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> George Lucas took some inspiration from this cross-pollination while writing Star Wars — guess where he got the word \
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> George Lucas took some inspiration from this cross-pollination while writing Star Wars — guess where he got the word \\\"jedi\\\".
Uh... did he actually say this? If you\\\'ve read the whole Barsoom series, published in the 30s or thereabouts, you\\\'ll know it features jeds jedaks and *sith,* making it a kind-of obvious source for the terms. It could be both, I suppose. Jedi fuse characteristics of idealized knights and East Asian monks; jeds are more medieval dukes/knights. The sith of Barsoom is a non-sapient 6-feet-long hornet; very dangerous, would definitely be an aggro mob in a game. It\\\'s also very rare, calling to mind, \\\"only 2 there are, master and apprentice.\\\" But the East Asian influences in Star Wars are also obvious, it would be silly to deny that \\\'jidaigeki\\\' was also an inspiration for \\\'jedi\\\'.
Uh... did he actually say this? If you\\\'ve read the whole Barsoom series, published in the 30s or thereabouts, you\\\'ll know it features jeds jedaks and *sith,* making it a kind-of obvious source for the terms. It could be both, I suppose. Jedi fuse characteristics of idealized knights and East Asian monks; jeds are more medieval dukes/knights. The sith of Barsoom is a non-sapient 6-feet-long hornet; very dangerous, would definitely be an aggro mob in a game. It\\\'s also very rare, calling to mind, \\\"only 2 there are, master and apprentice.\\\" But the East Asian influences in Star Wars are also obvious, it would be silly to deny that \\\'jidaigeki\\\' was also an inspiration for \\\'jedi\\\'.
