We're all just gonna ignore the fact that two ravens flew by while he was recording? TWO of them!? Now this could just be a coincidence, or maybe someone is keeping an eye (just the one) on our beloved doctor...
It's the fake scholarship that I loved most about it, y'know. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. Footnotes citing an imagined scholarly discourse make me happy. I know that when I met you and I mentioned it, you blushed right up, but I wanted to just say there are many angles from which it's valuable and people can enjoy it, and mine is that fake scholarship.
One can hear you are a little bit embarrassed by the whole thing, but as and Icelander and someone who has read quite a lot of the source material you are referring to. I feel that despite it's silly nature the Tattúínárdǿla saga is a good testimony to your knowledge of the old sagas and your kraft as a scholar on the subject.
A lot of people are really embarrassed that they write fanfic. It's okay! People wouldn't want to listen if we didn't like it. You're a cool guy, Dr. Crawford. Cooler than me at least
I don't know why you're ashamed of this, it's impressive! It's not like you were completely obsessed with Star Wars when you wrote it, you just took something that was/is culturally relevant and combined it with your special interest. That's cool as hell, IMO.
A few years ago when I was in highchool I took a film and culture class. The point of it was to show what humans value and believe, how that has changed-and hasn't- with time, and how this can be seen through popular stories throughout history. We read several creation myths, even more apocalypse myths-Ragnorok included, Shakespearean plays, the Illiad, Dante's Inferno, ect. Basically anything that an argument could be made that it showed and/or influenced the belief of a time and place. We also watched old western movies, episodes of iconic 90s TV, and, of course, every Star Wars movie out at the time. The point I'm trying and taking far too long to make is that while Dr. Crawford's parody might hold little weight in Old Norse communities, I think it is a positively fascinating view into ancient values and how modern values both reflect and change them through a view of a modern blockbuster funneled through the perspective of old myth.
You may be embarrassed by it but that blog played a pretty large part in my infatuation and study of Old Norse. Made the language feel more alive and fun. Plus it led me to your stuff now too. Thanks for all you do!
You're still hot! (and intelligent, and have a PhD and know Old Norse, and live in a beautiful place and.. oh yeah, still cute😘). Nice truck btw. Look forward to many more of your videos. This one was awesome and unexpected. Nice to expand and reveal. 👍
If i were in a class learning old Norse from you and you had me translate this back into English, I'd be super stoked. I think you've created a magnificent teaching tool and just haven't utilized it yet.
I remember seeing it years ago and really enjoying reading it. I think one of the best purposes of it is to show people the STYLE of Norse sagas, by showing them something they are already familiar with being rewritten in that style. I don't think you need to feel bad or embarrassed. You done good.
Thank you for sharing. Your public academic face obscures your creative and humorous side, revealed through this fun and funny work, and it’s delightful. What a fun way to learn Old Norse, reading parallel text! And plenty of women appreciate all these facets. Makes for a multilayered life. Methinks you are modest. You will be a fine partner for someone just as unique and interesting;). Cheers.
I read that parody scholarly paper long before I knew who you were. Now I'm a big fan of your videos on Old Norse and related topics, and I urge you: own it! It's not a thing to be ashamed of, it's a wickedly funny send-up. Mind you I say this as someone who has read a lot of saga literature and some of the scholarship on it, so I can say confidently that the more one knows about the field the funnier your spoof gets.
Right?? I actually showed videos of him speaking Old Norse to one of my female friends and watched her eyes light up .... Is the polite way to put that. 😉
Cowboy... PhD in Old Norse... Star Wars fan and parody author? Doc Crawford... you sit in the intersection of one helluva (Hel-uva?) Venn Diagram! XD Which is to say, based on the little I know of you through your TH-cam channel, any of the ladies would be lucky to have you :) And you really oughtn't feel so embarrassed by it. Embrace every facet of your inner nerd proudly :)
Writing that thing required knowledge, talent and determination. You may think all those qualities were wasted on your Star Wars saga, but I disagree. I've read part of it and think it's very amusing, and besides - there's nothing wrong with levity. Investing time to make a great parody is not a waste, and if you *enjoyed* writing the saga then the time invested in it can't be a waste whatever anyone thinks of the final product.
