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 ...

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.

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.

More than 70,000 people in Australia have declared that they are followers of the Jedi faith, the religion created by the Star Wars films. A recent census found that one in 270 respondents - or 0.37% ...

Hokey religion. That's what belief in the Force boiled down to, for him. All the good things the Jedi had done throughout history were secondary to the fact that it was a religious group.

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 .

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...