Navajo Star Wars! Have a Happy Star Wars Day, and May the Fourth Be With You

ICTMN Staff

5/4/15

Today is Star Wars Day—May the Fourth Be With You, in case you haven't heard. It marks the two-year anniversary of the casting call for Navajo Star Wars.

Of all the stories we've run about Navajo language and entertainment, the saga of Navajo Star Wars might have evoked the most excitement and enthusiasm from our readers—whether they were Dine' or not. Auditions took place on the weekend of May 4, 2013, and the film premiered two months later, at the Navajo Nation Fair, which takes place annually around the 4th of July.

Here's a video story we did that covered the premiere; keep scrolling down the page for some images from the Navajo Star Wars phenomenon. And make a mental note: Next up is Navajo Finding Nemo.