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Post #470081

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xhonzi
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Star Wars Names
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Date created
3-Feb-2011, 3:36 PM

TheBoost said:

Been thinking about Star Wars character names, ever since we had that thread about stormtroopers and someone told me there's a stormtrooper named Davin Felth. That name sucks.

So I started thinking about the names people have in the movies.

I'm only counting human characters who's names are used in the movie.

Star Wars

  • Obi-Wan Kenobi aka Ben... A bit wierd, but very reminiscent of Japanese names. Can't get more normal than Ben.

 Return of the Jedi

  • Anakin... Not a real name, but resembles "Ken" or "Nick" grounding it somehwat.

 

My conclusion is that the names USED in the movies (Sio Bibble isn't named in dialogue) aren't anywhere near as weird as the names given to characters in the EU. In fact, most bare at least a passing resemblance to normal Earth names.

My final analysis is that EU names kinda suck. Then end. Thank you for your time.

Yay for the Anakin -> Nick suggestion.  http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Nick-name-for-little-orphan-Ani/post/403336/#TopicPost403336