Bill Jurkovic wrote: "George Lucas in his StarWars movies draws a lot of thematic ideas from the Bible. Evidence to support my claim can be found in the themes he has explored in Indiana Jones 1 and 3. A lot of the existing Star Wars script is about finding redemption with a mystical force. For example, a person can redeem himself if he accepts the good side of the force. Doesn't that sound similar to the Christian idea one is redeemed if he/she accepts Jesus Christ {the good side} as taught in the Bible..? We know from 'A New hope' that both Mr. and Mrs. Vader somehow must have "fallen from grace" because they both in their own ways paid the ultimate price: she is dead and by that time he is a twisted monster that has lost all contact with humanity until he is redeemed in Return of the Jedi. I feel that George Lucas is obsessed with Biblical stories: you only have read the Bible to draw similarities left right and center; its all in there. He was once quoted as saying he'd love to bring big epics to the screen like his idol Cecil B. de Mille. George shows this fascination in themes he explores in his Indiana Jones films: The Lost Ark and the Chalice of the Last Supper in Indy 3. So people shouldn't be surprised if parts of biblical stories sneak into his Star wars movies under a different disguise."

Roderick: "I think George Lucas is not only taking themes from the Bible and the Torah, but from many other writings as well. He's done quite extensive research in mythology when working on Star Wars. If you're interested in these backgrounds, I can recommend Mary Henderson's 'Star Wars - The Magic Of Myth'. This book explores about every mythological theme that you could trace in Star Wars, including the biblical themes, although I doubt that all these themes have been deliberately put into the Star Wars saga by George Lucas. I think that they were just in the back of his head while he was writing the story. But then again, real masterpieces always contain and signify more than what the author intended to put into them..."

'Streen Bean' wrote: "I've heard that there are Buddhists who swear that the Force is actually Buddhism. Streen Bean doesn't know much about Buddhism (Bean is a Mormon; that's why she plays the drinking game with Dr. Pepper) but she's reading *Siddhartha* for a school thing so Bean will share any insights she comes upon.  May the wisdom of the Buddha shine upon you."

'Streen Bean' wrote: "Streen Bean read some of *Siddhartha*, has more thoughts! 
Bean hasn't gotten to the part where Siddhartha becomes Enlightened yet, but he's working for it and the Hindu ascetic's idea of spiritual perfection is detachment from Self. This is accomplished by fasting for a couple weeks, sitting in thorns until you ulcerate and can't feel it anymore, sitting in cold water for a day or two, and lots of meditation, stuff like that.  Siddhartha became a bird and a dead jackal and did all sorts of stuff outside of his body (Bean thinks he was just trippin' from the results of the above process, but Bean digresses). Jedi learn to ignore physical discomfort and go all over the place without moving and they meditate a lot too. Don't miss the next installment: Buddhism!"

HL wrote: "Also, don't forget that the birth of Luke Skywalker(a child that will ultimately save the galaxy), closely resembles the birth of Jesus"