One of the historical inspirations for
the Jedi order and for
their evil sibling, the Sith,
is the samurai order from Japan.
So, its fitting the Dark Vader's
helmet looks the way it does.
Because that was taken from
traditional samurai helmets.
So the Knights Templar were also
one of the historical inspirations
behind the Jedi.
The Knights Templar claimed that they
were fighting on two different planes.
They were fighting here on the Earth, but
they were also fighting on the spiritual
plane in the same way that the Jedi
were engaged not only in fighting for
peace, but also fighting against
the pull for the darkside.
Remember how Emperor Palpatine issued
Order 66 to get rid of the Jedi?
The Knights Templar experience
the same sort of thing in France.
King Philip IV saw that he would
benefit from taking their stuff and
also from taking away a source
of independent power that could
eventually threaten his own throne.
So he issued an arrest warrant for
all of the Knights Templar in France and
also engaged in a smear campaign against
them so that the people would not rally
behind them but would accept the fact
that he had essentially wiped them out.
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