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Now according to "A New Hope" Jediism is considered a religion.

Now according to "The Last Jedi" Luke says the following(Thanks Valorum).

The Sacred Jedi texts!

Then Yoda says.

... that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess

He goes to burn the Jedi temple. So I believe there are 2 ways to interpret this statement.

  1. Jediism is a religion but Rey has discovered the truths herself.

  2. Yoda is implying that it isn't in fact a religion.

Is there maybe a way from scripts or something to determine which he is implying?

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  • I feel like there's only one way to interpret that statement. – Adamant Jan 27 '18 at 21:13
  • @Adamant Which is? I have talked to film majors(not that they are experts) and gotten different answers. – William Jan 27 '18 at 21:14
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    Pretty much that Jedism is a religion. – Adamant Jan 27 '18 at 21:20
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    That's not what Yoda says. He says "...that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess". Nothing about religion – Valorum Jan 27 '18 at 21:54
  • @Valorum Then Luke said something about religion. I do admit it was a long time ago since I have see the movie. – William Jan 27 '18 at 21:57
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    Luke says "The Sacred Jedi texts!". Sacred implies religion. – Valorum Jan 27 '18 at 21:58
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    Note that Yoda burns the Jedi temple, but not the books (there's a later brief shot of them on the Falcon). So when he says the temple contains "nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess," he's basically trolling Luke (and by extension the audience). – Micah Jan 27 '18 at 22:08
  • @Valorum Almost certain the line is "The sacred texts!" The copious number of memes with that version of the line may serve as backup. – VBartilucci May 29 '18 at 12:46
  • Anything from "A New Hope" is also Disney canon, so yes. – NKCampbell May 29 '18 at 19:49
  • @NKCampbell the prequel are disney cannon and frankly George Lucas said making/during them that making Jedism a religion was a mistake which is why they view Jedism well differently in the prequels. – William May 29 '18 at 19:51
  • @William Of course there's multiple complex answers here, like the idea of the Jedi not viewing themselves as a religion in their height, but later on other groups forming religions based around the Jedi from the old legends of the force floating around – Sydney Sleeper May 30 '18 at 02:09
  • @Sydney that is not what George Lucas implied in his talks – William May 30 '18 at 12:08

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According to an archaeologist who interviewed Luke, the Jedi were indeed a religious order.

I took copious notes and drew sketches. Luke and I discussed my biological theories and speculations about all the mini-ecosystems we encountered along the way. We also talked about the luminous writing and drawings, and Luke explained to me that he thought they were related to the Jedi religion. The gathering of knowledge in the face of our certain doom kept us sane and gave us the drive to go on, step after step, fight after fight.

Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker

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