How come in Star Wars that Luke's got a sort of English name whereas everyone else has a stupid

[Berni]

space-type name? I mean there's Han Solo. Princess Leia Organa, Anakin, Lando Calrissian. Wedge Antilles and Biggs Darklighter (?) and a host of other silly names that don't mean anything. And then there's 'Luke', who we must assume is named after the saint of the same name. It doesn't make sense. Neither does the fact that his uncle was called Owen. Was he Welsh?

OK, OK, I know Obi Wan Kenobi is called 'Ben' at certain points, but that was an adopted name as far as I know.

Anyway, none of it makes sense.

[IUFG]

"Science Fiction", I believe

[Rich]

are you, B? :-(

[Luis Anaconda]

Oops I may have given away the "It was all a dream, plot"

[Luis Anaconda]

It clearly isn't pronounceable in her own tongue

[Jake]

http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&goto=3873 199&rid=4302&S=e189c8bc20b786699b33eb487ee9af9b (http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&goto=3873199&rid=4302&S=e189c8bc20b786699b33eb487ee9af9b)

Also, it's obviously because Luke wasn't meant to know his heritage so was given some plebby farmer earth name.

Duh.

[Berni]

is still an alarming amount of my brain that is filled with trivia about Star Wars I learned more than 30 years ago. It sometimes bubbles to the surface like a foul gas trapped in the mud of an old fishpond.

[Berni]

means someone not particularly intellectual, which would appear to describe her to a tee.

[Berni]

Also, how would anyone know about earth names, ffs?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I saw the first one when it came out. At the pictures in Bomley. My dad took me. I didn't really like it very much. I understand there have been several films in the series since.

What's it actually all about, though?

[Luis Anaconda]

was surely asking Why? Why? Why?

[Berni]

light swords. The goodies win and the baddies lose. There are space creatures and robots. That's it.

That cinema's still there, I think. The one down by the Swan and Mitre?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Yes, that's the one. Years later I slept through Air America in there, before visiting the Chinese restaurant nearby and eating my first ever sesame prawn toast. Imagine getting to your mid-20s before ever trying sesame prawn toast!

Memories, eh?

[Jake]

I take your point though. He comes from a family of Shmi's and Padme's 'n that. Maybe they were trying to make him a simpleton? "I'm Luke the moisture farmer I am" etc.

[Berni]

go to matinee showings on weekdays when I'd be the only person in there, which felt rather decadent. That Chinese across the way wasn't at all bad. They used to do something with tofu that vegetarians of my acquaintance claimed was actually tasty - I didn't believe them, but there you go.

[Berni]

I remember finding the sight of Uncle Owen (or Aunt Beru's) skeletonised, burning corpse thrillingly shocking as a 5 year-old. Probably wouldn't be allowed today.

[Berni]

This board just gets more idiosyncratic every day.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The poor chap might be offended by your intemperate language there.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

fictitious but which adheres to its own rules and is credible by its own standards.

Star Wars is a mish-mash appealing to the lowest common denominator: ie you.

[Berni]

It's not Philip K Dick, ffs.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's young Mo I worry about.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

It’s a f**king science fiction based entirely on made up events and made up worlds you f**king truncheon.

There is a character in the film called Chewbacca ffs.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

emotionally. Seeing little purple aliens blast large orange dogs can never get you involved.

No problem in calling someone Chewbacca but then there has to be a consistency in naming other characters (like Tolkien did) otherwise it is just gibberish.

[Berni]

caring. It came with toys, ffs! Of course it was for kids.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

It's a film, or movie.

1.5 to 2 hours of sitting back with a bag of pick & mix and just watching it.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

movies.

[Mo Britain less Europe]