What is the Mandalorian religion? It’s a question consistently trending on Google since the “Star Wars” series premiered last year. Answers have been sparse — but a recent episode contained a major revelation.
Raised by a religious cult, Djarin suddenly discovers other Mandalorians who — gasp! — follow different creeds, or perhaps no creed at all. He greets this new fact with the enthusiasm of a man handed a ham sandwich at a bris. Judging by Google, many people are curious about the mysterious “Way of the Mandalore,” the creed shared by Djarin and his sect. The question, “What is the Mandalorian religion?” has consistently trended since the show premiered last year. A Mandalorian credo, “weapons are part of my religion,” also is trending now. (Is that bad? That seems bad.) The answers to this question, so far, have been sparse. But a recent episode contained a major revelation. ‘Star Wars’ has featured religious themes since the beginning This is not the first time “Star Wars” has dabbled in religion. George Lucas, the franchise’s creator, has said he wanted to introduce young Americans to spiritual teachings though “new myths.” “I wanted to make it so that young people would begin to ask questions about the mystery,” he said. In the ’70s and ’80s, the interstellar saga explored Eastern traditions, mainly Buddhism and Taoism, just as many “spiritual, but not religious” dabblers were doing the same. At the turn of the millennium, “Star Wars” caught the McMindfulness craze — 1999’s “The Phantom Menace” opens with two Jedi talking about the benefits of meditation.
