A problem that I often deal with is How well known is the Church of the Force? I typically play in the time period of the original Trilogy (-10 BBY to +2 ABY roughly) when the Empire is in full swing. I tend to go with the idea that the Jedi were villainized for a long time leading up to Order 66, so after they became a forbidden subject there was little reason to bring them up. But the Force as a religion, how prevalent do you see this as a cultural aspect in the Galaxy? Do you make it so that everyone knows what the Force is, at least in concept? Or only certain cultural groups have learned of it?
Just curious as to how widespread you have NPC's have knowledge of the Force in your games.