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The curious story of why the Jedi are called Jedi

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If you’re a cinema fan you may know part of this story but, if you aren’t, this video is a summary of how American westerns influenced the samurais of Akira Kurosawa—and how the samurais of Akira Kurosawa influenced that galactic western known as Star Wars.


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