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J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 The Hobbit and 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings novels inspired George Lucas's creation of Star Wars in 1977. An early draft for the 1977 Star Wars film is said to have included an exchange of dialogue between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker taken directly from the conversation between Gandalf and Bilbo in Chapter 1 of The Hobbit, where Gandalf/Kenobi says "Good morning!"
Jediism (or Jedism [1]) is a philosophy, [2] and, in some cases, a religion, [3] [4] mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi characters in Star Wars media. [5] Jediism attracted public attention in 2001 when a number of people recorded their religion as "Jedi" on national censuses.
George Lucas's epic space opera multi-film Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern popular culture. Star Wars references are deeply embedded in popular culture; [1] references to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in many English-speaking countries with the assumption that others will understand the ...
[29]: 101, 104 Octavia E. Butler's fictional religion of Earthseed (introduced in the Parable of the Sower, 1993) has also led to some real-world new religious movements. [10] Star Wars-inspired Jediism, emerging around 2001 and espousing "the values of the monastic, honour-bound and ethical Jedi Order", [29]: 140 [30] and Matrixism, founded in ...
Star Wars religion may refer to: Jediism; Philosophy and religion in Star Wars This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 16:55 (UTC). Text is available ...
A 2001 map of Jedi census phenomenon's effect in England and Wales. In some national population censuses which include a question on religious identity, media report numerous respondents giving their religion as Jedi (or "Jedi Knight") after the quasi-religious order in the Star Wars science fiction franchise.
Much of the criticism of Harry Potter comes from a small number of evangelical Christians who hold that the series's depiction of witchcraft is dangerous to children. In 1999, Paul Hetrick, spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a US Evangelical Christian group based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, outlined the reasons for his opposition: "[They contain] some powerful and valuable lessons about ...
Church of All Worlds – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (inspired a non-fictional religious group of the same name) Church of Science – the bogus religion established by Salvor Hardin in Isaac Asimov's Foundation; The Covenant Religion, also known as "The Great Journey" – Halo; Cthulhu Mythos cults – Cthulhu Mythos