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.
