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The film opened theatrically in Japan on \u003cstrong\u003e13 July 2002\u003c\/strong\u003e, distributed by \u003cstrong\u003e20th Century Fox\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet ten years after \u003cem\u003eThe Phantom Menace\u003c\/em\u003e, the film follows the young \u003cstrong\u003eAnakin Skywalker\u003c\/strong\u003e as his growing powers, emotional volatility and forbidden relationship with \u003cstrong\u003ePadmé Amidala\u003c\/strong\u003e begin to pull him towards the destiny that will ultimately transform him into Darth Vader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA superbly restrained Japanese teaser design built almost entirely around \u003cstrong\u003eAnakin and Padmé’s forbidden romance\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two characters are positioned \u003cstrong\u003eback-to-back\u003c\/strong\u003e, separated emotionally despite their physical closeness. Hayden Christensen’s Anakin faces left in shadow while Natalie Portman’s Padmé faces right in an ornate Naboo costume, their opposing poses perfectly expressing the tension between personal desire and Jedi duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image is bathed in \u003cstrong\u003edeep amber, burnt orange and near-black tones\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the design an unusually intimate and tragic atmosphere for a \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e poster. At the far left, a narrow blade of glowing light cuts vertically through the composition, subtly foreshadowing the violence and darkness that will increasingly define Anakin’s path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the upper portion appear three stark lines of Japanese copy:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「ジェダイは怒ってはならない。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「憎むことも。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e「愛さえも。」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003e“A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the official Japanese campaign tagline for \u003cem\u003eAttack of the Clones\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe typography is deliberately minimal. 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