Editing Jedi (section)

===Influences===
[[George Lucas]] acknowledged that the Jedi, [[Sith]], and other [[The Force|Force]] concepts have been inspired by many sources. These include: [[knighthood]], [[chivalry]], [[paladin]]ism, [[samurai]] [[bushido]], [[Shaolin Monastery]], [[Feudalism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Qigong]], [[Greek philosophy]] and [[Greek mythology|mythology]], [[History of Rome|Roman history]] and [[Roman mythology|mythology]], [[Sufism]], [[Confucianism]], [[Shintō]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Taoism]], and numerous cinematic precursors. The works of philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and mythologist [[Joseph Campbell]], especially his book ''[[The Hero with a Thousand Faces]]'' (1949), directly influenced Lucas, and was what drove him to create the 'modern myth' of ''Star Wars''.<ref name="swmyth">{{cite web | url=http://www.films.com/id/11017/The_Mythology_of_Star_Wars_with_George_Lucas_and_Bill_Moyers.htm | title=The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers | publisher=Films Media Group | work=films.com | access-date=26 February 2015 | archive-date=3 January 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103135453/http://films.com/id/11017/The_Mythology_of_Star_Wars_with_George_Lucas_and_Bill_Moyers.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/StarWars/sw-unit1.htm |title=Star Wars @ NASM, Unit 1, Introduction Page |publisher=Nasm.si.edu |date=1999-01-31 |access-date=2010-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408195115/http://nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/StarWars/sw-unit1.htm |archive-date= 8 April 2010 }}</ref>

Lucas explained that the Jedi are trained, allowed and expected to love people (even their enemies, the Sith), but they are not to form attachments because attachment leads to the dark side of the Force.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rinzler|first=J. W.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/315465476|title=Star wars, the making of episode III, revenge of the Sith|date=2005|publisher=Del Rey Books|isbn=0-345-43138-3|oclc=315465476}}</ref> When one has, gets or wants a person or experience and attaches to them, one becomes afraid to lose them. The fear of loss feeds into greed, wanting to keep things, thus, an attached person is selfish and unable to let go. The fear of loss turns into anger, which will lead to hate, and hate will lead into suffering, mostly on the part of the one who is selfish, because then one will spend their lives being afraid rather than actually living. The light side is focused on compassion and giving; thus it is love, and the opposite of attachment – it is everlasting joy, devoid of fear of loss and the pain of loss. "As long as you love other people and treat them kindly, you won't be afraid".<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Mellody Hobson / George Lucas - Virtual Speaker Interview| date=14 March 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7LhwO0EGi4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/V7LhwO0EGi4| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-06-21|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Lucas, identifying himself as "Buddhist Methodist" or "Methodist Buddhist" stated that his philosophy of [[Detachment (philosophy)|non-attachment]], depicted in his movies was influenced by the fact that he was from San Francisco, the "Zen Buddhism capital of the United States".<ref name=":0" /> In 2020, he indicated that the Jedi were "designed to be a Buddhist monk who happened to be very good at fighting".<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Duncan|first=Paul|title=The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005|publisher=Taschen|year=2020|isbn=9783836563444|location=US}}</ref>