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What if we actually explore the argument that plenty of Star Wars fans have made over the years that the Empire might have had some redeeming qualities? Perhaps they were even closer to being the real good guys. After all, the Empire is supposed to be a brutal dictatorship that murders billions of innocent people just so it can stamp out some dissidents who donвЂ™t enjoyed being ruled by a Sith autocrat.Д«ut, let us entertain the dense over-analysis of Star Wars as a franchise for a moment. In other words the Rebellion is definitely the good guys and the Empire is definitely the bad guys. The original Star Wars Trilogy is on the level of modern legend in its thematic and narrative broad-strokes. The problem is, it wasnвЂ™t really designed to support this, at least at first. Its success and engagement with fans has spawned hundreds of additional stories and thousands of pages worth of lore that fans pride themselves on keeping internally consistent. вЂњThe other feeling is I wish that those who have gone would be here to see this.As one of the biggest sci-fi franchises ever, Star Wars has been subjected to a lot of nerdy, obsessive deconstructions. вЂњI canвЂ™t wait for my uncle to see this, for my dad to see this,вЂќ Wheeler said. The Navajo Nation Museum teamed up with the New York-based Kino Lorber film distribution company and the Indigenous-owned Native Stars Studios in Gallup, New Mexico, for the film. It was supposed to be released last year, but it was delayed because of the coronavirus. But at the same time, I think movies like this inspire them to learn, even if itвЂ™s just a little word here and there.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s sad to say but some of it weвЂ™re losing to the younger generation. вЂњPeople feel a little more pride in knowing that weвЂ™ve come a long way with our language,вЂќ said Jumbo, 47. Jumbo speaks, writes and reads Navajo, a result of growing up in a home where that was the only option. Jumbo said he nailed the over-the-top super villainous laugh that is characteristic of spaghetti Westerns. The character calls the shots, terrorizes the town and believes heвЂ™s untouchable. Army and lives in Many Farms, also voices Ramon in the Western film. Elbert Jumbo voiced Bruce the shark and another fish in the Navajo version of вЂњFinding Nemo,вЂќ released in 2016. вЂњA Fistful of DollarsвЂќ is the third major film dubbed in Navajo, an effort financed by the tribe to preserve the language. вЂњIt really gives me hope that these filmmakers are using that as a tool for language revitalization.вЂќ вЂњWe have films from all gamuts, from all places,вЂќ she said. Indigenous people increasingly are producing and directing their own stories, she said, including some entirely in Indigenous languages.

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The cartoon series вЂњThe Berenstain BearsвЂќ was translated into the Dakota and Lakota languages.ДЄt least 20 Indigenous languages are spoken in films that are being showcased by the National Museum of the American Indian in November during Native American Heritage Month, program manager Cindy Benitez said Thursday. Other popular films dubbed in Indigenous languages include вЂњBambiвЂќ in Arapaho, вЂњFrozen 2вЂќ in SГЎmi, and вЂњMoanaвЂќ in Maori.

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It will be screened for free later this month at other places on or near the Navajo Nation, which extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Limited seats are available to members of the public who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and consent to a rapid test on site.

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16 at the movie theater in Window Rock, Arizona - the first showing since the venue shut down in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. вЂњThat just eliminated that aspect for me.вЂќДЄ premiere for the crew and all-Navajo cast of voice actors is scheduled Nov. вЂњUsually in Westerns, there are inaccurate if not offensive depictions of Native people, so this one had no Natives, period,вЂќ Wheeler said. That appealed to Wheeler, the director of the Navajo Nation Museum.

Unlike many other Westerns produced in the U.S., it has no Native Americans in it. The 1964 flick is the first in a trilogy of spaghetti Westerns produced and directed by Italians. The result? вЂњBГ©eso Dah YinГЕ‚jaaвЂ™вЂќ or вЂњA Fistful of Dollars,вЂќ an iconic Western starring Clint Eastwood who plays a stranger - known as вЂњThe Man With No NameвЂќ - entering a Mexican village among a power struggle between families. Whatever the reason, Navajo elders have been asking Wheeler to dub a Western in the Navajo language ever since вЂњStar Wars IV: A New HopeвЂќ was translated into Navajo and released in 2013.

Or, like his father, they told stories of gathering around a television growing up to watch gunslingers in a battle against good and evil on familiar-looking landscapes. It could be that many of them were treated to the films in boarding schools off the reservation decades ago. (AP) - Manuelito Wheeler isnвЂ™t sure exactly why Navajo elders admire Western films.

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