The Globe and Mail: The new hope for Star Wars? An Ojibwe family in Winnipeg

As with the Skywalkers, the clan at the centre of the Star Wars movies, the production of an Ojibway-language dub of the film is a family story.

Pat Ningewance Nadeau was the lead translator of Star Wars: A New Hope (Anangong Miigaading), set to premiere Aug. 8, a partnership between Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, the University of Manitoba, Disney/Lucasfilm, and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Nadeau’s son Maeengan Linklater was the project lead. And the role of Luke Skywalker is played by Linklater’s son Aandeg Jedi (AJ) Muldrew.

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