For such a handsome and intelligent young man to complain he has no luck with the ladies as a sad thing. It's nice to you enjoying your life in the beauty of Colorado.
I'm going to have to look this one up. I like parodies which are supposedly serious. "The Ascent of Rumdoodle" is great (but is now probably taken far too seriously). My other favourite parody is Georges Perec's "Experimental Demonstration of the tomatotopic organization in the soprano" in which he details experiments testing the "yelling reaction" provoked in sopranos by pelting them with rotten tomatoes.
Awesome talk Dr. Crawford. It's true, Star Wars has became part of an "acquis communautaire" for all the Western world. Like a modern way to match and filter several central themes (cultural as well as moral and sometimes socio-political) that are historically common to the Euro-Atlantic quadrant. Thanks a lot for sharing with us a little bit of Colorado, I really appreciated your luminous sunset and can't wait to see more of its beauty.
That brought me such (much needed) levity when I was diving into textual tradition and reception that I rather hope you leave it up indefinitely. While you may not love it, it's made the world a brighter, place.
Thanks for sharing. Parody is said to be a form of flattery. That you are not proud of the product just shows how much hind sight is 20-20. It also shows how serious you are about your trade of using old the norse language as a living medium of expression. I will eventually get around to reading it. As you can see, I am more of a Star Trek fan. Peace, Long Life, and Health to all.
thank you for sharing - really enjoyed it - sounds like quite a work of love, & though you might not feel proud about it - I think you should be. as a woman it certainly impresses me - honestly surprised at your 'lack of success' - speaks more to lack of females who value and appreciate such an intelligent, honest, modest (and attractive) man
The last bit - the sunset - it looks just like a Bob Ross painting. I have to admire your commitment to the joke. That's really impressive. (Star Wars isn't my favorite geeky thing, but I can still appreciate the work and thought that goes into a project like that.)
[looks] 36,000+ words is almost a novel! And I see a few lines where I like your version better. "These aren't the thralls you're looking for," ROFL. The side-by-side translation is really neat. Consider how much fun this would be as a teaching tool... I can't resist trying to match it up and work out the words and grammar, and here I don't know a word of Old Norse. Isn't that the soul of teaching -- to make learning irresistible?
Yeah, I'm thinkin' it wouldn't take long to acquire some reading proficiency that way. Too bad it's not perfectly sync'd by chapter or better yet paragraph, but even so, by the time a person gets to where it's seriously out of sync, they should be more or less reading on their own.
I read it a while ago, the last time it came up. It was fun, and I enjoyed trying to read it out to friends to see if they could figure out what it was. I prefer your actual translations though.
Thank you for these personal, laid back chats, I really enjoy them. I accept your self-deprecating and raise you with a compliment: It would be a useful tool as a student to learn Old Norse with this parody as a companion. It would help the student filter out the clutter around the layered meanings, symbols and kennings in the sagas and concentrate on the grammar. Incidentally I can imagine the Star Wars saga would be helpful in allowing students a mutually shared ethos by which they could create their own kennings as an exercise in their own compositions.
Oh you made that?! Omg I loved this thing way back in the day. It's silly but it brought some joy to my life at the time so I thank you for that even if it's just some throwaway thing. You know what they say one man's trash is another man's treasure
Huh. I always figured that Viking Star Wars was an extended joke on the fact that John Williams allegedly drew some inspiration from Wagner for the music in Star Wars.
Trying to get the structure of a saga probably helped understand that structure better. Having spent a long time studying the mythic journey there are certainly commonalities thru them. Thank you for these
I remember writing a serialised star wars parody for my student newspaper around the time that star wars first came out. It was of it's time parodying the student celebs of the day, it was a small University where I guess everybody knew everybody so I sent up some of my fellow students rotten.
Not sure how you were misled into thinking this isn't cool as hell! Definitely a feather in your cap as far as I'm concerned, and I'm a lady. So, the culture you've been exposed to doesn't appreciate a thing, but that doesn't mean the world is devoid of others who would share in its coolness with you. "Star Wars horsesh*t," my butt. ;) (This is really for anyone reading. Enjoy your passions, people!)
