Captain Eo came about because the Disney Studios wanted me to come up with a new ride for the parks. They said they didn't care what I did, as long as it was something creative. I had this big meeting with them, and during the course of the afternoon I told them that Walt Disney was a hero of mine and that I was very interested in Disney's history and philosophy. I wanted to do something with that Mr. Disney himself would have approved. I had read a number of books about Walt Disney and his creative empire, and it was very important to me to do things as he would have.
因为迪斯尼电影制片厂希望我能为公园增添一些新的活力，所以《EO船长》就由此诞生了。迪斯尼的人说他们并不在乎我做些什么，但一定是要创新的。我和他们开了一个很长的会，我在整个下午的时间中告诉他们，沃尔特·迪斯尼是我崇拜的英雄，我对他的历史和他的人生观都很有兴趣，我所要做的必须是迪斯尼先生本人会赞同的。我读过许多关于他和他的“王国”的书，对我来说，做他可能会去做的事是很有意义的，很重要的。
In the end, they asked me to do a movie and I agreed. I told them I would like to work with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It turned out Steven was busy, so George brought Francis Ford Coppola and that was the Captain Eo team.
最后，他们让我拍一部电影，我就同意了。我说我希望乔治·卢卡斯和史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格能和我一起工作，结果史蒂文因为忙不能来，乔治把弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉带来了，这就组成了《EO船长》的一班人马。
I flew up to San Francisco a couple of times to visit George at his place, Skywalker Ranch, and gradually we came up with a scenario for a short film that would incorporate every recent advance in 3-D technology. Caption Eo would look and feel like the audience was in a spaceship, along for the ride.
我乘飞机去旧金山乔治的家“天行者”农场访问了几次，渐渐的我们写出了一个剧本，它将会运用上最先进的立体摄影技术，观众看《EO船长》时会感到他们也一同坐在宇宙飞船里在太空遨游。
Captain Eo is about transformation and the way music can help to change the world. George came up with the name Captain Eo. (Eo is Greek for "dawn.") The story is about a young guy who goes on a mission to this miserable planet run by an evil queen. He is entrusted with the responsibility of bringing the inhabitants light and beauty. It's a great celebration of good over evil.
《EO船长》讲的是音乐的力量如何改变了世界，是乔治想出“EO船长”这个名字的。故事讲的是一个年轻人身负重任，到了一个被妖魔皇后控制的星球上，他的任务是要除去妖魔，给人们带来光明和幸福，最后的结局是善战胜了恶。
Working on Captain Eo reinforced all the positive feelings I've had about working in film and made me realize more than ever that movies are where my future path probably lies. I love the movies and have since I was real little. For two hours you can be transported to another place. Films can take you anywhere. That's what I like. I can sit down and say, "Okay, nothing else exists right now. Take me to a place that's wonderful and make me forget about my pressures and my worries and day-to-day schedule."
拍摄《EO船长》加深了我对电影原有的肯定的想法，使我比以前更加意识到，也许将来我就会走上这条路了。我从小时候起就特别喜爱电影，整整两个小时，你可以完全到了另外一个地方，电影可以使你忘却一切，这就是为什么我喜欢电影。我可以坐下来，说：“好吧，现在什么都不存在了，把我带到一个美妙的境界去，忘掉我的压力，忘掉我的烦恼，忘掉一成不变的日程安排吧。”
