The galaxy of Star Wars is expanding once again as plans take shape to translate the original 1977 Hollywood hit into Ojibway.
Lucasfilm, the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and the University of Manitoba say they’ve reached an agreement to record a dubbed Ojibway version of Star Wars: A New Hope.
The first film in George Lucas’s popular sci-fi series introduces many of the beloved characters, including Jedi knight Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca.
It’s only the second time the original Star Wars has been officially translated into an Indigenous language.
Producers say Ojibway was chosen because it is the