When talking about the homages to old sagas, Germanic stories, and Irish, I was like, 'Yay! I recognized where a lot of those came from!' (And I was pleasantly surprised to see Irish mythology getting worked in too). Anyway, I am reading the Saga of the Tatooine River Valley currently (not because of this video, because of a different one), and I enjoy it.
Where in the name of God do birds find sustenance in that snowy wasteland punctuated by the occasional cow ? No bugs,no meltweather for carrion,there cannot be many people willing to feed the buggers,with the cold they need extra food to stay warm,even with feathers. So how do they survive ? Just a sudden thought based on his interest in seeing the ravens. No battlefield corpses on his family's ranch (I hope). Where is the food ?
I have to admit I read it long ago and discovered your channel about 2 years ago and didn't put your face with that story until one of your more recent videos. I'd forgotten about the story completely until you mentioned it. Small world.
Brilliant. I keep thinking someone ought to do a pastiche of the British soap, Emmerdale, called Emrdølas saga. Also, views of Pike's peak from the porch? That's pretty darn nice.
I don't know. I think you're onto something here, and it's not shoddy, nor is it 'stealing.' This is just how art has always worked. Next time you care about it, I'd change over any directly, blatantly star-warrish names to more deeply embedded puns, translations, etymologies, and substitutions (whatever suits the law); rewrite/rework the whole plot enough that you can claim it's yours (cuz it is) and, most vitally, make the case that this is a contemporary fusion of older Germanic traditions and nothing to do with paltry Lucas. I'm not even a fan of the latter, but I think your work in this case is stupendous.
No need to be embarrassed for showing how passionate you are for anything! It is good to exercise your Old Norse manuscript and language skills in more creative ways than just reading or copying existing texts. I'd argue that this sort of thing is very important actually, as it gets you to really think about every aspect of the language, technical and poetic, and sharpens your skills for further challenges. Also, it's just fun (mostly...).
"Color me curios,' said the stranger as he accessed the marvelous interwebs, and by the blessings of aesir found the script. After reading the equivalent of two scrolls, he praise the work. "This does verily be better than the work produced by Georg Lucs.."
Back when I was in college, and there was only ONE Star Wars movie, I wrote a parody called “The Star Wars of Penzance:” thirteen pages, most of it in verse, illustrated by the librettist, and entirely singable. Zap, oh zap the rebel planet, Zing, oh zing the asteroid! Into dust we’ll turn its granite Should a world make us annoyed. For today our great space station, All prepared for games and fun, Justifies our proud elation, And its budget overrun. Though its cost ran over budget Several billion, we don’t grudge it.
I don't think that there is anything stupid or 'time wasting' in creating entartaiment based on some serious knowledge. Everyone needs silly stuff in their lives and well, writing Star Wars saga is kinda epic :)
Your approach of writing a fake scholarly intro to the saga reminds me of the Michael Crichton novel Eaters of the Dead, the basis of the 13th Warrior movie.
Again, I love how you blamed all the important scenes changed in the re-release and the retarded things introduced in the prequels on the "Middle High German" version of the story lol. Whatever you do please don't get rid of it.
Hey, turnabout is fair play. In charting the Star Wars storylines, Lucas was actually deliberately trying to follow the patterns of the old sagas and heroic literatures, to the point of repeatedly calling Joseph Campbell of "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" fame, to ask how to make the movies a better copy of the old legends. Scuttlebutt in those years was that Campbell thought Lucas was an annoying putz who really didn't get it.
