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Post #70342

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General Gravos
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OT.com in french newspaper
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Date created
8-Oct-2004, 5:41 AM
In french, the main characters have different names indeed!

Darth Vader = Dark Vador

Luke Skywalker = Luc Skywalker (it is even rumored that Skywalker was changed to Courleciel (skyrunner) in the end titles of Star Wars)

Han Solo = Yann Solo (only in Star Wars. He's called Han in ESB and ROTJ)

C3PO / 3PO = Z6PO / 6PO

Chewbacca / Chewie = Chiquetabac (litterally Chew Tobacco) / Chico (only called like this in Star Wars)

and some locations and ships too :

Millenium Falcon = Millenium Condor (only in Star Wars)

Death Star = L'Etoile Noire (Black Star)

Alderaan = Alderande