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Jedi vs Jihadi

Why do we ignore the profoundly Western cultural and Christian roots of the biggest icon in global popular culture?

16 January 2016

9:00 AM

16 January 2016

9:00 AM

Knighthoods have returned! No, not in Australia – Malcolm Turnbull remains PM, and the highest award in the Australian honours system will remain closed off to everyone. The galaxy’s most famous knights, those warrior-monks of the Jedi Order, returned to the silver screen last month in the much-hyped continuation of the Star Wars franchise.

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