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    Star Wars Jedi Knights course offered by Queen's University Belfast - Telegraph


    The UK's first Jedi course is on offer at Queen's University Belfast in November and hopes to attract Star Wars fans and introduce them to the joys of continuing their education through open learning.

    According to its publicity material, the course 'Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way' teaches the "real-life psychological techniques behind Jedi mind tricks".

    It also claims to examine the "wider issues behind the Star Wars universe, like balance, destiny, dualism, fatherhood and fascism".

    No prior qualifications are required and the blurb informs students that "light sabres are not provided".
    Personally I think its a brilliant idea. The Star Wars movies (atleast episodes 3,4,5,6) are modern day good vs evil epics and could easily replace any of the outdated religious texts, if they were rewritten with a few Latin or Sanskrit words.

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    But what will use of it be to employers, Luke?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    But what will use of it be to employers, Luke?
    Not, it is.

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    In a census in NZ a few years back , enough people classified themselves as Jedi KNight in the "Other" religion box that by the rules of the census it had to be included as a category in the next census... unfortunately that one did not get enough to continue, but it was quite a news story at the time!


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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    In a census in NZ a few years back , enough people classified themselves as Jedi KNight in the "Other" religion box that by the rules of the census it had to be included as a category in the next census... unfortunately that one did not get enough to continue, but it was quite a news story at the time!
    Urban myth, I believe. I understand people still had to write it in the "Other" field - and the number of self-proclaimed Jedi fell from over 50,000 to something like 20,000. Clearly the force (faith?) was not strong in them...

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    Another way for some Guru to make a lot of money from another invented religion! smart people with a sense for business whenever money can be made...