Editing Jedi (section)

==Cultural impact and critical response==
{{See also|Cultural impact of Star Wars}}

The [[United States Army]] had a group of officers in the early 1980s who promoted [[maneuver warfare]] tactics, and who were derisively referred to as Jedi by more conventional officers who were satisfied with [[attrition warfare]] tactics and methods.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_o_Ay6D9vEC&q=%22maneuver+warfare%22+jedi&pg=PT314 |title=Commanders |first=Bob |last=Woodward |author-link=Bob Woodward |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |date=2012 |access-date=2014-07-18 |isbn=9781471104749 |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803084411/https://books.google.com/books?id=e_o_Ay6D9vEC&q=%22maneuver+warfare%22+jedi&pg=PT314#v=onepage&q=%22maneuver%20warfare%22%20jedi&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19910317&id=ELAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=7042,247120|last=Kaplan|first=Fred|title=Schwarzkopf's war plan came from Army's Jedi Knights |newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |date=1991-03-17|page=A13 |access-date=2014-07-18}}</ref>

=== Analysis ===
In ''Star Wars and Philosophy'', William Stephens compares the Jedi to [[Stoicism]]:{{blockquote|text=To recap, the virtues the Jedi shares with the Stoic sage are patience, timeliness, deep commitment, seriousness (as opposed to frivolity), calmness (as opposed to anger or euphoria), peacefulness (as opposed to aggression), caution (as opposed to recklessness), benevolence (as opposed to hatred), joy (as opposed to sullenness), passivity (as opposed to agitation), and wisdom. Given all these virtues, Yoda certainly resembles what the ancient Stoics described as the sage—the ideal person who has perfected his reason and achieved complete wisdom.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last= Stephens |first= William O.
 |editor1-last= Decker |editor1-first= Kevin S.
 |editor2-last= Eberl |editor2-first= Jason T.
 |editor3-last= Irwin |editor3-first= William |date= 2013
 |title= Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine
 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U7VOAiIvMSUC
 |chapter= Chapter 2: "Stoicism in the stars: Yoda, the Emperor, and the Force
 |publisher= Open Court |isbn =978-0812697018 
}}
</ref>}}

Functionally, the Jedi order resembles a [[Praetorian Guard]].<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Jamilla
| first1 = Nick
| title = Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe: Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=g23D4YMmdb0C
| location = Jefferson, North Carolina
| publisher = McFarland
| date = 2014
| page = 52
| isbn = 9780786451791
| access-date = 2019-01-28
| quote = The clearest analogy of the Jedi's relationship to the political establishment, however negative it may appear, is that of the Praetorian Guard, which, in its early days, was a military arm that served as the bodyguard of a commander and later fell into disrepute.
}}
</ref>

===Media===
Jedi have made their way into certain areas of pop culture, such as [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s song "[[The Saga Begins]]", a parody of "[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]". In the film ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' (2009), a reporter follows a former soldier who claimed to be a "Jedi warrior", a nickname for [[psychic]] spies in the US military.

===Religion===
{{Main|Jediism}}
One of the enduring influences the ''Star Wars'' saga has had in popular culture is the idea of the fictional Jedi values being interpreted as a modern philosophical path or religion,<ref>{{cite news|last = Woolley|first = Jamie|title = A New Religion|publisher = BBC News|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/08/star_wars_a_new_religion_article.shtml|access-date = 13 November 2008|archive-date = 10 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160410092019/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/08/star_wars_a_new_religion_article.shtml|url-status = live}}</ref> spawning various movements such as the Jediism (religious) and the [[Jedi census phenomenon]].