8 Beginnings and Endings

Chapter 8 Beginnings and Endings While George was making Empire, a script was written for the movie that George and Steven Spielberg had talked about while on vacation in Hawaii: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It would star Harrison Ford. Famous for his role of Han Solo in Star Wars, Ford would play the archeologist- adventurer now called Indiana Jones. Just as Star Wars was based on the Flash Gordon serials George loved as a kid, Raiders was based on the adventure serials made at the same time. Spielberg would direct the movie, and ILM would create the special effects. As

当乔治在制作《帝国》的时候，乔治和史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格在夏威夷度假时讨论过的电影《夺宝奇兵》的剧本已经写好了。 由哈里森·福特主演。 福特因在《星球大战》中饰演汉·索罗而闻名，他将饰演考古学家兼冒险家，现在被称为印第安纳·琼斯。 就像《星球大战》是基于乔治小时候喜欢的闪电侠戈登系列一样，《夺宝奇兵》也是基于同一时期制作的冒险系列。 斯皮尔伯格将执导这部电影，工业光魔将制作特效。 作为

executive producer, George oversaw the production and was sometimes called in to solve problems. One day Spielberg showed George a model of a German airplane he needed in one scene. It had two engines on each side. "The plane is going to cost a million dollars to build," one of the other producers said. "It's too much. What can we do?"

作为执行制片人，乔治负责监督制作，有时还会被叫去解决问题。 一天，斯皮尔伯格给乔治展示了他在一个场景中需要的一架德国飞机的模型。 它的两边各有两个引擎。 “这架飞机的造价将达到100万美元，”另一位制片人说。 “太过分了。我们能做什么呢？”

George picked up the model. He broke one engine off each side. Problem solved. Raiders was another amazing hit. Everyone loved "the man in the hat": whip-cracking, wisecracking Dr. Indiana Jones. The success of Raiders gave George the freedom to start planning his creative headquarters, which he would call Skywalker Ranch. He'd bought 1,700 acres of land in Lucas Valley, California. (The valley was named for an early California settler who was no relation to George.) George spun a history for the ranch, starting with an imaginary

乔治拿起模型。 他把两边各拆了一个引擎。 问题解决了。《夺宝奇兵》是另一个惊人的成功。 每个人都喜欢“戴帽子的男人”：抽着鞭子，说着俏皮话的博士。 印第安纳琼斯。《夺宝奇兵》的成功让乔治可以自由地开始规划他的创意总部，他将其称为天行者牧场。 他在加州的卢卡斯谷买了1700英亩的土地。 （这个山谷是以一位早期加州定居者的名字命名的，他与乔治没有亲戚关系。）乔治从一个想象开始，为牧场编造了一段历史

railroad tycoon in the nineteenth century who built a Victorian-style house, then added stables and a library. He gave the story to the architects to inspire their plans for the buildings. It was a lot like the environments he imagined and built as a kid back in Modesto. IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY GEORGE'S MOVIES OFTEN CONTAIN VISUAL CLUES AND REFERENCES TO HIS OTHER MOVIES AND HIS FRIENDS. AMERICAN GRAFFITI JOHN MILNER'S CAR LICENSE PLATE READS THX 138. A MOVIE THEATER MARQUEE ADVERTISES

19世纪的铁路大亨，他建造了一座维多利亚风格的房子，然后又增加了马厩和图书馆。 他把这个故事告诉了建筑师，启发他们设计这些建筑。 这很像他小时候在莫德斯托想象和建造的环境。 乔治的电影经常包含视觉线索，并引用他的其他电影和他的朋友。 美国涂鸦者约翰·米尔纳的车牌上写着THX 138。 电影院的大帐篷做广告

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S DEMENTIA 13. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK THE REGISTRATION CODE ON JOCK LINDSEY'S AIRPLANE IS OBCPO. R2-D2 AND C-3PO APPEAR AS HIEROGLYPHS IN THE WELL OF SOULS. DURING A CLIMACTIC STANDOFF, INDY STOOD AT THE SAME SPOT IN TUNISIA WHERE R2-D2 WAS CAPTURED BY JAWAS IN STAR WARS. THE AREA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RENAMED STAR WARS CANYON. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM A NIGHTCLUB INDY VISITS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, IS CALLED CLUB OBI WAN. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE INDY AND HIS FATHER COME ACROSS A PICTURE OF THE LOST ARK OF THE COVENANT FROM RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL INDY SAYS, "I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS," JUST LIKE HAN SOLO IN STAR WARS. INSIDE THE TEMPLE OF AKATOR, C-3PO AND R2D2 CAN BE SEEN AS GOLDEN IDOL FACES. STAR WARS: EPISODE I—THE PHANTOM MENACE THREE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GALACTIC SENATE RESEMBLE STEVEN SPIELBERG'S ALIEN E.T. (IN THAT MOVIE, E.T. MEETS A CHILD DRESSED AS

弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉的痴呆症。 《夺宝奇兵》乔克·林赛飞机的注册码是obpo。 R2-d2和c-3po以象形文字的形式出现在灵魂之井中。 在一场高潮对峙中，印第站在了《星球大战》中r2-d2被爪哇人俘虏的突尼斯地点。 该地区后来被重新命名为星球大战峡谷。 印第安纳·琼斯与末日神庙印第在中国上海参观了一家名为欧比旺俱乐部的夜总会。 印第安纳琼斯和他的父亲在《夺宝奇兵》中看到了一张失落的约柜的照片。 印第说：“我对此有不好的预感”，就像《星球大战》里的汉·索罗一样。 在阿卡托神庙内，可以看到c-3po和r2d2是金色的神像面孔。 《星球大战：第一集——幽灵的威胁》银河参议院的三位代表酷似史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格的外星人e.t.。 在那部电影中，外星人遇到了一个打扮成外星人的孩子

YODA AND TRIES TO EAT A TOY BOBA FETT.) While contractors were working hard to build their ranch, Marcia had hoped to take a vacation with George and Amanda. But George had to start work on the final movie of the Star Wars trilogy, Revenge of the Jedi. Although he had hired a new director, Richard Marquand, and Lawrence Kasdan had agreed to cowrite the screenplay, George still spent almost every day on the movie set. The movie was released on May 25, 1983, exactly six years after Star Wars. After movie posters had already been printed, George decided to change the title from Revenge of the Jedi to Return of the Jedi, because the honorable Jedi Knights would never seek revenge. (The original Revenge posters are now collector's items.) Jedi was even more successful than Empire, earning over $309 million in the United States alone. The original Star Wars trilogy was not the

尤达和试图吃一个玩具芭比娃娃。)当承包商正在努力建造他们的牧场时，玛西娅希望能和乔治和阿曼达一起度假。 但乔治不得不开始拍摄《星球大战》三部曲的最后一部电影《绝地的复仇》。 虽然他聘请了新导演理查德·马昆德（Richard Marquand），劳伦斯·卡斯丹（Lawrence Kasdan）也同意共同撰写剧本，但乔治几乎每天都待在片场。 这部电影于1983年5月25日上映，正好比《星球大战》晚了六年。 在电影海报已经印好之后，乔治决定把片名从《绝地的复仇》改为《绝地归来》，因为光荣的绝地武士永远不会寻求复仇。 （最初的复仇海报现在是收藏家的物品。）《绝地武士》甚至比《帝国》更成功，仅在美国就赚了900多万美元。 最初的《星球大战》三部曲并不是