Manuelito Wheeler

And then finally, I come across another person that I know, and he oversees the fairs for the Navajo Nation.

And he's like, you know, I'm trying to look for something that's entertaining, something that would bring a lot of people together.

And I'm like, I've got a project for you.

And I explained my idea about putting Star Wars, dubbing it Navajo into over a Star Wars movie.

And he's like, yeah, that sounds pretty good.

Like, let's do it.

And I'm like, oh, I'm like trying to be cool on the inside.

He said, I need something for the 4th of July fair.

And I'm like, oh, okay, yeah, I can do it.

And so I rush over to my team, and my team was very small, you know, it was a team of about 10 people.

And I'm like, okay, we gotta do this, and we had to put together a press release, and we send it to Lucasfilm for their approval, they approve it, and then it goes out to the internet.

and then it takes off like wildfire my phone starts ringing every day you know at least every hour maybe and it's the bbc it's npr it's cnn like all of these different major media outlets they want to talk to me about how this project's getting done why it's getting done and i couldn't believe it and i'm like oh and then

I get a call from my friend who lives in Los Angeles.

And he's like, Manny, this story, Navajo Star Wars, is trending at number seven on Yahoo.

And I'm like, oh, cool.

What does that mean?

And so he's like, well, let me put it this way.

The Olympics are trending at number eight.

And I'm like, whoa.

So that's when it hit me.