Since I was recently speaking about cinematic joy, this is a story that absolutely gives The Force “the feels.”
There’s a brand new language dub of the original Star Wars in the Ojibwe language. The group can be found across the northern United States and Canada, so, when digging for more news, I found many a local report, as they appear to have sought speakers from all over to bring this latest version of the venerable space opera to life.
You can listen to a great NPR piece about it, and also see this brief CBC piece below:
No idea when it will be available streaming, so in the meantime, you’ll need to replay one part of the video above to figure out how to say “May the Force be with you!” in Ojibwe. Because if one is a fan of the magical space wizards, that’s what you do.