european names
I searched for this message I wrote four years ago because I rewatched Attack of the Clones and noticed a surprising number of "Earthling" character names in the closing credits. So I looked up all the Star Wars movies on the IMDb and this is what I came up with:
Terran names in Star Wars
A New Hope
Ben, Biggs, Luke, Leia, Owen, Willard
The Empire Strikes Back
Janson, Jess
Return of the Jedi
Karie, Max, Watts
The Phantom Menace
Ann
Attack of the Clones
Dexter, Hermione, Jocasta, Mari
Revenge of the Sith
Cody, Colton, Kit
The Clone Wars
Rex
I noticed that even though these folks are listed with these names in the closing credits, many of them are never actually referred to by their given names in the movies themselves.
I realize that all of these names are of European origin. There may be names of Asian or Native American origin in the films, but I am not familiar enough with their etymologies to recognize all but the obvious ones, such as Nguyen or Chang. I also noticed that although some of these names have alternate spellings, they are still pronounced like we pronounce them.
Which leads to my next question:
Does Earth figure somehow and somewhere in the Star Wars universe? Is this a fan fiction question?
Mary
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