它没有被记录下来 而被记录下来的是这个
It’s not being recorded. What’s being recorded is this, this, this.
他说:”你不知道真♥相♥ 欧比旺杀了你父亲”
He said, ”You don’t know the truth. Obi-Wan killed your father.”
当然 我们把一切都录了下来
And then, of course, we rerecorded everything.
我不会加入你的
I’ll never join you!
要是你知道了黑暗之路的力量的话 你会的
If you only knew the power of the dark side.
当我第一次看到对话说…
When I first saw the dialogue that said…
“卢克 我是你的父亲”…
”Luke, I am your father”…
我对自己说:”他在撒谎
I said to myself, ”He’s lying.
我想知道他们会怎么做”
I wonder how they’re gonna play that lie out.”
欧比•旺从来没有告诉过你 你父亲怎么样了吧
Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
他告诉我很多了
He told me enough.
他对我说是你杀了他
He told me you killed him.
我就是你的父亲
I am your father.
我尖叫道:”不!” 就像命中注定的那样
And I scream, ”No!” just as it was meant to be.
加入我吧…
Join me…
我们父子一起统治这个银河
and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
我认为它超越了前作
I think that it went beyond Star Wars.
对角色有更多深入的表现和展示 有幽默元素
You got to know the characters a little better,you had some humor.
笑什么笑 你这个混球
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
我认为这部电影是三部曲的第二章
I thought of the film as the second movement of a symphony.
这就是为什么我想慢一点
That’s why I wanted some of the things slower.
让你…
And it ends…
迫不及待想看到下一部…
in a way that you can’t wait to see…
快速而有生气地 稍快的”乐”章结尾
to hear the vivace, the next movie, the allegretto.
最后剧情并没有结束 但情绪烘托达到了顶峰
I didn’t have a climax at the end. I had an emotional climax.
随着”帝国反击战”上映日期的临近…
As Empire’s premiere date approached…
制♥作♥人再次屏息凝视 拭目以待
the producers once again held their collective breath.
当”帝国反击战”最终于1980年5月2日上映时…
When The Empire Strikes Back finally opened on May 2 1, 1980…
不仅达到预期 而且出乎意料
it didn’t meet expectations, it surpassed them.
不到三个月 乔治•卢卡斯就赚回了3300万美元的投资
Within three months, George Lucas had recovered his $33 million investment.
当我看到”帝国反击战”时 立刻想到
There was something about Empire that immediatelyjust clicked when I saw it.
它的浪漫元素和冒险故事将如何运作…
I didn’t know how all the romance was gonna work and the adventure…
是不是太过了 诸如此类的问题
and was it too serious, and all this sort of stuff.
但它真的做到了
But it really came together.
在首映之前 两次大获成功一鸣惊人在好莱坞是罕见的
Until its premiere, cases of lightning striking twice were rare in Hollywood.
续集几乎总是令人失望
Sequels were almost always a letdown.
但在”星战”的世界里 适用的是不同的法则
But in the Star Wars universe, different laws applied.
还有乔治•卢卡斯 世界上最成功的独♥立♥电影制♥作♥人…
And George Lucas, the world’s most successful independent filmmaker…
很快会抒写自己的规则
was fast becoming a law unto himself.
以好莱坞的标准来看 这是个激进的举动…
In a radical move by Hollywood standards…
他把”帝国反击战”的利润分给了每一个员工
he shared Empire’s profits with every one ofhis employees…
在1980年发放了500多万美元的奖金
handing out over five million dollars in bonuses in 1980.
两部”星球大战”电影的利润…
The profits from the two Star Wars films…
也帮助卢卡斯能迅速扩张商业企业
also helped fuel Lucas’s rapidly expanding business enterprises.
我们确实有一些钱 但它仍是一家刚起步的公♥司♥
We did have some money, but it was still a start-up company.
我们可能会把事情弄糟 就像拍摄延期一样
We could have messed it up as much as we did it right.
但他制♥作♥成功电影的能力…
But his ability to make successful movies…
是公♥司♥在财务上取得成功的原因
is what drove the financial success of the company.
是公♥司♥发展方向的资金计划…
But how we used those funds to grow the company…
是为何他如此孤注一掷…
and why he has a net worth the way he does…
他很聪明 知道自己所有的权利和所需辅助
he was smart enough to understand all the rights, all the ancillaries.
用自己的钱资助”帝国反击战”
By financing The Empire Strikes Back with his own money…
乔治把整个农场都押上了 而且赢了
George Lucas had bet the farm and won.
事实上 他有能力建立自己的农场
In fact, he was in a position to build his own kind of farm–
天行者牧场 加州马林县
Skywalker Ranch, in Marin County, California.
卢卡斯早就设想了一个令人振奋的地方
Lucas had long imagined a visually inspiring setting…
他的员工可以在一种创造性的氛围中工作…
where his employees could work in a creative atmosphere…
还有史蒂文•斯皮尔伯格这样的朋友…
and where friends like Steven Spielberg…
罗伯特•雷德福和弗朗西斯•福特•科波拉…
Robert Redford and Francis Ford Coppola…
可以享受在最先进的设施工作
could enjoy working at a state-of-the-art facility.
乔治在两块不同的土地上纠结
George was debating on two different parcels ofland.
一个是在卢卡斯谷路上
One was on Lucas Valley Road.
我说 “好吧 那是你必须选的”
And I said, ”Well, that’s the one you have to pick.”
公♥司♥支持制♥作♥多领域的电影
The company structure supported multimovies in all areas…
销♥售♥ 特效 辅助设备
merchandising, special effects, ancillaries.
所有的小公♥司♥都必须成立并运营
All the little companies had to be started and operated…
并将所有这些部门都落实到位
and have all these systems put in place.
