Friday, February 14, 2003
It's official -- "Star Wars" has created
almost 400,000 Jedis in Britain.
Over 390,000 people wrote "Jedi" on their 2001 census form,
more than those who registered their faith as Jewish, Buddhist
or Sikh in the optional question on religion, the Office for
National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday.
The Jedis declared their belief after a campaign on the
Internet asked people to "do it because you love Star Wars" or
"just to annoy people."
"Star Wars devotees stated their faith as 'Jedi' in the
mistaken belief that if 10,000 did so it would be recognized as
an official religion," a spokesman for the ONS said.
The census question on religion offered a series of
tick-boxes for the major religions in the UK, including a free
space for "any other religion."
In the films, the Jedi knights are a noble order of
protectors unified by their belief in a universal power called
the Force.
Damn, and here I was all this time thinking I was the only Jedi representative for Earth. I guess I will start Highlander training, so "There Can Only Be One". Me damnit!!
