梅莉（Melee）

南方战士

翻译：lightsaber
校对：南方战士

Melee 梅莉

Homeworld:
Tatooine
母星：
塔图因

Species:
Human
种族：
人类

Gender:
Female
性别：
女

衍生宇宙



Melee knew nothing of her origins, having been sold as property since her earliest recollections. Despite being a lowly slave girl indentured to Gardulla the Hutt on the obscure planet Tatooine, Melee secretly would dream big, imagining adventures among the stars. The harsh realities of Tatooine forced her to keep such dreams to herself, though. She adopted a tough attitude, befriending the local bully of the Mos Espa Slave Quarters, a red-headed boy named Seek. The two formed an ill-tempered pair that would tease the other children who dared to dream of a better life.
梅莉对她的出身一无所知，打记事那天起，她就如货物般被卖给他人了。梅莉是个地位低下的奴隶女孩，在黄沙漫天的的塔图因行星上为赫特人加杜拉工作，但她的心中悄悄梦想着星辰之间宏大而充满幻想的旅行。可是，塔图因的严酷现实迫使她把这个梦埋在自己心中。她采取粗暴的态度，跟莫斯埃斯帕奴隶区当地的一个痞子——一个叫西克的红发男孩——相好。他们俩成为一对暴徒，欺凌其他敢于梦想好生活的孩子。

Gardulla first kept Melee as a cleaner, but took note that her tiny hands were useful in fixing machinery. Despite her very young age, Melee became skilled in the mechanics of Podracers. Seeing them as nothing more complicated than a child's puzzle, Melee could identify most parts of Podracer engines and cockpits, including the customized ones. It was for this reason she was skeptical of Anakin Skywalker's customized racer. She didn't recognize the boy's mechanical skills.
加杜拉一开始把梅莉当清洁工使唤，但发现她的小手在修理机器方面很有用。梅莉虽然还很小，可已熟练掌握飞梭赛车的结构。梅莉觉得飞梭赛车不比小孩的谜语复杂多少，她能辨认其引擎和驾驶舱的多数部件，包括定制部件。正因为如此，她对阿纳金天行者的自制赛车不以为然。她没有认识到这个男孩的机械天赋。

Or at least, that was part of the reason. Melee's insults to Anakin were a cover for a deeply felt if inarticulate crush she had on the talented boy. On the day of the Boonta Eve Classic that featured Anakin as a competitor, Melee snuck away from Seek and into the grandstand audience to see how Anakin would perform. She was elated when he crossed the finish line in first place.
或者，至少部分因为如此。梅莉对阿纳金的羞辱，不过是掩饰她对这个才华横溢少年的深深情感。这种情感或许是种难以言传的迷恋。在阿纳金参加邦塔夜传统飞梭车赛的那天，梅莉偷偷离开了西克，走到正面看台去看阿纳金的表现如何。当他第一个飞过终点线时，她为之欢呼雀跃。

After the race, Melee went to Anakin's hovel but was disappointed to learn that a tall, mysterious outlander had left with the boy. Visions of her and Anakin together vanished, and Melee despondently returned to Seek's side. But a short time later, a spring had returned to her step as she came to realize that dreams did come true, as Anakin's miraculous victory proved. Seek's sour view was just the opposite. Since Anakin had escaped the slave's life, there was no way luck would shine on the Slave Quarters twice.
赛后梅莉去阿纳金的小屋，却失望地得知有个神秘的大个子外乡人把他带走了。她和阿纳金在一起的梦想消失了，梅莉沮丧地回到西克身边。但不久后她又开始快乐，因为她知道阿纳金奇迹般的胜利证明，梦想是会成真的。西克酸溜溜的看法恰好相反。既然阿纳金已摆脱奴隶生活，那好运没有理由降临奴隶区两次。

Melee had hoped that Anakin would return someday to free them, as he had often talked about. After the death of Gardulla the Hutt, Melee changed hands yet again, working to maintain the machinery of a merchant named Bryyn Woolery. She still lived in the Slave Quarters, and often visited Anakin's mother, Shmi, in the years that followed. The tender woman and her protocol droid taught Melee how to read and write.
梅莉希望有朝一日阿纳金能像他常说的那样回来解放他们。赫特人加杜拉死后，梅莉又一次被转手，为一个叫布里恩·伍莱里的商人维护机器。此后数年，她仍住在奴隶区，并经常探望阿纳金的妈妈施密。和蔼的施密和她的礼仪机器人教会了梅莉读书和写字。

When Woolery moved from Mos Espa to more lucrative markets in Mos Eisley, Melee lost contact with Shmi. Fortune shone on the merchant's business, and Melee was freed. She continued to work for Woolery for pay, flying deliveries to small settlements aboard her dilapidated landspeeder. Many years later, in passing, Melee would hear a name that brought her childhood hopes coming back to her. Upon a delivery to Tosche Station in Anchorhead, she heard mention of the name Luke Skywalker and inquired about it. Thinking that she had tracked down Anakin, she instead found the charred remains of a burned out moisture farm. Ignorant of offworld affairs, Melee never did discover who Luke was, or if he was in any way connected to her old friend.
当伍莱里从莫斯埃斯帕搬迁到更有利可图的莫斯艾斯利市场后，梅莉和施密失去了联系。商人的生意红火起来，于是梅莉获得了自由。她继续为伍莱里工作以获得报酬，驾驶其破旧的陆行艇为小居民区送货。许多年后，一个梅莉偶然听到的名字将重新唤起她童年的希望。在给锚头镇的托希站送货时，她听到有人提到“卢克·天行者”这个名字，于是她进一步打听情况。她觉得自己可以顺此找到阿纳金，但她只在一个被焚毁的湿气农场找到两具被烧焦的尸体。对外星事务一无所知的梅莉再也没搞清卢克是什么人，或他和自己的老朋友有什么联系。

firefan

一个与任何故事都没关系的边缘人士？
这种DB是硬扯出来的吧...

南方战士

回复 2# firefan

是的。这是DB的一个特色栏目，叫“What's the Story”，就是选取电影中一些一闪而过的元素，然后让网友自己发挥编写它们的背后故事。如果编得好，就收入DB，算官方剧情。