卢卡斯艺术娱乐公♥司♥…
LucasArts…
THX…
THX…
天行者的声音…
Skywalker Sound…
工业光魔
Industrial Light & Magic.
卢卡斯影业的每个子公♥司♥都将为乔治的创作服务
Each subsidiary of Lucasfilm would serve George Lucas’s creative vision.
反过来 他们彻底改变了电影行业…
In turn, they revolutionized a film industry…
长♥期♥以来 为了满足这一目标备受煎熬
that had for too long been plagued by complacency.
这是个人的想法 并且成功实现了
It was an idea of one person and successfully implemented.
乔治的公♥司♥是世界上最成功的公♥司♥之一
George has one of the more successful companies in the world.
你不能仅仅通过大小来衡量…
And you can’t measure it just by size…
因为他不需要像福克斯或华纳那样的资本
because he doesn’t need the size of a Fox or a Warners…
就可以解决制♥作♥电影的所有麻烦
to accomplish the same thing he’s accomplishing in putting out his films.
作为影史上最成功的系列电影的唯一所有者…
As the sole owner of the most successful franchise in movie history…
卢卡斯获得了经济来源和创作自♥由♥
Lucas had gained the financial means and the creative freedom…
制♥作♥他想要的任何作品
to produce anything he wanted.
乔治作为电影制♥作♥人最大的优势…
George’s greatest strength as a filmmaker…
他很会讲故事
is that he’s a great storyteller.
乔治有远见
George has a vision.
历史上有很多电影人 比如卡普拉和约翰•福特…
There are filmmakers down through history, like Capra and John Ford…
他们特有的约翰•福特和弗兰克•卡普拉电影…
and they made John Ford pictures and Frank Capra pictures…
希区柯克的电影特色…
and Hitchcock made Hitchcock films…
乔治•卢卡斯的电影风格
and George Lucas makes George Lucas pictures.
乔治•卢卡斯帮助扭转了好莱坞悲观现实主义的潮流
George Lucas had helped turn the tide of Hollywood’s downbeat realism…
带来了一种科幻和惊奇的风格
and brought back a sense of fantasy and wonder.
电影又变得有趣了
Movies were fun again.
但在”帝国反击战”之后…
But in the wake of Empire…
这位电影制♥作♥人却陷入了好莱坞的政♥治♥泥潭
the filmmaker found himself unexpectedly mired in Hollywood politics.
为了保留电影开场的戏剧性场面…
To preserve the dramatic opening sequences ofhis films…
卢卡斯希望将演职表放在电影片尾
Lucas wanted the screen credits to come at the end of the movies.
这是个极不寻常的选择
It was a highly unusual choice.
在第一部”星球大战”上映时…
And for the first Star Wars…
编剧工会和导演工会是允许的
the Writers Guild and Directors Guild had allowed it.
但当卢卡斯在续集中也这么做时…
But when Lucas did the same for the sequel…
他们要求支付25万美元罚金
they fined him over a quarter of a million dollars…
甚至试图将”帝国反击战”撤出影院
and even attempted to pull Empire from theaters.
接下来 DGA 盯上了尔文•克什纳
Next, the DGA went after Irvin Kershner.
为了保护导演 卢卡斯支付了所有的罚款
To protect his director, Lucas paid all the fines to the guilds…
但这种情况让他感到沮丧和迫♥害♥
but the situation left him feeling frustrated and persecuted.
卢卡斯非常气愤 退出了导演工会
Lucas was so upset that he dropped out of the Directors Guild…
编剧工会和电影工会
the Writers Guild and the Motion Picture Association.
又一个不幸的受害者是艾伦…
Another unfortunate casualty in the wake of Empire…
卢卡斯在福克斯公♥司♥最坚实的支持者
was Alan Ladd,Jr., Lucas’s most vocal supporter at 20th Century Fox.
对这笔交易的批评让我在福克斯的任期结束了…
The criticism over the deal is what ended my tenure at Fox, really…
因为大家都非常愤怒…
’cause people were very angry and irritated…
尽管他们从中赚了数百万美元
even though they made millions of dollars off it.
我们大吵了一架 走出会议室后…
And had a big fight, stomped out of the boardroom…
我说”不干了”
and said, ”I quit.”
就这样
That was it.
福克斯公♥司♥最终为艾伦的离开付出了沉重的代价
20th Century Fox ultimately paid a heavy price for Ladd’s departure.
随着他的长♥期♥盟友离开制片厂…
With his longtime ally gone from the studio…
卢卡斯决定带着他最新的电影初稿去派拉蒙
Lucas decided to go to Paramount with his latest movie idea…
一个叫”夺宝奇兵”的动作冒险故事
an action-adventure yarn called Raiders of the Lost Ark.
乔治•卢卡斯打了一仗 而且赢了
George Lucas had fought and won the battle…
为了获得作为电影制片人的独♥立♥性
to gain his independence as a filmmaker…
但他的叛军联盟与银河帝国…
but the war between his Rebel Alliance…
之间的战争还远没有结束
and the Galactic Empire was far from over.
当他开始制♥作♥”星球大战”传奇的最后一章时…
As he began production on the final chapter ofhis Star Wars saga…
他知道粉丝和评论家的期望
he knew expectations among fans and critics…
会比以往任何时候都更严苛
would be greater than ever before.
这个项目是一场高风险的赌博
The project was a high-stakes gamble…
卢卡斯又一次自己掏腰包
with Lucas once again putting up every dollar himself.
任何关于电影的内容 甚至连最小的细节…
Nothing about the film, not even the smallest detail…
都需要有理有据
could be taken for granted.