Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!orca!erewhon!lucas From: lucas@erewhon.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Re: Jedus as the singular of Jedi Message-ID: <1345@orca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 11:02:28 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1345 Posted: Thu Jun 30 11:02:28 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 06:12:16 EDT Lines: 6 Followup-to: fortune.1214 In his autobiography, Lucas makes it clear that "Jedi" is the plural of "Jedus". Unfortunately, "Jedus" collides with an Arabic word describing an indiscrete somatic function, so they went with the grammatically incorrect use of "Jedi" as a singular.