The death star was nearly 100 miles from side to side and could attract people’s attention by blowing up their planets. The new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded in Los Angeles by George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones”, is more modest in size and uses gentler methods to woo(争取，博取（支持）) eyeballs. Still, at 300,000 square feet (28,000 square metres) and with a reported price tag(价格标签；造价) of $1bn, it is one of the most conspicuous(显眼的，引人注目的) and intriguing(引人入胜的，令人好奇的) museums to launch this decade anywhere in the galaxy. But will Mr Lucas’s blockbuster project, which opened on September 22nd, be remembered as an inspired creative endeavour or an expensive and flawed edifice complex?(但卢卡斯这部于9月22日开馆的“大片”级项目，究竟会被铭记为一次充满灵感的创意壮举，还是一座昂贵而有缺陷的“建筑情结”纪念碑？)
死星直径将近100英里，靠炸毁行星来吸引人们的注意。乔治·卢卡斯——这位《星球大战》和《夺宝奇兵》的缔造者——在洛杉矶创办的叙事艺术博物馆，规模要小得多，吸引眼球的手段也温和得多。尽管如此，它占地30万平方英尺（2.8万平方米），据称耗资10亿美元，是这十年间全银河系最引人注目、最令人好奇的新建博物馆之一。然而，卢卡斯这部于9月22日开馆的“大片”级项目，究竟会被铭记为一次充满灵感的创意壮举，还是一座昂贵而有缺陷的“建筑情结”纪念碑？
It is an unusual institution(机构；制度). Outside, the museum resemble(像，与……相似)s a white spaceship destined(注定要去的； destined for 开往) for another solar system. Inside, it looks like a prop-heavy Hollywood set designed to look like a museum.(从里面看，它又像一处道具堆砌的好莱坞片场，被刻意布置成博物馆的样子。)
这是一座不同寻常的机构。从外面看，博物馆像一艘飞往另一个太阳系的白色飞船。从里面看，它又像一处道具堆砌的好莱坞片场，被刻意布置成博物馆的样子。
There are screens displaying digital copies of masterpieces held elsewhere, from Trajan’s column(罗马图拉真柱，古代叙事艺术典范) to Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel(西斯廷教堂，米开朗基罗壁画所在地) and works from the Louvre. There are two plush(豪华的，舒适的) cinemas where visitors can watch documentaries and older films, including some of Mr Lucas’s work. There is a “portal”—otherwise known as a lobby—with no right angles and futuristic glass lifts that shoot you up to the galleries.(还有一个“传送门”——其实就是门厅——里面没有直角，未来感十足的玻璃电梯载着你直冲展厅。)
馆内有大屏幕展示别处珍藏的名作数字复制品，从图拉真柱到米开朗基罗在西斯廷教堂的壁画，再到卢浮宫的藏品，不一而足。还有两家豪华影院，访客可以观看纪录片和老电影，包括卢卡斯本人的一些作品。还有一个“传送门”——其实就是门厅——里面没有直角，未来感十足的玻璃电梯载着你直冲展厅。
