【自译】星战小说《达斯·普雷格斯》 序(6)

在确信黑暗面的意志已经完成后，他回到套房的窗边。
Two beings in a galaxy of countless trillions, but what had transpired in the suite would affect the lives of all of them. Already the galaxy had been shaped by the birth of one, and henceforth would be reshaped by the death of the other. But had the change been felt and recognized elsewhere? Were his sworn enemies aware that the Force had shifted irrevocably? Would it be enough to rouse them from self-righteousness? He hoped not. For now the work of vengeance could begin in earnest.
他们不过是银河系中数不尽的亿兆生灵中两个微不足道的存在，但在这间套房中发生的一切将会影响所有的生灵。银河系早已改变——因他二人之一的诞生，在这之后，它将会被重塑——因他二人另一的死亡。但在其他地方，这种变化是否已被感知并被认识到？他的死敌是否已经意识到原力已不可反转地转移了？这会将他们从自以为是中唤醒吗？但愿没有。现在，复仇的工作可以提上日程了。
His eyes sought and found an ascending constellation of stars, one of power and consequence new to the sky, though soon to be overwhelmed by dawn's first light. Low in the sky over the flatlands, visible only to those who knew where and how to look, it ushered in a bold future. To some the stars and planets might seem to be moving as ever, destined to align in configurations calculated long before their fiery births. But in fact the heavens had been perturbed, tugged by dark matter into novel alignments. In his mouth, Sidious tasted the tang of blood; in his chest, he felt the monster rising, emerging from shadowy depths and contorting his aspect into something fearsome just short of revealing itself to the world.