Exactly. As mentioned on another thread (I can't remember which one!), this tradition of taking a new name when you achieve a new rank or status exists in the far east but friends and family continue to call each other by their birth names. I think it's the most satisfying explanation for why Ben hasn't been called Obi-Wan since before Luke was born.

JamesEightBitStar, would you prefer to have all SW characters named with familiar western names, rather than made-up stuff like 'Obi-Wan' and 'Han' and so on?

I like the idea of Anakin taking a Jedi name of some kind and then have Luke take the same name when he becomes a Jedi. It fits with Luke's attitude towards the image of his father and the main driving force behind his decision to become a Jedi in the first place.

So, we have one vote for Jai-Yun Skywalker and no votes for Kol Vader.

Commander, don't you think it would be worthwhile to see similar traditions observed in the Sith Order as in the Jedi Order? I think it is an interesting aspect to bring out in the story that there are many things that link the Jedi and Sith, representing, as they do, two sides of the same coin. I take it that we both agree that all Sith taking the name 'Darth Such-and-such' is a lazy one? I thought that was very crap in Luca$h's PT. If 'Darth' is Vader's Sith name, it adds edge to Ben's use of it and not his birth name during their final duel in ANH, don't you think?