More than 1,000 people a day are joining the official religion of Jediism as the excitement continues to build over the release of the latest film in the Star Wars series – The Force Awakens. The ...

Lucasfilm via The New York Times Editor's note: This story originally published Dec. 16, 2015. We're bringing it back because it's time to talk Star Wars again. This is a Jedi love story, and I ...

Jedis, take up your lightsabers: There is a threat to your very existence. And no, it isn’t Darth Vader; it’s the U.K. Charity Commission, which just ruled against a group seeking religious ...

STAR WARS fans have just found out the name of the next film in the galactic franchise – Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And while the news of the film is exciting to many Jedi fans, the commitment for some ...

Over a decade ago, a few thousand Star Wars fans in New Zealand brought about the birth of the religion known as “Jediism.” The belief system is based on the teachings of the mystic, ...

Ever since moviegoers first laid eyes on the twin suns of Tatooine in 1977, Star Wars has meant more to its millions of diehard fans than most movies could ever hope to achieve. The franchise spawned ...

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LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) --The Charity Commission for England and Wales ruled that the "Temple of the Jedi Order" are not an official religion. The commission determined the religious group based on the ...

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The Charity Commission for England and Wales’s lack of faith is disturbing. The Temple of the Jedi Order is as theologically coherent as Buddhism The Force is not with them! The Charity Commission for ...