Force be with you

About 500 people—over twice the usual number—showed up at a Star Wars–themed service at the Zion Church in Berlin the weekend the new Star Wars movie was released. Some of the congregants carried lightsabers or wore Darth Vader masks. The church organist played the film’s theme song. The Protestant pastor said the aim was to show that Star Wars draws on religious imagery and “that the Bible and the church are part of our culture” (Toronto Star, December 20).