I'm anxiously awaiting the day when geneticists will have the technology to create little personalized Yodas that each person can take home and keep in a little hut in their backyard.

Some people will ask questions about the meaning of life.
Some will ask why Obi Wan didn't stab Anakin in the heart as he lie smoldering on the rocky soil of Mustafar.
Some will ask their Yodas to use their force powers to look into the future for advice on stock fluctuations.
Some will ask how the light and dark can possibly be equal when humans are involved.
I'll ask mine the best way to cook a Burger.

"Pink, bloody. Little time, on a hot flame. The way to a tasty burger, this is."

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What's the verdict? Does God exist in the Star Wars Universe? If so, I think the God of the SW Universe is a far jovial (pun intended) God than our own. Do you think that when people call to attention their puns, intentional or otherwise, they're calling out their own cleverness?

If there is a God in the SW Universe, he/she/it has a far better sense of humor than ours. Wookies? The Hutts? Taun Tauns? All existing in the same Universe as "the force" and Sith Lords?

The Star Wars Universe also gave us the very unfunny Jar Jar Binks, so maybe their God doesn't have a better sense of humor after all. Maybe their God looks like a bearded computer geek with no discernible neck and a squeaky voice.

There really is no way to prove that our God is any different than the God of the SW Universe. There really is no way to prove that a God exists in either universe. There really is no way to prove that the Star Wars Universe actually did exist in a galaxy, far far away. But you'd think that if our two Universes were synchronous, I'm not buying that whole "a long time ago" part, we'd get a visit from a Star Destroyer or two.

But then again, if you were an Imperial Officer aboard a Star Destroyer, you'd find Earth to be highly boring with it's automobiles that use rubber tires and space shuttles that barely leave the Earth's relatively small atmosphere.

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I'm curious about the bureaucracy of the Jedi Order. Surely, a group as large and orderly as the Jedi had an extensive bureaucracy. Working at a large state school such as the University of Texas, I have to think that the two institutions share a lot of similarities.

So that means the Jedi must have had a large Administrative Branch which controlled all of the personnel records and paychecks for the thousands of Jedi spread out over the large SW Galaxy.

The administrative clerks must have been a bunch of Jedi who couldn't quite make the cut as Space Cowboy Law Enforcers, and had to instead put their force powers to use as typists and data compilers. Instead of taking Lightsaber 101, these bespectacled Jedi opted to take courses on MS Office.

I'd like to see Yoda's personnel file.

Age - 871 years old.
Species - None given.
Dependents - 23

Did the Jedi take sick days? They must have. There must have been days when Obi Wan woke up, saw his daily task, usually involving flying to this world or that world and "negotiating treaties," and said, "You know what, I'd rather go to the fishing hole today." I always got the impression that Obi Wan would rather be fishing than out flying around and chopping dude's hands off.

Or maybe there were days when the Jedi actually *did* get sick. I bet Yoda's secretary came in one morning to this message on the answering machine: "Yoda, this is. Feeling well, I am not. In by twelve, I'll try to be. *sniffle* To Mace Windu, you will forward all calls."

I bet over the span of 800+ years, Yoda must have accrued a wicked amount of sick days, especially if the Jedi used the European model for paid leave. If he used the US model, it would still only be a couple of weeks.

If the Jedi are set up like a University, they really need to work on diversifying their staff. There's what, one African-American on staff for the entire Jedi Council?

I bet their training videos on sexual harassment are chock full of special effects, but I bet they still look like they're from the 1980's, or whatever the SW equivalent date is.

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more to come later, from a Mac far, far away.

namaste