gizzy2000 said:

my point is that pretty much all the characters who didn't have a name when the OT came out (regardless of whether it's said on screen or not) ended up getting completely weird names, and I do think it was the prequels that started this.

The PT may have kicked the stupid naming convention into overdrive, but stupid Star Wars names were being used long before TPM was released. According to Wookieepedia, the name "Ponda Baba" originates from the first edition of Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope, which was published in '89.

Hell, if you really wanna be brutally honest, "Mon Mothma", "Salacious Crumb", and "Porkins" are all stupid names, too, and they all come from the OT.