I thought you mentioned once that native Germanic words had very few Ps because proto- Indo-European has very few Bs. That'd be a good reason to make "Palpatine" out to be a pre-Germanic name
LOL May the Force be with you, always, bro'! Ahahahahaaaaa... and hey, just wanna say, as a Native-American/Norse-blooded person, far away in Japan, I really appreciate all the work you do in bringing Old Norse language, as well as the cultural knowledge that carries with it, into the present day's light. Thank you for all you do. I appreciate you, and very much, truly :)
Hm, I think Star wars was not a story of a family, but a story of one man - Anakin, who was a great warrior and a hero, but then wanted to become immortal. You know, just the Gilgamesh story set in a galaxy far, far away,
@@merlith4650 Gilgamesh (or rather Bilgamesh) was destined to defeat a great evil. This epic was pretty much the first fantasy. In the original trilogy the theme of Darth Vader and his inability to accept and understand death was still the center of the story. Remember his fight with Obi-Wan - Kenobi let himself die saying "he will become more powerful than Vader ever imagined". The sith then kicked the clothes of Obi-Wan, because he couldn't understand what was happening and thought the jedi just tricked him. There are of course many more parallels: Both Gilgamesh and Anakin were partly human, partly "god". There were the greatest heros and fighters in the world when they were young. Both were dictators. Their pursued for immortality came about after they lost their loved ones - Gilgamesh his best friend and Anakin his mother. The conflict with Luke has another meaning for Vader (different than the one for Hildebnrand). It is because of Luke's fate that Anaking finally realizes what Obi-Wan has done. He finally understands that the only way to "live for ever" is to do good. Just like Gilgamesh understands that at the end. Remember also that Gilgamesh was "lost" (also Gilgamesh appearance changed) when the second part of the poem started. Just like Anakin was "lost" after he became Vader and just did what the Emperor told him to do. Anakin's whole persona was consumed by his obsession with immortality. The role of Luke was to take him out of it. This is way Luke is ready to sacrifice himself - both for his friends and for his father. He teaches Vader what Yoda couldn't. It is the same lesson Utnapishtim tries to give Gilgamesh (and again he didn't listen) - don't try to be immortal, this will only make you live miserable. Just like Darth Vader live is pretty miserable.
@@CharlesOffdensen The drama about Vader is important to the original trilogy, but it isn't central. It only appears so because of the structure of the prequels. Had they not come out, no one would think that the trilogy was about Vader.
We're all just gonna ignore the fact that two ravens flew by while he was recording? TWO of them!? Now this could just be a coincidence, or maybe someone is keeping an eye (just the one) on our beloved doctor...
Saw this from another post:
'allfather we saw this Skald in Vinland bla bla bla'
Odinn is a fan of Star Wars and Old Norse so of course
Or he may just be Odinn himself
A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one
So Huginn and Muninn fly by gathering Intel about your parody, Odin must be very interested.
Well, at least it wasn't an essay analysis of My Little Pony fanfiction.
It's the fake scholarship that I loved most about it, y'know. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. Footnotes citing an imagined scholarly discourse make me happy. I know that when I met you and I mentioned it, you blushed right up, but I wanted to just say there are many angles from which it's valuable and people can enjoy it, and mine is that fake scholarship.
This reminds me of that time they found that copy of Hamlet, written in the original Klingon...
One can hear you are a little bit embarrassed by the whole thing, but as and Icelander and someone who has read quite a lot of the source material you are referring to. I feel that despite it's silly nature the Tattúínárdǿla saga is a good testimony to your knowledge of the old sagas and your kraft as a scholar on the subject.
A lot of people are really embarrassed that they write fanfic. It's okay! People wouldn't want to listen if we didn't like it. You're a cool guy, Dr. Crawford. Cooler than me at least
I have to say seeing that Yoda impression come out of your mouth took me by surprise.
So you're saying "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one."
These "whisky in the coffee cup" videos are the best.
Colville sent me here, along with many others. There's a non-zero chance Tattúínárdǿla is going to become a D&D game, just so you know.
The Star Wars saga parody was what got me interesting in actual Norse sagas.
"Hey ladies, Did I mention I wrote "Tattúínárdǿla saga" and translate Old Norse?" It might work...??? Yeah... :(
hmm, Huginn and Muninn came by to bless your efforts
we certainly appreciate the Tolkienesque creativity of your mind
I don't know why you're ashamed of this, it's impressive! It's not like you were completely obsessed with Star Wars when you wrote it, you just took something that was/is culturally relevant and combined it with your special interest. That's cool as hell, IMO.
