Czech Census: 15,000 Identify themselves as Jedi

[safinator]

More than 15,000 Czechs follow the faith of the Star Wars movies' Jedi knights, official census data showed today, while half of the country's 10.5 million people declined to list any religion.

"Many people adhered to the moral values of Jedi knights from the Star Wars saga," the Czech Statistical Office said in a statement, noting that the invented faith also had a strong following in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain.

It said 15,070 Czechs registered as Jedi knights in the census held in March, against 1,083,899 Roman Catholics and 707,649 people who said they believed in God but did not belong to any church.

"Fifteen thousand adherents, which is the size of a small town, is not a negligible social phenomenon," Stanislav Drapal, deputy head of the statistical office, told reporters.

In Prague, statisticians registered 3,977 Jedi knights, or 0.31 percent of the capital's population.

The lightsabre-wielding Jedi knights are an order of guardians of peace for the interplanetary Galactic Republic of the cult Star Wars series, known for their enhanced mind powers that allow them to harness "The Force" to control objects and influence others.

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[Incal]

May the Force be with them.

[Äike]

This is hilarious!

[Panopticon]

Jedis are not European!

[Sylvanus]

Lucas is the one of the greatest marketing manager!

[Gordon Bennett]

This just goes to prove how pointless these surveys are. Give people a choice and they will choose nothing.

[Turul]

What this survey really means...

"15,000 Czechs, a whole small city's worth of people, have shown they are complete and total idiots, competing only with Americans for that high and lofty title of most naive people on the planet."

May the force be with you.

[antonio]

Alternative title:

Czech Census: 15,000 Confess themselves as being heavily colonized by Hollywood sci-fi.

[Humanophage]

Alternative title: 15 000 choose a famous mock answer in a religion poll in the least religious European country.

[Rereg]

I'm Sith and I will destroy all jedi.

dark side rule!