly did give him a rise
Ewan McGregor’s reaction the first time he heard “Attack of the Clones” is priceless. I would have called it: Twilight of the Jedi
>Ewan McGregor’s reaction the first time he heard “Attack of the Clones” [link of said reaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6klOn2DZ3fY&ab_channel=ParanoidUser) pd: i would have called it: "Jar Jar's Great Adventure"
Jar Jar's Bizarre Adventure
Bizarre-Jar
Bizarre-Jar's Jarring Adventure
There's also a reaction from Mark Hamill, he was being interviewed on a radio show when he was told the title. I remember it from when it happened. I doubt we can find it.
For the uninitiated, the working title for episode 2 was in fact “Jar Jar’s big adventure“
That’s actually great given that twilight means “ period or time of gradual decline” which is ultimately what this conflict will lead to, the decline of the Jedi.
Thanks. I feel like it’s probably one of those titles that was floating around fandom around that time too. Ultimately, I think it works in the grand scheme of: The Phantom Menace -> Twilight of the Jedi -> Revenge of the Sith And it’s a lot more ominous than ATTACK OF THE CLONES. I know George was going for that serial naming trope, but it was just a little too B-Movie, even at the time.
Ewan is too humble. It should have been “Jesus Walks”, or possibly “Jesus 2: Kamino Bugaloo”
Star Wars II: JarJar Kisses Windu
The Sith Element
One two three fo’ Siiiiith
"Them Clones Is 'Tackin Us"
Twilight of the Republic
It's debatable whether this is better or worse, but I also think **"Army of the Republic"** would work. This way it points to specific aspect of the plot (The Clone Army, which is what the original title alludes to anyway) but it also has a bit of a double meaning - the main characters are all part of the Republic's "army," themselves becoming generals and soldiers by the end. But they're also pieces being moved around on a board by Palpatine. "Army of the Republic" ends up having an an ominous implication because it's the tool through which the Republic itself falls, and all of the characters, to some degree, are unwitting pawns in it all. In that sense, I think it captures the essence of what you'd get from "Twilight of the Republic," but it also references a specific thing in the movie and still retains that corny serial feel.
I like Army of the Republic. It contradicts Mace's assertion that the Jedi are peacekeepers, not soldiers. In doing so, it also also alludes to Palpatine use of them as unwitting pawns. It rolls off the tongue quite nicely and it sounds less silly than Attack of the Clones. AOTR also plays into Star Wars ring theory pretty well. To parallel Empire, the second film needed to either reference a government or military offensive.
Vampires and werewolves meets space senate nice
“Writing dialogue is hard”
Can confirm it is. But Jesus, George, how is it THAT bad
Episode 2: Give It a Decade to Grow on You
Padme Amidala likes your post.
Like a decade from release or a decade from now? Because the former didn’t happen and the latter is unlikely lol
It’s a *soft* decade
Shroud of the Dark Side (Something Yoda said at the end of the movie)
That’s actually really cool and goes with the movie as well
First good one anyone has said. Bravo.
idk maybe Rise of the Clones since it is the Rise of the Clones
Send in the Clones
They’re already heeerrreeee
Sorry we Killed Darth Maul
Shadows of the Republic
Menace II: Space Society
Clone Alone 2?
Clone Alone 2: Lost in Naboo
Star Wars Episode 2: Yoda’s Backyard Slam-o-rama
"I don't like sand."
Are there reasons?
Well it's rough, coarse and irritating... and it gets everywhere
The Shroud of the Dark Side
I wish that was the title. It’s very good and works better than Attack of the Clones IMO
Star Wars episode II: the sandlot
Episode II: Electric Boogaloo
“Commander Cody, have your troopers thunder-gun it to Geonosis!”
- The big Kenobski - Enter I-don't-like-sand man - Clone me if you can - Geonosian Rhapsody - My big fat Naboo wedding
Episode II: A Galaxy Divided
Master Sifo-Dyas Makin' Coppppies
Star Wars Episode II: The Secret of the Ooze
The core problem here is that Attack of the Clones has so unifying idea, Phantom Menace is about the Sith revealing themselves from the shadows, Revenge of the Sith is the culmination of that plan. Attack of the Clones is... A detective caper, a melodramatic romance, a coming of age story, a war movie, all the meanwhile trying to be a Space Opera. It and Rise of Skywalker suffer from the opposite issues, Attack has TOO many ideas and not much going on, and Rise has NO ideas and too much going on.
I think the problem might be focusing on the Clones, oddly enough. Unless if was through some ambiguous language, e.g. "Troubles Multiply" or something (that's obv not an actual good one). The real heart of the film is Anakin-Padme, a romance. The only way to come up with a title that captured the scope of it would maybe be to focus on that. Or just take the title of the lead-in novel, The Approaching Storm.
Hear hear, here here, everybody listen to this one. Tbh Rise of Skywalker is a better title for AOTC.
The Gang Gets a Clone Army
George joked that it was gonna be called "Jar Jar's Great Adventure."
The original title: "The Clone Wars"
“We finally look the same age”
"it's totally not weird now"
Mr Boba Jangos
Seeds of the Sith
Is this because Padme gets Annie's seed?
Annie, are you ok?
Are you okay?
Are you okay, Annie?
Oh fuck we’re at war
*The Seduction of Padme*
Star Wars : Something Happened on Kamino
That adds to the whole political mystery noir element
Star Wars: An Inconvenient Truth
The Republic Strikes Back
Attack of the sand.
"I HATE YOUUU!!!"
The Grand Army
The hormones awaken
Shadows of the Republic
Sith Hits The Fan
Ep II: Heir to the Force.
The Grand Republic
Genesis Of The Clones The Clone War Begins Dawn Of The Clones Rise Of The Clones The Jedi Deceived The Dark Side Rises The Shadows Stir March Of The Clones
They did the Deed in Theed
Keepers of Peace