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Post #643929

Author
Darth Lucas
Parent topic
Remake the Prequels
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Date created
7-Jun-2013, 7:13 PM

Given that this has kind of become a story discussion thread =P  I figured I would post this concept here.  Now I'm not 100% that this would work, and I'm kind of anticipating some negativity around it, but just hear me out.  What if "Skywalker" isn't Anakin's actual name?  What if, when you are sworn into the Jedi Order, you are given a "Jedi name" by your master, similar to what you see in native american culture where you earn a name based on feats you performed in war.  Anakin's actual name is "Anakin Lars."  Ben gives Anakin the name "Skywalker" when he joins the Jedi due to him being an excellent pilot.  Obi-Wan's actual name would be "Ben Kenobi."  Obi-Wan can mean something in Yoda's native language.  (Yoda's native language not being english would explain why he talks sort of strangely.  Like an accent.)  Being such close friends, though, they keep elements of their actual names when speaking to each other, saying "Anakin Skywalker" or "Obi-Wan Kenobi."  When Obi-Wan delivers Luke to the Lars farm, he gives him Skywalker as a surname to honor the good man his father once was.