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• About.com Urban Legends: Star Wars Religion Doesn't Make Census

  http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa041601a.htm
  Will filling in 'Jedi' as your religion on census forms cause the government to recognize it as a legitimate faith? A three part series of articles by David Emery.

• BBC: Jedi e-mail revealed as hoax

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/new_media/1271380.stm
  Thousands of Britons receive an e-mail saying the Star Wars Jedi religion will be legally recognised if it has enough census mentions.

• BBC: Jedi makes the census list

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1589133.stm
  A campaign to get people to write the entry on their census forms has succeeded in the term being included on the list of religions for the 2001 UK census.

• BBC: The gospel according to Luke (Skywalker)

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1204829.stm
  You may be a fan of the Star Wars films, but are you a follower? Moves are afoot to have the fictitious Jedi philosophy the movies espouse recognised as a proper religion.

• CNet: E-mail stunt empowers Jedi fans

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-255926.html
  Star Wars fans in the United Kingdom are stung by an e-mail suggesting that the forthcoming UK Census would recognize Jedi as a religion if enough people put it on the form.

• Jedi Master Am I Therefore Normal Rules of Grammar I Do Not Follow

  http://www.rilstone.talktalk.net/jedi.htm
  Editorial about the census stunt by Andrew Rilstone.

• Register: Jedi Knights achieve official recognition as a religion

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/09/jedi_knights_achieve_official_recognition/
  Jedi Knights have gained official recognition as a religion in the UK Census 2001. By Kieren McCarthy.

• Register: May the false declaration be with you

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04/10/may_the_false_declaration/
  On Sunday 29 April would-be Jedi Knights have a rare opportunity to achieve official recognition for their 'religion'. By Lester Haines.

• Register: UK Jedi get green light

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04/23/uk_jedi_get_green_light/
  The census form itself confirms that entering a frivolous faith therein will not result in an appearance before the courts. By Lester Haines.

• Savannah Now: Britons check off Jedi Knight when asked their religion on census form

  http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/101101/LOCjedi.shtml
  When asked their religious affiliation on the 2001 census forms, many Britons are writing in "Jedi Knight," government officials said Wednesday.

• Telegraph: Jedi Knights force way into census religion list

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1359087/Jedi-Knights-force-way-into-census-religion-list.html
  Jedi Knights, the galactic order of warriors from the Star Wars films, were celebrating a small victory last night in their campaign to be recognised as an official religion.

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