Temple of the Jedi Order on BBC TV

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9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #185352 by
Back in January I travelled to the Cambridge area of the UK to be filmed for the BBC programme Inside Out: East on the topic of Jediism as a new religious movement.

The results of this filming can be found, beginning about 19 minutes in, here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b055hxzn/inside-out-east-23032015
(I don't know if this is available in non-UK countries, but I might try and get a copy of just that section)

The producers were respectful and considerate during the process and I think they've done a good job at accurate representation of what I said - I leave it up to you all to decide if I did a good job at accurately representing Jediism lol!

They did refer to us as "Order of the Jedi" which is a mistake, but oh well :P

I also said a few thousand Jedi worldwide rather than the narrator's "few hundred".

A related article on it can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-31795408

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9 years 1 month ago #185354 by Brenna
I mentioned this on the facebook page, but I get a message saying that it cannot be viewed outside of the UK. anyone else having that issue?



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9 years 1 month ago #185355 by Edan
Presumably it's because UK residents pay a 'TV licence fee' (yeah, I know it sounds ridiculous) so bit mean to let the rest of the world watch for free what we have to pay for.

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9 years 1 month ago #185358 by RyuJin
the article seemed pretty good...not the kind of article that would sell many papers in the states though...you know how us savages are with news stories :lol:


anyone try to find it on a torrent site yet?

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9 years 1 month ago #185364 by
I was unable to view the video, but enjoyed the article. Great job, Akkarin!

Looks like the article was edited to say "a few thousands Jedi" - so, somewhat closer. Better than "a few hundreds" of us. :)

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9 years 1 month ago #185374 by Alethea Thompson
Wish I could watch the video. Good Article though XD! Well done.

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9 years 1 month ago #185382 by Breeze el Tierno
If you can make a copy of your section of the show, let us know. I look forward to it.

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9 years 4 weeks ago #185784 by
Follow-up article which will also be published in their local paper: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Jedism-just-Star-Wars-fan-says-Saffron-Walden/story-26232099-detail/story.html

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9 years 4 weeks ago #185786 by
*Lectures herself* Yes yes yes Kit, I know!! I got to get these into the archives! Stop sweating me! *Drags self out of Just Jedi project mode to get archive work done*

Let me know how this looks :) Okay? Changes? Edits? Additions? - http://gatheredforcecommunity.com/index.php/eventcentral/upcoming-events/2015

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9 years 4 weeks ago #185789 by

Kitsu Tails wrote: *Lectures herself* Yes yes yes Kit, I know!! I got to get these into the archives! Stop sweating me! *Drags self out of Just Jedi project mode to get archive work done*

Let me know how this looks :) Okay? Changes? Edits? Additions? - http://gatheredforcecommunity.com/index.php/eventcentral/upcoming-events/2015


Awesome Kitsu! Love it!

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