SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns love skiing the snowy slops, dipping french fries in fry sauce, and, according to a recent Washington Post article, Utahns love searching for "Star Wars" information on Google.
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' the seventh installment of the epic space saga, is expected to break multiple box office records this weekend when it hits theaters nationwide. And it looks like Utahns might help boost those box office numbers.
According to Google Trends, Utah leads the nation in searching all things Star Wars. During the past week, Utah residents have done more Star Wars related Google searches than people in any other state. Adding to that, Utahns are about 25% more likely to Google "Star Wars" than their closest competition: Californians.
Utahns also top the list for Google searching the character of Luke Skywalker. In fact, the Salt Lake City metro area tops the list of metro areas nationwide that Google searches about the Jedi Knight.
Read the full article by The Washington Post here.
Xoel CÀrdenas is a writer with Deseret News. Xoel is also a columnist at SB Nation, the largest sports blog site in the country, where he covers FC Barcelona. Follow him on Twitter @XoelCardenas.