Quite the coincidence… but also a likely coincidence, imho.
I mean, a lot of Star Wars names during the “Legends era” of novels were basically coming through a “name generator”-style of, well, naming characters (which I never liked, tbh).
And, not to disrespect Albania or anything, but for English-first speakers, Enver Hoxha sounds random enough for an English-speaking author to come up with and probably is.
Hell, some words and names in English are ironic and weird when said in Chinese as well; you get sound equivalents too, though Chinese/English may not be the comparison to make in that regard.
I don’t think he came with it, he probably just really used name generator from internet, and those are wildly varying in quality. Especially for Star Wars which always at least tried to not have Earth names for people.
I like it, i only don’t like inconsequences when some people do have Earth names. Although it naturally pose narration challenges, but even at worst it’s still way better than the Rowling naming sense. Also it’s fitting for Star Wars where even humans never lived on Earth (long ago, galaxy far far away etc. same thing was done in the Culture) and the mainstream galctic culture (most of what we see no matter the species belong to it) is largely uniform and it took 20000 years to reach that state. Note some cultures like Hutts do have distinct naming.
You mean to say you like the “name generator” type-of naming scheme? Because I could see it used well up to a point, but I really prefer naming as it was done in the original trilogy and TCW series.
I do like “Ben” Kenobi, but I get how that might bother some people; I prefer the real name Obi-Wan Kenobi and that’s how I name the character in my head. Not how Luke may name him at times, but how he’s typically named in the prequel trilogy and other media.
Same, he’s one of my favourite characters in SW and i never once thought of him as “Ben” even when i watched the first movies as a kid. Obi-wan seemed so fun and exotic then.
Quite the coincidence… but also a likely coincidence, imho.
I mean, a lot of Star Wars names during the “Legends era” of novels were basically coming through a “name generator”-style of, well, naming characters (which I never liked, tbh).
And, not to disrespect Albania or anything, but for English-first speakers, Enver Hoxha sounds random enough for an English-speaking author to come up with and probably is.
Hell, some words and names in English are ironic and weird when said in Chinese as well; you get sound equivalents too, though Chinese/English may not be the comparison to make in that regard.
I don’t think he came with it, he probably just really used name generator from internet, and those are wildly varying in quality. Especially for Star Wars which always at least tried to not have Earth names for people.
I hated that.
I like Earth names in my Star Wars.
Or even those goofy names that clearly meant something.
Names like “Borsk Fey’lya” never did it for me.
IMHO.
I like it, i only don’t like inconsequences when some people do have Earth names. Although it naturally pose narration challenges, but even at worst it’s still way better than the Rowling naming sense. Also it’s fitting for Star Wars where even humans never lived on Earth (long ago, galaxy far far away etc. same thing was done in the Culture) and the mainstream galctic culture (most of what we see no matter the species belong to it) is largely uniform and it took 20000 years to reach that state. Note some cultures like Hutts do have distinct naming.
You mean to say you like the “name generator” type-of naming scheme? Because I could see it used well up to a point, but I really prefer naming as it was done in the original trilogy and TCW series.
Basically yes. Though the only one i can’t stomach is “Ben” Kenobi. Feels just completely random and out of place.
Oh gotcha.
I do like “Ben” Kenobi, but I get how that might bother some people; I prefer the real name Obi-Wan Kenobi and that’s how I name the character in my head. Not how Luke may name him at times, but how he’s typically named in the prequel trilogy and other media.
Same, he’s one of my favourite characters in SW and i never once thought of him as “Ben” even when i watched the first movies as a kid. Obi-wan seemed so fun and exotic then.
I prefer Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels, tbh.
That’s typically how I imagine the character, though I grew up watching the original trilogy first.