A few years ago when I was in highchool I took a film and culture class. The point of it was to show what humans value and believe, how that has changed-and hasn't- with time, and how this can be seen through popular stories throughout history. We read several creation myths, even more apocalypse myths-Ragnorok included, Shakespearean plays, the Illiad, Dante's Inferno, ect. Basically anything that an argument could be made that it showed and/or influenced the belief of a time and place. We also watched old western movies, episodes of iconic 90s TV, and, of course, every Star Wars movie out at the time.
The point I'm trying and taking far too long to make is that while Dr. Crawford's parody might hold little weight in Old Norse communities, I think it is a positively fascinating view into ancient values and how modern values both reflect and change them through a view of a modern blockbuster funneled through the perspective of old myth.
You may be embarrassed by it but that blog played a pretty large part in my infatuation and study of Old Norse. Made the language feel more alive and fun. Plus it led me to your stuff now too. Thanks for all you do!
You're still hot! (and intelligent, and have a PhD and know Old Norse, and live in a beautiful place and.. oh yeah, still cute😘). Nice truck btw. Look forward to many more of your videos. This one was awesome and unexpected. Nice to expand and reveal. 👍
That Yoda impression is the highlight of my year
I lost it at “Greetho”
If i were in a class learning old Norse from you and you had me translate this back into English, I'd be super stoked. I think you've created a magnificent teaching tool and just haven't utilized it yet.
I remember seeing it years ago and really enjoying reading it. I think one of the best purposes of it is to show people the STYLE of Norse sagas, by showing them something they are already familiar with being rewritten in that style. I don't think you need to feel bad or embarrassed. You done good.
May the runes be with you.
Thank you for sharing. Your public academic face obscures your creative and humorous side, revealed through this fun and funny work, and it’s delightful. What a fun way to learn Old Norse, reading parallel text!
And plenty of women appreciate all these facets. Makes for a multilayered life. Methinks you are modest. You will be a fine partner for someone just as unique and interesting;).
Cheers.
I read that parody scholarly paper long before I knew who you were. Now I'm a big fan of your videos on Old Norse and related topics, and I urge you: own it! It's not a thing to be ashamed of, it's a wickedly funny send-up. Mind you I say this as someone who has read a lot of saga literature and some of the scholarship on it, so I can say confidently that the more one knows about the field the funnier your spoof gets.
I don't know what kind of women you've met but all of that sounds wonderful. haha.
16:55
He clearly hasn't met many impressive women yet.
Oh Snap Dr. Jackson... I think Amanda has Sagas in her eyes... :)
Right?? I actually showed videos of him speaking Old Norse to one of my female friends and watched her eyes light up .... Is the polite way to put that. 😉
Cowboy... PhD in Old Norse... Star Wars fan and parody author?
Doc Crawford... you sit in the intersection of one helluva (Hel-uva?) Venn Diagram! XD
Which is to say, based on the little I know of you through your TH-cam channel, any of the ladies would be lucky to have you :)
And you really oughtn't feel so embarrassed by it. Embrace every facet of your inner nerd proudly :)
Writing that thing required knowledge, talent and determination. You may think all those qualities were wasted on your Star Wars saga, but I disagree. I've read part of it and think it's very amusing, and besides - there's nothing wrong with levity. Investing time to make a great parody is not a waste, and if you *enjoyed* writing the saga then the time invested in it can't be a waste whatever anyone thinks of the final product.
I'm not sure he did enjoy writing it 😂 But I get the feeling that once Dr Crawford decides to start something he sees it through!
@@1zillah I got the feeling that he wouldn't admit that he enjoyed writing it because the whole thing is "silly". Which I think is a shame.
For such a handsome and intelligent young man to complain he has no luck with the ladies as a sad thing. It's nice to you enjoying your life in the beauty of Colorado.
I'm going to have to look this one up. I like parodies which are supposedly serious. "The Ascent of Rumdoodle" is great (but is now probably taken far too seriously). My other favourite parody is Georges Perec's "Experimental Demonstration of the tomatotopic organization in the soprano" in which he details experiments testing the "yelling reaction" provoked in sopranos by pelting them with rotten tomatoes.
Awesome talk Dr. Crawford. It's true, Star Wars has became part of an "acquis communautaire" for all the Western world. Like a modern way to match and filter several central themes (cultural as well as moral and sometimes socio-political) that are historically common to the Euro-Atlantic quadrant. Thanks a lot for sharing with us a little bit of Colorado, I really appreciated your luminous sunset and can't wait to see more of its beauty.
