Yet he remains best known for the Empire Strikes Back, considered by many to be the best film in the Star Wars series.

然而他最著名的作品莫过于《帝国反击战》，许多人都认为这部电影是《星球大战》系列最卖座的一部。

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It all started back in 1997 when he gave the three original films - Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) - a bit of a makeover.

BBC: Why Star Wars should be left to the fans

This week, the release of Revenge of the Sith completes a six-movie, 15 hour sequence in which the trilogy of films released in the last six years (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and now Revenge of the Sith) form a prequel to the original Star Wars films released between 1977 and 83, numbered parts IV-VI (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi).

BBC: Mark Lawson