#Star wars the ancient fear series#

Nishant Limbachia, the INDICA Chicago Chapter co-coordinator reports that Dr LongвЂ™s keynote speech was on Star Wars and Vedaб№…tДЃ and how the Star Wars movies have quite a few Hindu (Vedantic) themes.

#Star wars the ancient fear series#

Dr Long recently presented a talk on how the immensely popular Star Wars series has been inspired by Hinduism. They really are a high art form.вЂќДЄt the Oscars ceremony today, though The Rise of Skywalker failed to take home any prizes, it was nominated for Best Score, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects at the 92nd Academy Awards. But they need to be explained well and not approached in a mechanical manner. Their richness and complexity open our minds to the deeper truths of Hindu philosophy. Speaking about the beauty and relevance of Hindu rituals, he says, вЂњHindu rituals, if approached with the right mindset, are a very beautiful way to express and evoke bhakti and connect us back to our divine source. I am deeply indebted to his wisdom and many years of experience.вЂќ Srinivasan, a Hindu priest and scholar (and author of Hinduism for Dummies, as well as several excellent books on Hindu weddings). вЂњItвЂ™s a big honour, but involves a good deal of preparation,вЂќ says Dr Long.Дr Long describes himself as a вЂpart-time purohitвЂ™. This is the third year he has served as the purohit for the local Bengali Hindu community. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College has engaged with Indian traditions for a long time and even as recently as this week was busy preparing to lead the local Saraswati Puja in Harrisburg.

However, this offer apparently did little to assuage MifuneвЂ™s reservations.Dr Jeffery D. Yet, ever the film fanboy, Lucas was undeterred in his desire to have Mifune be part of his experimental effort and subsequently offered him a role in which his face, much like KurosawaвЂ™s famous influential вЂњfortress,вЂќ would be safely hidden underneath the visage of a black helmet as the villainous Darth Vader. вЂњI heard from my father that he was offered the role of Obi Wan Kenobi, but he was concerned about how the film would look and that it would cheapen the image of samurai, on which George Lucas had based a lot of the character and fighting style.вЂќ Joined onstage by Star Wars onscreen alumni like Ian McDiarmid and Ray Park, Mika reportedly revealed the reasoning behind his fateful rejection of the Obi-Wan role. At an event in Tokyo announcing the very first Tokyo Comic Con, the legacy of Mifune was well represented by way of the late screen legendвЂ™s daughter, Mika. While the legend of the potential casting of the iconic Kurosawa katana wielder is known and hardly breaking news, it seems that we now know why it never came to fruition. More in line with the original samurai influences of his Jedi concept, Lucas allegedly first turned to the definitive cinematic samurai himself, Toshiro Mifune. However, one of the more intriguing tales surrounds the fact that George Lucas had someone completely different in mind from Sir Alec Guiness to play the sagely hermit-turned-Jedi-mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The genesis of the original Star Wars film has spawned more than its share of mythical legends.