只用绳子和石头…
only using ropes and rocks…
我认为这说明了它们是一种生物
I think that said something about them as a race of creatures.
战士
Fighters coming in.
不管你有多少机器
Doesn’t matter how much machinery you had.
如果人♥民♥意志坚强…
If the will of the people is strong…
他们永远会赢
they will always win.
你失败了 陛下
You’ve failed, Your Highness.
我是绝地武士…
I am a Jedi…
就像我父亲一样
like my father before me.
开拍
And action.
随着”绝地复仇”的拍摄接近尾声…
As filming on Revenge of theJedi drew closer to completion…
情绪高涨
emotions ran high.
说再见会很困难
And saying good-bye would be diffiicult.
当我们完成第三部的时候 都有一种结束的感觉
As we were finishing the third one, we had the sense it was the end–
他们会把所有的烂摊子都收拾干净
that they were gonna tie up all the loose ends.
有一种…
There was a kind of…
“期末时清理储物柜” 人去楼空的感觉
”clearing your locker out at the end of the semester” feel to it all.
我一方面在想 “很高兴能把这一切抛在脑后”
Part of me was saying, ”I’m so glad to put this behind me. ”
另一方面是…
And the other aspect was…
“那么 卢克还可能经历哪些冒险呢?”
”Well, what about all the adventures Luke could have?”
目前…
For the moment…
乔治•卢卡斯完全专注于完成他的史诗三部曲
George Lucas was totally focused on completing his epic trilogy.
他权衡了每一个决定 包括修改”绝地归来”的名字
He weighed every decision, including a change in Jedi’s title…
就在上映前几周
just weeks before it opened.
就在电影上映之前 乔治回来说…
Just before it got to the theaters, George came back and said…
我想还是用”绝地归来”
”I wanna go back to Return of theJedi.”
这背后的逻辑是绝地武士不会复仇
The logic behind that was a Jedi does not take revenge.
“绝地归来”于1983年5月25日星期三上映…
Return of theJedi opened on Wednesday, May 25, 1983…
距离”星球大战”首映整整六年了
exactly six years from the day that Star Wars made its debut.
这部电影上映第一天就获得了620万美元的票房♥
On its first day, the film took in $6.2 million…
使其成为史上首映日票房♥最高的电影…
making it the biggest opening-day box offiice in history…
差了将近100万美元
by nearly a million dollars.
我告诉过你他们一定能办到
I told you they’d do it.
但对乔治•卢卡斯来说 完成三部曲需要牺牲
But for George Lucas, completing the trilogy involved personal sacrifice.
绝地的成功充其量也是苦乐参半
The success ofJedi would be bittersweet at best.
我面临的挑战是要牺牲一切…
The challenge is trying to do something all-consuming…
包括私人生活
with having a private life.
于是在”星战”之后 我做出了决定
I had made the decision–after Star Wars–
我要有一个独♥立♥于好莱坞
that I had certain goals in my private life.
的私人生活…
One was to be independent of Hollywood…
最终要有一个家庭
the other was ultimately to have a family.
完成了”绝地归来” 我想这就是结局
I finished Return of theJedi. I figured that was the end of it for me.
我做到了 已经完成了三部曲
I figured, ”Well, I’ve done it. I’ve finished my trilogy.
这就是我的目标 也是我下定决心要完成的
This is what I started out to do and what I was determined to get finished. ”
尽管困难重重 但冥冥之中自有安排
It was overwhelming and diffiicult, but fate has a way of stepping in.
电影”绝地归来”刚拍完 我就离婚了
I ended up getting divorced right as the film Jedi was finished…
独自抚养我的女儿
and I was left to raise my daughter.
用从”星战”电影和周边产品中获得的利润…
With the profits he made from the Star Wars movies and merchandise…
乔治•卢卡斯得以继续为他的梦想提供资金…
George Lucas was able to keep funding his dream of pushing the boundaries…
电影和音频技术
of film and audio technology.
在接下来的20年里 他继续创造令人兴奋的新发明
For the next two decades, he continued to create new and exciting innovations.
在这一过程中 他从根本上改变了电影制♥作♥
In the process, he fundamentally changed filmmaking for the better.
1984年 卢卡斯电影公♥司♥彻底改变了电影剪辑…
In 1984, Lucasfilm revolutionized motion picture editing…
使用声音录制和编辑机器…
with EditDroid and SoundDroid…
世界上第一个非线性数字编辑系统
the world’s first nonlinear digital editing systems.
首次 电影制♥作♥人可以通过触摸按钮…
For the first time, filmmakers could instantly access…
直接访问任何帧或音频轨道
any frame or audio track at the touch of a button.
1985年 卢卡斯影业的电脑动画部发明了…
In 1985, Lucasfilm’s computer division invented the Pixar computer…
皮克斯电脑 可以制♥作♥一种…
helping generate a new form of animation…
以三维现实主义为特征的新形式动画
characterized by three-dimensional realism.
该部门后来被出♥售♥ 成为皮克斯动画工作室
The division was later sold and became Pixar Animation Studios…
“玩具总动员”等经典作品的创作者
the creator of such instant classics as Toy Story.
卢卡斯自己带来的技术突破…
The digital breakthroughs that Lucas himselfhad ushered in…
最终把他带回到”星球大战”
would eventually lead him back, full-circle, to Star Wars.
