The Oxford English Dictionary has officially updated its list of words to include Star Wars terms such as “Jedi,” “Padawan,” and more.
While the Star Wars franchise has introduced multiple terms that are frequently used in modern lingo, the Oxford English Dictionary has now officially recognized a few of these words with its October 2019 update. The Star Wars terms added to the Oxford English Dictionary are “Jedi”, “Force”, “Padawan”, “Lightsabre”, and “Mind Trick”.
Of course, “Force” and “Mind trick” were already part of the Oxford Engish Dictionary, but the former word has been updated to include the Star Wars franchise’s use of the term, with an additional definition reading, “a mystical universal energy field.” The term “Mind trick” has also been updated with a note that reads, “see also Jedi.”
The world Jedi itself is formally defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: “In the fictional universe of the Star Wars films: a member of an order of heroic, skilled warrior monks who are able to harness the mystical power of the Force.” Furthermore, Padawan is defined as “an apprentice Jedi” while “Lightsabre” is described as “a weapon resembling a sword, but having a destructive beam of light in place of a blade.”
Meanwhile, the Star Wars franchise is set to conclude the main episodic saga with the release of The Rise of Skywalker this holiday season.
Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.
Directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be released in theaters on December 19, 2019.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
