May the (police) force be with you

THE FORCE is strong at a major Aussie police department, who keep naming operations after things from Star Wars.

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THE Force must be strong with the computers at a major Aussie police department, with a distinct Star Wars theme emerging.

While officers are yet to dress in Jedi robes, Northern Territory police named four recent operations after things appearing in the Star Wars movies.

But police insist this was a coincidence, and the names - including Operation Jedi - were selected randomly by a computer.

Well, the computer must really be into Star Wars.

Three other operations were named after miniature aliens.

Ewoks

A program to stop grog going into Aboriginal communities was named after the Ewoks of the cult George Lucas films.

"Jawa" was the code name for a zero tolerance plan to fight alcohol-fuelled crime.

And an investigation into an alleged homicide was called "Watto".

In the films, he was a lumpy blue insect who ran a junkyard in the middle of no where.

As Yoda would say, strong in The Force, the Territory is.

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