Just when I thought you couldn't be more awesome.
That brought me such (much needed) levity when I was diving into textual tradition and reception that I rather hope you leave it up indefinitely. While you may not love it, it's made the world a brighter, place.
Dear Charming Gentleman
you are a Joy
to listen too and watch
Thanks for sharing
much love =D
You can have a lot of success with the ladies. You've Longbottomed since your early videos.
Gah I'd love to be in one of your classes!
In a way, you are. I consider these segments to be extensions of what his class would be like.
Thanks for sharing. Parody is said to be a form of flattery. That you are not proud of the product just shows how much hind sight is 20-20. It also shows how serious you are about your trade of using old the norse language as a living medium of expression. I will eventually get around to reading it. As you can see, I am more of a Star Trek fan. Peace, Long Life, and Health to all.
Impressing women... an impossible task for all! 😂 Your Viking StarWars parody sounds awesome!
thank you for sharing - really enjoyed it - sounds like quite a work of love, & though you might not feel proud about it - I think you should be. as a woman it certainly impresses me - honestly surprised at your 'lack of success' - speaks more to lack of females who value and appreciate such an intelligent, honest, modest (and attractive) man
The last bit - the sunset - it looks just like a Bob Ross painting.
I have to admire your commitment to the joke. That's really impressive. (Star Wars isn't my favorite geeky thing, but I can still appreciate the work and thought that goes into a project like that.)
Hani shot first.
Edit: 13:45 You're probably thinking of "William Shakespeare’s Star Wars" by Ian Doescher.
IT'S A TRAP!
[looks] 36,000+ words is almost a novel! And I see a few lines where I like your version better. "These aren't the thralls you're looking for," ROFL.
The side-by-side translation is really neat. Consider how much fun this would be as a teaching tool... I can't resist trying to match it up and work out the words and grammar, and here I don't know a word of Old Norse. Isn't that the soul of teaching -- to make learning irresistible?
It's perfectly possible to figure out a language through comparative reading of identical content in different languages. Go for it.
Yeah, I'm thinkin' it wouldn't take long to acquire some reading proficiency that way. Too bad it's not perfectly sync'd by chapter or better yet paragraph, but even so, by the time a person gets to where it's seriously out of sync, they should be more or less reading on their own.
This is nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about- I think it's awesome. I'm gonna have to go read this thing.
I read it a while ago, the last time it came up. It was fun, and I enjoyed trying to read it out to friends to see if they could figure out what it was. I prefer your actual translations though.
I absolutely love the creativity of an Old Norse version of Star Wars! Never stop being you or doing what you do.
Thank you for these personal, laid back chats, I really enjoy them. I accept your self-deprecating and raise you with a compliment:
It would be a useful tool as a student to learn Old Norse with this parody as a companion. It would help the student filter out the clutter around the layered meanings, symbols and kennings in the sagas and concentrate on the grammar. Incidentally I can imagine the Star Wars saga would be helpful in allowing students a mutually shared ethos by which they could create their own kennings as an exercise in their own compositions.
Oh you made that?! Omg I loved this thing way back in the day.
It's silly but it brought some joy to my life at the time so I thank you for that even if it's just some throwaway thing.
You know what they say one man's trash is another man's treasure
So...how much do we need to crowdfund to get you to record a dramatic reading?
Regardless, the parody is still better written than the actual films themselves.
“Elska ek sand eigi. Sá er harðr ok grófr ok verðr í alla staði”
Do you think you'd ever be interested in writing your own original work of fiction inspired by the Sagas and the Old Norse Mythology?
2 ravens, good luck!
Huh. I always figured that Viking Star Wars was an extended joke on the fact that John Williams allegedly drew some inspiration from Wagner for the music in Star Wars.
Can you talk about the time you met a bear? You alluded to it in one of your videos about Egil’s saga
Trying to get the structure of a saga probably helped understand that structure better.
Having spent a long time studying the mythic journey there are certainly commonalities thru them.
