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A force awakened: why so many find meaning in Star Wars

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imageMark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.20th Century Fox

After witnessing the overwhelming popularity of Star Wars, director Francis Ford Coppola told George Lucas he should start his own religion.

Lucas laughed him off, but Coppola may have been onto something.

Indeed, the Star Wars saga taps into the very...

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