4. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

　　4、 《帝国反击战》(1980)

　　1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back” is widely regarded as the best film in the entire “Star Wars” saga.This dark, mature film had the thankless task of bridging the gap between the culturalphenomenon that was the 1977 original and the two-hour toy commercial that was “Return of theJedi,” and it did its job magnificently.

　　在整个星战系列中，1980年的《帝国反击战》被普遍视为最佳之作。这部黑暗而成熟的大片肩负着一个吃力不讨好的使命，那就是在1977年风靡一时的原作和后来两小时的商业片《绝地归来》之间架设一道沟通的桥梁。不过它非常出色地完成了这一使命。

　　It also contained the four most famous words in science fiction history — “I am your father.”Indeed, when Darth Vader uttered this phrase to Luke Skywalker, there were probably people inthe theater who would have been happy to remain seated for the next three years and wait to seehow it all turned out. It all added up to a box-office take of $290 million, or $823 million today.

　　这部片子里也有科幻小说史上最有名的一句话——“我是你父亲”。实际上，当黑武士对天行者卢克说出这句话时，影院里可能有人很想在椅子上再坐三年，等着看剧情怎么转折。该片总票房高达2.9亿美元，相当于今天的8.23亿美元。