Thank you for these
I remember writing a serialised star wars parody for my student newspaper around the time that star wars first came out. It was of it's time parodying the student celebs of the day, it was a small University where I guess everybody knew everybody so I sent up some of my fellow students rotten.
I must say, Dr. Jackson, You are the kind of guy I could hang out with and just talk for hours with. Oh look! Ravens...
Not sure how you were misled into thinking this isn't cool as hell! Definitely a feather in your cap as far as I'm concerned, and I'm a lady. So, the culture you've been exposed to doesn't appreciate a thing, but that doesn't mean the world is devoid of others who would share in its coolness with you. "Star Wars horsesh*t," my butt. ;) (This is really for anyone reading. Enjoy your passions, people!)
Thank you so much for sharing this Jackson!
When talking about the homages to old sagas, Germanic stories, and Irish, I was like, 'Yay! I recognized where a lot of those came from!' (And I was pleasantly surprised to see Irish mythology getting worked in too).
Anyway, I am reading the Saga of the Tatooine River Valley currently (not because of this video, because of a different one), and I enjoy it.
Professor Crawford, I tell you that you are dating the wrong women. Lol!
This is amazing! Also only two ravens while sharing your thoughts and memories.....I am amused.
But my lord, is that legal?
Let the big star wars TH-camrs see this! If anyone can message this to Geetsly, Star Wars Theory etc., then do it!
we will watch your career with great interest
Where in the name of God do birds find sustenance in that snowy wasteland punctuated by the occasional cow ? No bugs,no meltweather for carrion,there cannot be many people willing to feed the buggers,with the cold they need extra food to stay warm,even with feathers. So how do they survive ? Just a sudden thought based on his interest in seeing the ravens. No battlefield corpses on his family's ranch (I hope). Where is the food ?
mostly seeds from trees I imagine
It was a beautiful sunset
I have to admit I read it long ago and discovered your channel about 2 years ago and didn't put your face with that story until one of your more recent videos. I'd forgotten about the story completely until you mentioned it. Small world.
Brilliant.
I keep thinking someone ought to do a pastiche of the British soap, Emmerdale, called Emrdølas saga.
Also, views of Pike's peak from the porch? That's pretty darn nice.
I don't know. I think you're onto something here, and it's not shoddy, nor is it 'stealing.' This is just how art has always worked. Next time you care about it, I'd change over any directly, blatantly star-warrish names to more deeply embedded puns, translations, etymologies, and substitutions (whatever suits the law); rewrite/rework the whole plot enough that you can claim it's yours (cuz it is) and, most vitally, make the case that this is a contemporary fusion of older Germanic traditions and nothing to do with paltry Lucas. I'm not even a fan of the latter, but I think your work in this case is stupendous.
Star Wars as a Saga... I love the idea.
A good thing about stealing from medieval books is that the authors arent likely to sue you
Your Han-Shot-First reference is genuinely funny.
No need to be embarrassed for showing how passionate you are for anything! It is good to exercise your Old Norse manuscript and language skills in more creative ways than just reading or copying existing texts. I'd argue that this sort of thing is very important actually, as it gets you to really think about every aspect of the language, technical and poetic, and sharpens your skills for further challenges. Also, it's just fun (mostly...).
In Swedish "Han sköt först" also means "He shot first"
Similarly in Norwegian and Danish: "Han skjøt først" og "Han skød først". Greedo didn't shoot in the original Star Wars movie :)
"Color me curios,' said the stranger as he accessed the marvelous interwebs, and by the blessings of aesir found the script. After reading the equivalent of two scrolls, he praise the work. "This does verily be better than the work produced by Georg Lucs.."
I loved your parody, keep it online!
Back when I was in college, and there was only ONE Star Wars movie, I wrote a parody called “The Star Wars of Penzance:” thirteen pages, most of it in verse, illustrated by the librettist, and entirely singable.
Zap, oh zap the rebel planet,
Zing, oh zing the asteroid!
Into dust we’ll turn its granite
Should a world make us annoyed.
For today our great space station,
All prepared for games and fun,
Justifies our proud elation,
And its budget overrun.
Though its cost ran over budget
Several billion, we don’t grudge it.
