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[Kagus]

Uh, yeah... Darth Sidious has always been Sheev Palpatine.

Get your lore straight, NERD!

[scriver]

Yah, exactly

My standard for Star Wars names is firmly "Is it worse than Saváge O'ppress?"

Because that is the stupidest name ever.

[Telgin]

I think Triclops might be worse than that, but it's a bit iffy.

At least that is no longer canon.

[Iduno]

I think Triclops might be worse than that, but it's a bit iffy.

At least that is no longer canon.

They changed the He-man guy's name?

Oh don't worry, Palpatine has had a first name for a LONG time.

And it's been "Sheev" the entire time.

I've only watched 3.5 of those movies, plus the ewok thing. I don't know any Darth other than Vader.

Yah, exactly

My standard for Star Wars names is firmly "Is it worse than Saváge O'ppress?"

Because that is the stupidest name ever.

Jack Villain. It's pronounced Vill-ayyyn.

[MrRoboto75]

Yah, exactly

My standard for Star Wars names is firmly "Is it worse than Saváge O'ppress?"

Because that is the stupidest name ever.

I can't get over Mance Rayder over in Game of Thrones.

[scriver]

...Because rayder sounds like raider, or am I missing something about Mance?

[Rolan7]

Yah, exactly

My standard for Star Wars names is firmly "Is it worse than Saváge O'ppress?"

Because that is the stupidest name ever.

I *love* the Clone Wars for giving the Prequels the time they needed to tell an actual story, plus add a lot of solid characters...
one of which bears that name
y-yeah

But hey, Star Wars names are *all* either extremely descriptive or complete nonsense.  Vader, remember

[MrRoboto75]

...Because rayder sounds like raider, or am I missing something about Mance?

A) "Mance" is a word for a big house, probably the ancestor to the word Mansion.

B) "Mance Rayder" could totally be a star wars character.

[Il Palazzo]

OK, let's decipher the SW names.

Darth Vader = dark father
Luke Skywalker = George Lucas is awesome
Han Solo = hammy yolo
Mace Windu = ?? is his mace windy or something?

[Bumber]

Mace Windu = ?? is his mace windy or something?

He sprays mace into the wind, which gets into everyone's eyes.

[Rolan7]

I mean he was flung off the towering spires of Coruscant, and left in the wind
And presumably somehow died from falling.  I'm not aware of even EU content resurrecting him like Palpatine or Maul.
Undeath by falling is a bit of a meme even outside of Star Wars.  I honestly can't remember any other characters who *actually* died by falling, in any work.  It's always a fake out.

[Madman198237]

It's just such an easy way to not let the viewers see the body, therefore the tropes begin.


Does Marvel count, though? They did kind-of-sort-of kill somebody with falling, they just duplicated them a little later...

[Reelya]

...Because rayder sounds like raider, or am I missing something about Mance?

It's probably the sound of Mance in English. It sounds very "fruity". Like if you met a guy called Mance at a club, you'd have a hard time taking him seriously.

I'm going to make my own Sci Fi series, and they'll have better names than Star Wars. The rogueish side-kick will be called Colt Blastwagon. Son of Arthur and Edna Blastwagon, who run a bed and breakfast getaway for the well-to-do alien gentry.

[scriver]

*Hyperspace Suspension and Sustenance

[IcyTea31]

I honestly can't remember any other characters who *actually* died by falling, in any work.

Clayton in Disney's Tarzan (1999). That's the only one I can think of where it was specifically the fall that did the killing and not whatever was down there.