Name of New Star Wars Movie Announced

胡杨

There is good news for fans of the Star Wars movies. There will be another episode1. It will be the ninth film to be made. The name of the new Star Wars movie was announced in Chicago. It is called The Rise of Skywalker. There is a two-minute trailer2 of the movie for people to watch. The trailer is now on YouTube. It gives people a taste of what the new movie will be like. The trailer was first posted on Twitter， with the words “Every generation has a legend”. The new film will have an all-star cast. Actor Mark Hamill will play Luke Skywalker， and the late Carrie Fisher will play Princess Leia. Fisher died in 2016， but the filmmakers were able to use previously3 unseen footage4 from the movie The Force Awakens.

《星球大战》系列的新电影将要开拍，对于《星球大战》的影迷来说，这是个好消息。这将是《星球大战》第九部。这部新的《星球大战》电影的名字是在芝加哥宣布的。它被称为《星球大战9：天行者崛起》。这部电影有两分钟的预告片供人们观看，现在已经在YouTube上发布了。它让人们对这部新电影有了初步的了解。该预告片首次发布在推特上，并配上了 “每一代人都有自己的传奇”这样的文字。这部新电影将是全明星阵容，演员马克·哈米尔将饰演卢克·天行者，已故的凯丽·费雪将饰演莱娅公主。费雪于2016年去世，但制片人可以使用电影《原力觉醒》以前未公开的片段。

The Star Wars movies are among the most successful films ever made. The first one was released in 1977 and was made by the film-maker George Lucas. Over forty years later， they are still hugely popular. Lucas company “Lucasfilm” made the first six movies. Disney bought the company in 2012 for just over $4 billion. In 2018， the total value of the Star Wars movie franchise5 was estimated to be around $65 billion. Film critic Roger Ebert said the first Star Wars movie changed Hollywood and influenced how movies were made for decades after. The original Star Wars movie began a new generation6 of films that used a lot of special effects and high-energy action scenes.

《星球大战》系列电影是有史以来最成功的电影之一。第一部电影于1977年上映，由电影制作人乔治·卢卡斯制作。四十多年后，它们仍然非常受欢迎。卢卡斯的“卢卡斯电影公司”制作了前六部电影。2012年，迪士尼以略高于40亿美元的价格收购了这家公司。2018年，《星球大战》系列电影的总价值估计约为650亿美元。影评人罗杰·艾伯特说，第一部《星球大战》电影改变了好莱坞，并影响了之后几十年电影制作的方式。第一部《星球大战》开创了新一代的电影，使用大量的特效和高能动作场景。

Notes

1. episode [      ] n. （電视连续剧或无线电广播剧的）一集

2. trailer [      ] n. （电影或电视节目的）预告片

3. previously [      ] adv. 先前

4. footage [      ] n. （影片中的）连续镜头，片段

5. franchise [      ] n. 特别经营权，特许（movie franchise： 电影系列）

6. generation [      ] n. 一代;产生;一代人