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Jedi Junkies (2010) A long time ago, in a city 3,000 kilometres away, a truly lifechanging film was greenlit.

Now, I know the term “lifechanging” gets thrown around a lot. Some people refer to the release of iOS 7.0.6 as life-changing. Some claim that their life is completely altered whenever Tim Hortons offers a new variety of bagel. Both of those are debatable. After watching the 2010 documentary Jedi Junkies, however, one thing is not debatable. The 1977 classic Star Wars, and its many offshoots, has completely overtaken the lives of many.

In Jedi Junkies, we meet the fans, collectors and artists whose lives have been touched by George Lucas' most famous creation. Celebrities, mental health professionals and average Joes (dressed as Storm Troopers) weigh in on the 35-year-old phenomenon.

The film is not a Lucasfilms production, and therefore doesn't feature any of the A-list actors that people associate with the series. That means no Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman or Jake Lloyd. However, the film is not without star power. Attack of the Show host Olivia Munn and The Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sanchez, both of whom are huge fans of the series, appear throughout the film to comment on the Star Wars hysteria.We also get to hear from Ray Park (Darth Maul) and Peter Mayhew (Chewabacca), two men who may not be household names, but whose characters are known from Timbuktu to Tatooine. People may be surprised to learn that Mayhew, like most actors and actresses, does not look nearly as photogenic as the character he played in the films.

We are introduced to several enterprising fans who teach others the ways of the Force, or at least how to handle a lightsaber. This got me thinking — why has there never been an official Star Wars DVD workout series? Have Mark Hamill host the thing and show us how to tone your abs by swinging a saber. A dramatically slimmed-down Jabba The Hutt could come out wearing a headband and short shorts. He could show us how he lost several thousand pounds of girth as he jumps around while a dance mix version of the Star Wars main title theme plays in the background. And Yoda yoga is a license to print money. Disney, feel free to take this idea — all I ask is for a Mighty Ducks trilogy box set in return.

While my exercise regimen idea may never see the light of day, others have had great success with their Star Wars-inspired projects, and we get to meet some of these folks during the documentary. Like tribute band AeroSith. And the creator of leiasmetalbikini.com, a website dedicated to women who dress up as “Slave Leia” as seen in Return of the Jedi. When you're done doing whatever it is that you will be doing while visiting this fine website, be sure to purchase the Slave Leia Dart Board, which makes quite a nice conversation piece.

Speaking of collectibles, that topic is given quite a bit of time. One man has several hundred figures, and remarks that he changed his cellphone carrier so that he could get a Star Wars ringtone, before adding, “I need counselling.” This section of the film starts to resemble an episode of A&E's Hoarders, with a psychologist weighing in, throwing around terms like “obsessive compulsive disorder” or something like that. To be honest, I wasn't paying attention. I had eBay open in another tab and was trying to bid on a bag of Lay's potato chips with Bobba Fett on the package. I'm pretty sure she was saying that collecting is awesome, though, even if you have to store your life-sized Jar Jar Binks standee in your child's crib.

Whether they are twirling around lightsabers, ogling pictures of women dressed as slaves, or trying to track down a rare Lando Calrissian figure that was only released in Portugal, Star Wars fans are not shy about showing their love for the franchise. With the recent addition of the whole animated Clone Wars series on Netflix, and several planned sequels to the films, Star Wars and their fans are not going anywhere. Which is bad news for some elderly parents who desperately want their basements back.