Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Date: 2002
Director: George Lucas
Production Company: Lucasfilm
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Frank Oz
Location(s): Andalucía (Spain), Campania and Lombardia (Italy), Matmata (Tunisia)
Region(s): Italy, Rest Of The World, Spain
Storyline:
Ten years after their meeting, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé share a forbidden romance while Obi-Wan investigates an assassination attempt on the Senator and discovers a secret clone army.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 15 Sep 2015
A shuttle carrying Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala arrives at the Palace of Naboo on Naboo.
Without the matte and from ground level, this is the Palaçio Español in the Plaza de España in Seville, Andalusia. (PW)
- Capture 2
- 15 Sep 2015
Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) walk from the craft. The location was used in 'The Dictator', 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'.
The same bridge crossing the moat in Plaza de España. (PW)
- Capture 3
- 15 Sep 2015
R2-D2 follows the pair as they walk through the collonade of the palace. Palaçio Español in the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain.
The Palaçio Español stands in Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park) and was built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 09 Oct 2019
As Obi-Wan Kenobi visits the planet Kamino, his apprentice Anakin and the Senator travel by water speeder to a lakeside retreat on Naboo. CGI covers Villa del Balbianello near Lenno in Como, Italy.

The same view from Nicholas Knight without the CGI.
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
Anakin and Padmé climb from the speeder. The pier at Villa del Balbianello n Lake Como.
- Capture 6
- 09 Oct 2019
Gradually falling in love with each other, Padmé tells Anakin about visiting the retreat when she was younger. Looking across Lake Como from Villa del Balbianello in Lombardia, Italy. The location can be seen in 'The Love Lottery' and 2006's 'Casino Royale'.

Nicholas Knight provides this comparison.
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
In search of his mother Shmi, Anakin travels to Tatooine with Padmé where they meet Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels). Hôtel Sidi Driss, Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia.
- Capture 8
- 'Now' required
Owen and Beru (Bonnie Piesse) greet the apprentice Jedi. In front of the dining rooms at the Hôtel Sidi Driss in Matmata.
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
Cliegg Lars (Jack Thompson) tells Anakin that his mother has been taken by Tusken Raiders. The centuries old structure at Hôtel Sidi Driss to the south of Matmata in Tunisia.
- Capture 10
- 'Now' required
At the retreat on Naboo, C-3PO and R2-D2 act as witnesses for the marriage between Anakin and Padmé. Overlooking Lake Como at Villa del Balbianello in Lombardia, Italy.

