The Jedi religion is over, he says, a victim of its own hypocrisy and hubris. Luke even prepares to burn the ancient Jedi texts. (In a bit of historical irony, the island on which the scene is ...

Jedi-adherent prisoners in the UK last year protested not being allowed to freely practice their religion — even while Quakerism, paganism and Rastafarianism are allowed.

Followers of Jediism are aiming to build a belief system that goes beyond the Star Wars films. But does it amount to a new religion? It began as a joke at the expense of statisticians. In the UK's ...

This is a Jedi love story, ... Brenna and Clint West of Arlington, practice Jediism, a religion that practices living through the Force. They are pictured here at their home on Dec. 16.

Multiple characters refer to the Jedi “religion” in the films. Even George Lucas has argued the Force was meant to have religious connotations, ...

As the fate of the Jedi religion hangs in the balance, one begins to detect a certain unwillingness to stray too far from the official text in the latest 'Star Wars' sequel. SPOILER ALERT: The ...

A new religion? On Czech census, over 15,000 list themselves as 'Knights of the Jedi' and believers of Star Wars' 'the Force' Published: Dec. 20, 2011, 3:01 p.m. By .

The Jedi religion is over, he says, a victim of its own hypocrisy and hubris. Luke even prepares to burn the ancient Jedi texts. (In a bit of historical irony, the island on which the scene is ...

A question on religious belief had been asked for the first time in a census and Jedi - from the cloak-wearing, lightsaber swishing rebels in the Star Wars films - was a tongue-in-cheek response.

The Jedi religion is over, he says, a victim of its own hypocrisy and hubris. Luke even prepares to burn the ancient Jedi texts. (In a bit of historical irony, the island on which the scene is ...