ARMY top brass are being urged to model future officer training on Star Wars’ Jedi Knights.
Leadership expert Ellen Daniels claims movie heroes hold “untapped” clues for real-world soldiers.
In the latest issue of Soldier magazine, Ms Daniels argues superhero squads offer masterclasses in high-stakes teamwork and command dynamics.
The sci-fi geek points to ’ Anakin Skywalker — who fell from grace to become Darth Vader — as a classic, catastrophic example of a “mentoring failure”.
She warned: “He is a member of the spiritual Jedi order but he only has one person responsible for him in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
“And his overseer does not fully understand how the student’s potential can be twisted to serve the Dark Side.”
Ms Daniels insists military top brass with eyes on must heed those lessons, arguing Skywalker’s slide could have been averted with sharper oversight and closer supervision.
The leadership guru also argues movies show the impact of combat on mental health and can help troops navigate the real-life dangers of runaway tech and warfare in the age of .
Ms Daniels has already begun pitching her theories to military figures, enlisting Royal Signals officer Major James McEvoy to unpack sci-fi and AI on her Leadership Multiverse podcast.
However, her work has received some push-back.
Former Lance Corporal Martyn Compton, 42, of Battle, East Sussex, said: “This makes a mockery of the professionalism of the
“The discipline and training is nothing like what Spiderman or Wolverine went through. The idea is ridiculous — and mental health are very serious issues.”