1993年 在工业光魔帮斯皮尔伯格的…
In 1993, after helping create ILM’s groundbreaking effects…
“侏罗纪公园”做出开创性效果后…
in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park…
卢卡斯的数字技术…
Lucas concluded that digital technology…
终于得以完善他最初的设想
had finally caught up to his original vision.
1997年 他最终优化”星战”银河传奇…
In 1997, he would revisit and perfect his galactic saga at last…
“星球大战三部曲 特别版”
with the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition.
整整一代人…
For an entire generation…
那时人们只能通过荧幕来体验
people have experienced Star Wars the only way it’s been possible–
“星球大战”
on the TVscreen.
但如果就此止步 说明你还没有看完
But if you’ve only seen it this way, you haven’t seen it at all.
那些我当时无法完成的事情…
Things I couldn’t afford to do at the time…
或者不得不放弃 因为没有时间 金钱或权力去做
or had to give up on because I didn’t have the time, money or power to do it.
我希望能够以最初的设想去完成作品
I was able to complete the films the way I originally intended them to be…
让它变成我想要的样子
and have it be pretty much the way I want them to be.
1999年 在初映22年后…
In 1999, 22 years after the original premiere…
卢卡斯推出”星战”前传第一集 幽灵的威胁
Lucas introduced Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
这部电影标志着新一代电影三部曲的开始
The film marked the beginning of another trilogy for a new generation.
也让卢卡斯得以继续使用数字电影技术
It also allowed Lucas to continue his pioneering use of digital technology.
出于对”星战”的热爱 我爱”星战”
I’m finishing this for the love of Star Wars. I like Star Wars.
我想看到整个系列的完成
I want to see the whole thing finished.
三十多年来…
For more than three decades…
乔治•卢卡斯对”星战”传奇的热情和奉献精神…
George Lucas’s passion and dedication to the Star Wars saga…
带来了它应得的回报
has brought its share of rewards.
但就像原力本身一样 成功也有它的阴暗面
But like the Force itself, success also has its dark side.
我试着保持独♥立♥ 这样我就可以拍我想拍的电影
I was trying to stay independent so I could make the movies I wanted to make.
与此同时 我在与公♥司♥制度作斗争…
At the same time, I was fighting the corporate system…
我不喜欢
which I didn’t like.
我讨厌资本公♥司♥接管电影
I’m not happy that corporations have taken over the film industry.
但现在我发现自己就是
But now I find myself being the head of a corporation.
所以讽刺的是 我变成了曾经自己讨厌的人…
So there’s a certain irony there that I’ve become the very thing…
我一直想避免的…
that I was trying to avoid…
这也是”星球大战”的主题
which is basically what part of Star Wars is about.
循环完成
The circle is now complete.
我离开你时是学生
When I left you, I was but the learner.
如今我是大♥师♥了
Now I am the master.
那是达斯•维达
That is Darth Vader.
从守护光明原力变成了对立面
He becomes the very thing that he’s trying to protect himself against.
但与此同时 我很高兴电影人物的走向…
But, at the same time, I feel good that I’m able to make my movies…
不再受制于制片厂
the way I want them to be.
乔治•卢卡斯坚持自己的观点
While George Lucas has remained true to his own vision…
得到的回报是世界各地观众的赞同
it’s been audiences everywhere who’ve reaped the rewards…
自从1977年5月以来…
ever since May, 1977…
当观众们第一次看到那个遥远的星系时
when moviegoers first caught sight of that galaxy far, far away.
乔治处理的主题是如此强烈 如此原始
The themes that George is dealing with are so strong, so primordial.
孩子和父母之间的冲突
The conflicts between children and their parents.
卢克•天行者就是成长中的乔治…
Luke Skywalker was George growing up…
乔治面临着困境和需要证明自我
George facing a conflict and the need to prove himself.
你学到了不少啊 年轻人
You have learned much, young one.
而他出色的完成了
And he did, powerfully.
我让你吃惊的地方还多着呢
You’ll find I’m full of surprises.
乔治能够把好人 坏人和神话融合起来…
George was able to put the good guys and the bad guys and the mythology…
不知不觉的打动了我们
in a package that somehow touched us.
我想如果你知道怎么实现 那肯定会去做
I don’t know how. I guess if you know how, everybody’d be doing it.
做到 或者做不到
Do, or do not.
没有试的余地
There is no try.
我很高兴成为这个传奇的一部分 作为一个旁观者
I am so pleased to be a part of that whole legend, even as an observer.
我只是个旁观者
And I am just an observer.
最令人印象深刻的
Most impressive.
是他创造了世上家喻户晓的人物
He’s created people that everyone in the world knows.
一个能让人记忆犹新的人物…
Any author that could create such memorable characters…
编剧一定是个非常幸福的人
would be a very happy person indeed.
笑什么笑 你这个混球
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
他真正建立了独♥立♥电影市场
He really established the independent film market.
他的电影一改史诗作品题材
His films changed epic productions.
他改变科幻题材现状 他创造了今天的好莱坞
He changed storytelling. He created what Hollywood is today.
我有阵子没和外界联♥系♥了 怎么每个人都幻想自己变成大人物了
I’m out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur.