The Australian Census held last year finally sheds some light on why the Star Wars prequals are filmed in Australia. It seems 70,509 of us are Jedi Knights.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said Jedi or Jedi-related responses had been categorised as not defined for census output purposes.
“However, due to interest in this matter further analysis of census responses has been undertaken since the release of census data on 17 June to separately identify the number of Jedi-related responses,” an ABS spokesman said.
He said 0.37 per cent, or 70,509 people, provided Jedi or a Jedi-related response on their census form.
