I enjoy the Star Wars saga. I have the DVD set, the VHS tapes, have some old Empire Strikes Back sheets, and I pretty much look like a wookie. However, in my opinion, this might be taking the movies a wee bit too seriously...I read this today.
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Two self-acclaimed Jedi Knights want their faith to be formally recognised. John Wilkinson and Charlotte Law, want the UN to acknowledge Jedi is worthy of being called a religion.

It comes after 400,000 people recorded it as their faith in the 2001 Census.

"Wilkinson and Law even made a stament today,"Like the UN, the Jedi Knights are peacekeepers and we feel we have the basic right to express our religion through wearing our robes, and to be recognised by the national and international community."
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As a fan of the movies, I know that George Lucas used several different religious beliefs in creating "The Force." However, I wanted to dig a bit and found this interesting article from 2002 by Terry Mattingly--Milligan College.

http://www.leaderu.com/humanities/mattingly.html

CH