[导航信标] 重返卡西克

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Kashyyyk Revisited
重返卡西克

译自官网电子报“导航信标”#116期 （2004年8月10日）
译者： DataLore

The Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk has the odd distinction of being a world established in detail by George Lucas, but that has only been explored thus far in the expanded universe. During the development of the original Star Wars, Lucas had planned a journey to the Wookiee homeworld but the evolving storyline and budget realities kept the arboreal world from appearing on the big screen.
　　伍基人的母星卡西克十分特别，乔治·卢卡斯对它作了详细的设定，但迄今为止它都只出现在“衍生宇宙”里。拍摄《星球大战》正传三部曲时，卢卡斯本来有意将伍基人的母星呈现在大银幕上，但最终因为剧本易稿和资金不足的缘故放弃了这个树栖世界。

Nonetheless, Lucas' detailed notes about Wookiee ecology and culture became the springboard for a number of authors and artists who weren't limited by fiscal restraints -- any planet can be visited in a comic book, for instance, for the same costs. The Wookiee planet of Kashyyyk appeared in the Marvel run, the Star Wars daily newspaper strips, and even on television in "The Star Wars Holiday Special."
　　但卢卡斯对伍基人生态和文化的详细设定，为不受成本限制的作者和画家们提供了模版。毕竟，漫画书里描绘任何一个星球的成本都是相同的。卡西克星球出现在Marvel星战漫画、报纸连载漫画里，甚至还于1978年成为《星球大战假日特辑》电视节目的舞台。

Finally, the Wookiee homeworld will be given the movie treatment in Episode III. "It's a tropical, but cool planet," describes Concept Design Supervisor Ryan Church. "The only real directive we got from George is that they live in giant trees."
　　《星球大战III》终于将伍基人的母星搬上了电影银幕。“这是个热带地貌，但气候凉爽的星球，”概念设计总监赖安·丘奇说，“乔治下达给我们的唯一明确指令是：伍基人生活在巨大的树木上。”

In developing the look of Kashyyyk, the Art Department first turned to the much-maligned 1978 television special to see what had come before. "We watched that on a loop about four or five times, avoided suicide, and went back to work," laughs Church. Though produced on a variety show scale, the Holiday Special's Wookiee world (then called Kazhyyyk -- pronounced, oddly, as 'Kazook') did have an establishing shot of a Wookiee domicile rendered as a painting by Ralph McQuarrie. The set built for the show -- the inside of Chewbacca's home -- was a mix of flashy sci-fi tech and carved-from-wood naturalism.
　　制作卡西克景观之前，艺术部门首先观看了那部恶评如潮的《假日特辑》电视节目，研究以前是拍成什么样的。“我们反复看了四至五遍，难受得差点想自杀，然后便开始工作。”丘奇打趣道。虽然《假日特辑》是杂耍表演形式的（该片中，星球名为Kazhyyyk，读音“卡祖克”，颇为古怪），但它的确使用了拉尔夫·麦考里的画作来拍摄伍基人住宅远景。丘巴卡家中的布景则混合了浮华的科幻技术和大自然的树木环境。

"We wanted to have a sort of high-tech Frank Lloyd Wright feel where the Wookiees incorporated the natural environments into their living conditions," says Church. "George was very specific about not wanting to see the same thing over and over again. We're visiting a lot of planets in Episode III, so when we cut to Kashyyyk really quickly, you have to know where you are."
　　“伍基人的生活空间融合入自然环境，我们想要做出一种高科技的弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特风格，”丘奇说，“乔治非常明确地表示不愿看到重复的东西。《星球大战III》中会拜访许多星球，当镜头快速切换到卡西克时，要能够使观众立即辨认出这是何地。” （译注：弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特是美国的现代建筑宗师）

The end result will be a single city on Kashyyyk that straddles several massive trees. Though other published sources have explored the thickest areas of jungle canopy, Episode III's location is on the shore of a tree-lined lagoon, offering greater visual dynamics and story potential.
　　最终的结果是跨越若干棵巨树搭建而成的一座卡西克城市。尽管其它出版物已经探索过丛林树盖最茂密之处，但《星球大战III》里的场景是沿途有树的礁湖湖岸，拥有更出色的视觉效果和故事潜力。

In Episode III, Kashyyyk will be at war, and as such, the Art Department needed to develop Wookiee instruments of warfare. "We wanted it to look distinct from what the rest of the cultures in the Star Wars universe use," says Church. "Feng Zhu did a lot of these technical illustrations, and came up with a very unique aesthetic. I wanted to come up with a type of vehicle that implied that only a Wookiee could handle it. Like they took some kind of technology that's out there, and they commandeered it and modified it for their own use."
　　在《星球大战III》中，卡西克沦为战场，因此艺术部门需要为伍基人设计战争器械。“要和星战世界中其他种族的武器截然不同，”丘奇说，“朱峰画了大量的设定图，创作出了非常独特的美学艺术。我想设计一种只有伍基人才能操控的交通工具。就好像是伍基人取用了一些已有技术，把这些战利品改造后为己所用。”

If you'd like to see a slideshow of over 40 concept art images of Episode III Kashyyyk, be sure to check out this article, available only to Hyperspace subscribers.
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