Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Marry Me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're My Only Hope.

Two Star Wars-loving brothers are planning to set up a Jedi church in Wales.

Barney and Daniel Jones want fellow devotees to be able to join them. Barney, 26 - or Master Jonba Hehol - and Daniel, 21 - Master Morda Hehol - head the UK Church of the Jedi.

They say their services will include sermons on The Force, lightsaber training, and meditation techniques.

Barney, a hairdresser (!) said, "As children we always watched the Star Wars films anyway. We noticed that there were a couple of sites on the Internet, Jedi church sites. We printed off a couple of sermons and did a sermon in our house for a couple of friends one night."

Barney and his musician brother Daniel, help run four websites devoted to the development of the "faith".

"My brother and I will wear the Jedi robes, the dark brown robes... the congregation would be in black. Really to bring a sense of unity to the meetings," said Barney.

Although the current members are all men, women are not excluded, as Barney points out, "Princess Leia helped them out a lot."

However, any congregation member drawn to the dark side of the Force, embodied in the films by Darth Vader, would be advised they are following the wrong path and could face expulsion.

(Imagine that! No current members are women!)

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