SIX YEARS after the twin suns(双星；两颗太阳) last set on Tatooine(①详细背景：塔图因是《星球大战》系列中一...), one of Hollywood’s most valuable movie franchises is returning to cinemas. Star Wars has not had a theatrical outing(院线上映；影院之行) since “The Rise of Skywalker”, which grossed(获得……票房总收入) $1.1bn in 2019. With the release of “The Mandalorian and Grogu” on May 22nd, Disney will discover whether the brand has survived its long absence from the big screen.(随着5月22日《曼达洛人与古古》上映，迪士尼将检验这个品牌在长期缺席大银幕后是否依然坚挺。)
在塔图因的二进制太阳最后一次落山六年后，好莱坞最具价值的电影系列之一重返影院。自2019年《天行者崛起》全球票房11亿美元以来，《星球大战》再也没有过院线电影。随着5月22日《曼达洛人与古古》上映，迪士尼将检验这个品牌在长期缺席大银幕后是否依然坚挺。
After acquiring Lucasfilm and the Star Wars brand from George Lucas for $4.1bn in 2012, Disney cranked out(大量快速生产；粗制滥造) five new movies in the five years to 2019, grossing nearly $6bn at the worldwide box office. But then it abruptly(突然地；意外地) put the cinema franchise in the deep freeze(被冷冻；暂停；搁置), like Darth Vader suspending Han Solo in carbonite(①详细背景：在《星战5：帝国反击战》中，...).
在2012年以41亿美元从乔治·卢卡斯手中收购卢卡斯影业和《星球大战》品牌后，迪士尼在截至2019年的五年内快速推出了五部新电影，全球票房近60亿美元。但随后它突然将这一电影系列冷冻起来，就像达斯·维达将汉·索罗冻结在碳素中一样。
The long pause is partly the result of creative mistakes. “The Rise of Skywalker” had a plot that both irritated purists(纯粹主义者；正统派) (the evil Emperor Palpatine(①详细背景：帕尔帕廷，原名达斯·西迪厄斯...), last seen plunging to his doom on board the Death Star in 1983, made a miraculous recovery for a final battle) and failed to tee up(为……做准备；铺垫) a sequel. Follow-ups were mooted(提出讨论；被提议), but directors and writers found Disney overprotective of its priceless(极其珍贵的；无价的) intellectual property.
长期暂停的部分原因是创作失误。《天行者崛起》的剧情既激怒了纯粹主义者（邪恶的帕尔帕廷皇帝，上次于1983年在死星上坠入深渊，竟神奇地康复进行最终决战），又未能为续集做好铺垫。后续作品曾被讨论，但导演和编剧发现迪士尼对其宝贵的知识产权过度保护。