The Force

An original draft "Star Wars" script left in a London apartment by "Han Solo" actor Harrison Ford sold at a U.K. auction for £10,795 ($13,600) on Feb. 17.

The script was used when Ford was in London for the filming of the first instalment of the epic saga, originally entitled "The Adventures Of Luke Starkiller," at Elstree Studios north of London.

Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, criticized the new Star Wars installment, the Force Awakens, complaining that the villains aren’t evil enough. The anonymous critique dismissed the film’s villains as pale imitations of previous baddies.

The Kad?köy Municipality on Istanbul's Asian coast has joined Star Wars mania, warning undocumented street vendors by sharing on its Twitter account a photo of a constable equipped with a Darth Vader mask and a light saber.

"We have increased the 'force' of our constabularies," the tweet said, as the root of the word "to strengthen" is "force" in the Turkish language. 

A Jedi Church was spawned from the Star Wars series. The religion received press coverage following an international e-mail campaign in 2001 that urged people to write “Jedi” in response to their religion classificaiton on their country’s census. The majority were assumed to have claimed the faith as a joke, but there was enough of a rise to put Jediism on the map of world religions.

The six original "Star Wars" movies are being released online in digital form for the first time, the studios behind the iconic franchise has announced.
      

"Star Wars" fans were sent into a frenzy Thursday as studio giant Disney revealed the title of the iconic franchise's seventh episode -- "The Force Awakens" -- and said filming was over.
      
"The Force Awakens" immediately shot to the top of trending topics on Twitter after Walt Disney Pictures and the official "Star Wars" account released the title.