The idea of you knowing that memes are and using Facebook messes with my mind a bit
I don't think that there is anything stupid or 'time wasting' in creating entartaiment based on some serious knowledge. Everyone needs silly stuff in their lives and well, writing Star Wars saga is kinda epic :)
Beautiful view!
Wonderful view.
amazing story, I really had a nice time watching this. mainly cuz I´m not a Star Wars fan either....
Star wars (pre Disney) is what got me into Norse mythology
Why isn't this a film already ???
You wrote it in Old Norse too?!
OK now do Dune
Of course a pair of ravens flew by.
It's such a cool read
Your approach of writing a fake scholarly intro to the saga reminds me of the Michael Crichton novel Eaters of the Dead, the basis of the 13th Warrior movie.
Again, I love how you blamed all the important scenes changed in the re-release and the retarded things introduced in the prequels on the "Middle High German" version of the story lol. Whatever you do please don't get rid of it.
#SithLordForever
The onlything on the porch worse othan a broken rocking chair is a moldering old couch with plaid upholstery.
Hey, turnabout is fair play. In charting the Star Wars storylines, Lucas was actually deliberately trying to follow the patterns of the old sagas and heroic literatures, to the point of repeatedly calling Joseph Campbell of "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" fame, to ask how to make the movies a better copy of the old legends. Scuttlebutt in those years was that Campbell thought Lucas was an annoying putz who really didn't get it.
Hahaha! I was thinking the exact same thing. That was one of my first thoughts on this, Campbell's book.
Now I rly want to read this 😂😂😂
I thought you mentioned once that native Germanic words had very few Ps because proto- Indo-European has very few Bs. That'd be a good reason to make "Palpatine" out to be a pre-Germanic name
LOL May the Force be with you, always, bro'! Ahahahahaaaaa... and hey, just wanna say, as a Native-American/Norse-blooded person, far away in Japan, I really appreciate all the work you do in bringing Old Norse language, as well as the cultural knowledge that carries with it, into the present day's light. Thank you for all you do. I appreciate you, and very much, truly :)
Minn lítit drassil fanfic next?
Ian Doescher?
Hm, I think Star wars was not a story of a family, but a story of one man - Anakin, who was a great warrior and a hero, but then wanted to become immortal. You know, just the Gilgamesh story set in a galaxy far, far away,
CharlesOffdensen -then along came Rey...... :D
@@merlith4650 Gilgamesh (or rather Bilgamesh) was destined to defeat a great evil.
This epic was pretty much the first fantasy.
In the original trilogy the theme of Darth Vader and his inability to accept and understand death was still the center of the story. Remember his fight with Obi-Wan - Kenobi let himself die saying "he will become more powerful than Vader ever imagined". The sith then kicked the clothes of Obi-Wan, because he couldn't understand what was happening and thought the jedi just tricked him.
There are of course many more parallels: Both Gilgamesh and Anakin were partly human, partly "god". There were the greatest heros and fighters in the world when they were young. Both were dictators. Their pursued for immortality came about after they lost their loved ones - Gilgamesh his best friend and Anakin his mother.
The conflict with Luke has another meaning for Vader (different than the one for Hildebnrand). It is because of Luke's fate that Anaking finally realizes what Obi-Wan has done. He finally understands that the only way to "live for ever" is to do good. Just like Gilgamesh understands that at the end. Remember also that Gilgamesh was "lost" (also Gilgamesh appearance changed) when the second part of the poem started. Just like Anakin was "lost" after he became Vader and just did what the Emperor told him to do. Anakin's whole persona was consumed by his obsession with immortality. The role of Luke was to take him out of it. This is way Luke is ready to sacrifice himself - both for his friends and for his father. He teaches Vader what Yoda couldn't. It is the same lesson Utnapishtim tries to give Gilgamesh (and again he didn't listen) - don't try to be immortal, this will only make you live miserable. Just like Darth Vader live is pretty miserable.
@@CharlesOffdensen The drama about Vader is important to the original trilogy, but it isn't central. It only appears so because of the structure of the prequels. Had they not come out, no one would think that the trilogy was about Vader.
You seen that Illuminati Gargoyle at DEN airport?