After the first "Star Wars" movie was released1 in 1977, George Lucas gathered a group of computer artists and let them spare no expense2 in creating a system that would include software capable of rendering3 images in three dimensions.

   The computer team created "EditDroid," the first digital-editing system. It allowed movies to be transferred to computer disks, so editors won't have to fiddle with cumbersome film reels.

Lucas sold many of his technologies for cheap — technologies that would later appear in home stereos, cell phones, medical imaging devices and virtually every Hollywood studio, employing thousands of people.

喬治盧卡斯於一九七七年第一部「星際大戰」電影上映之後，延攬一群電腦藝術家，讓他們不計成本創作一套系統，包括能呈現三度空間（3D）影像的軟體。

電腦組創作了第一套數位剪輯系統"EditDroid"，使電影可以轉存到電腦磁片，讓剪輯師不必耗在笨重的膠捲上。

盧卡斯便宜出讓的許多科技成果，後來都出現在家庭劇院、手機、醫學影像設備，以及幾乎所有好萊塢片廠，造就數千人就業。

 【Vocabulary   單字精解】

1.releas     v. 發行；發表

2.expense      n. 開支；經費

3.rendering     〕n. 表現； 描寫；演出