In the name of the force…
Star Wars continues to make headlines across the globe. Only this weekend, ODEON cinemas have revealed that the new movie accounted for 90% of their weekend sales.
We’ve seen all sorts of parodies and puns being used to celebrate the release of the movie but this latest one has to be the most bizarre.
A church in Germany held a Star Wars inspired mass to try and attract the younger members of the community. They welcomed fans of the movie in full costumes and the priest even had a special lightsaber in his hand during the ceremony.
They showed clips from the movie on a massive screen and featured the theme music in the overall proceedings. They saw an increase of more than double the amount of regular church-goers, with 500 people attending the special ceremony.
Lucas Ludewig, the local Pastor, explained to the Telegraph why they wanted to include Star Wars in their mass saying, “Star Wars deals with religious imagery, from Christianity and probably from other religions as well.”
He added, “So that shows that the Bible and our church is part of our culture – that it is constantly used and appropriated.”
Video via YouTube/Associated Press
