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A version of the email is now circulating in the United Kingdom, which will conduct its census on April 29.
The Home Office is not amused.
"If 10, 10,000 or 50,000 people put Jedi in the 'other' section of the census, it's not going to be reflected in the output," a spokesman told the BBC.
"In the last census, where we asked for a religion, lots of people who obviously don't have a religion put their football team. But it doesn't matter whether you put Jedi, Manchester United, Chelsea, or whatever. It's completely erroneous, it's going to have no impact whatsoever."
That's because only the hundred or so religions listed by name on the census form as options will be tallied individually. Anything written in the "other" box will be recorded simply as ... "other."
And here is the U.K. version of Jedimania:
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As some of you may know there is a census coming around in the near future.
For those who don't know, a census is where the government collates general information about it's residents (number of people living in your house, religion, etc)
If there are enough people in the U.K., who put down a religion that isn't mentioned on the census form it becomes a fully recognised and legal religion. It usually takes about 10,000 people to nominate the same religion. It is for this reason that it has been suggested that anyone who does not have a dominant religion to put "Jedi" as their religion. Send this on to all your friends and tell them to put down "Jedi" on their census form. And remember ..... if you are a member of the Jedi religion then you are by default a 'Jedi Knight'. So If this has been your dream since you were 4 years old.... Do it cos you love Star Wars, If not........... then just do it to annoy people.
May the Force be with you!
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I daresay the "annoy people" part has already been accomplished. 
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