Terry Crews discussed how ‘Star Wars’ influenced his moral code as an adult for a new appearance on Mythical Chef Josh Scherer’s ‘Last Meals.’
“When Yoda got in his power. When Luke’s ship is all bogged in the swamp and then Yoda sticks his three fingers out there and it raises up, I get emotional now dude,” Crews shared. “I get emotional about that because it’s like look at his power, and you start to learn about being good and what you know, you didn’t really die.”
He explained, “I get choked up because it’s like I truly believe in my heart that no one ever really dies, our Spirits are never dead. Our Spirits have always been here, so we just move to another state. Move to the next thing and it supplants all that fear and scary oh what’s going on into a whole other thing for me.”
The franchise’s impact on Crews’ thoughts about mortality grew stronger after his mother passed away in 2015. It helped him cope with his loss.
“And again, not like ‘Star Wars’ is real, but it gave me a lesson and wait a minute we are here. When my mom passed away, I could feel her you know what I mean?” he continued. “I know she’s proud of me I know she’s looking and she’s watching and she’s in a better place, and she knows more than ever now you know what I mean because all has been revealed to her and we’re all going to eventually get there.”
“So, I don’t fear moving to the next level, and I think ‘Star Wars’ did a great job of just putting that morality in a picture so that we can understand it.”
‘Star Wars’ began with the George Lucas-directed original film in 1977. Since then, the franchise expanded beyond the Skywalker Saga and appeared in other media like comics, audiobooks, and animations, exploring the fictional universe’s past and future.
There are now new movies and TV shows line up for release in the coming years. Production for a Jon Favreau-directed feature film, ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu,’ already started for a release on May 22, 2026.
Lucasfilm also confirmed that Season 2 of the ‘Ahsoka’ and ‘Andor’ shows were in the works.
