Josh-da-man

Kira Rey?
Rey Solo?

joe_b

I like the names. I guess the "BB" in BB-8 stands for beach ball.

A piece of paper with the word "KIRA" was allegedly hanging on one of the trailers at the Puzzelewood location. Someone took a picture and posted it online. Fans just assumed it was the name (or codename) of Ridley's character. It's a nice female sci-fi name, but feels overused after The Dark Crystal and Deep Space Nine -- not to mention it's one letter removed from Kara/Supergirl. At least Rey is more unique.

Kal-El

I don't mind the names. Yoda. Han Solo. Lando. Nien Nunb. Admiral Ackbar. Wedge Antilles. Porkins(for the fat guy of course). Mon Mothma. General Dodonna.

These names are too ingrained in our collective social consciousness that of course we miss how silly they sound.

Only Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are the "normal" sounding names there.

Ranger

Did they say Rey and Finn were both first names? Agree that Kira sounds a lot better than Rey. Finn and Rey sound more like last names.

Del Rey.
Huckleberry Finn.

JTH182

Well those are just the worst Star Wars names ever!

Sonic

They put garbage pail kid names on the star wars characters?

monobullet

Poor Finn

Why So Blu?

Why is Finn on the run? Oh, I get it.

mcnabb

For anyone complaining about the names, then you would have done the same thing for the OT names:

-Princess Leia Organa? Everyone would be saying she is a 'Ho' because of her name.

-Han Solo? Everyone would be saying masturbation jokes that he is always solo and uses his 'hand'

-Obiwan Kenobi? Another name never used in our normal world

-Luke Skywalker? Luke is the only name that people have heard of.

-Lando Calrissean? Sounds like a pimp

-Chewbacca?

-R2D2?

-C3PO?

Don't get me wrong, I though the new ST names sound strange, but were just used to the OT names.

HN

you can't think of a better first name than 'Poor'?

taffer

Yoda? Does he yodel or something?

Porkins? Yes, let's name the fat guy after a pig.

Then the spacecraft have lame names too.

X-Wing because the wings are X-shaped.

TIE fighter because it looks like a bow tie.

Star Destroyer and Death Star are lame. Plus, does the Empire hate stars or something? Why are they destroying stars? If the Death Star looks like a small moon, shouldn't it be Death Moon? Wasn't Luke's original name supposed to be Starkiller as well, and then they changed it to Skywalker? (Which really isn't much better really. Does he walk on the sky?)

Preterite

Lando was a pimp.

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stvn1974

It would have been funny if out of all the weird names in the Star Wars universe Chewbacca was named "Fred".

hanshotfirst1138

What're you, a Minion? I suppose in 1977, "Skywalker" and a loner named "Solo" sounded like cool symbolic names . Certainly nowhere near as dumb as "Sully," "Grace Augustine," "Selfride," "Navi," "Pandora," and "Unobtainium" .

Starting with the fact that they had anti-doxing rules. Which were so strictly adhered to not too long ago .



Between him and Chis Claremont alone, I had trouble getting through Gold, Silver, and Bronze Age comics with the constant narration of everything. I've stuck with the Modern Age, mostly ,

"When first registered on this forum as hanshotfirst1138, I made a vow to post about movies! Now I must type! I must espouse my opinion!! With small keyboards come lots of words! Now I shall adjust my position in my chair and continue with my noble mission!! My Uncle Ben's death taught me that I must post on Internet forums and now I must explain it every issue!"

Maybe he's just fucking with you .

When I went on my bitter Star Wars purge, I sold my Tarakovsky Clone Wars DVD for a couple of bucks rather than check to see if they were OOP. I now feel like moron of the year.

mcnabb

I feel bad now when I think about it, but we used to call the fat kids in elementary school 'Porkins' from Star Wars or 'Pugsly' from the Adams Family.

taffer

I don't mean to sound racist or anything, but Admiral Ackbar also sounds a lot like the Muslim prayer "Allah Akbar." That confused the heck out of me when I was young trying to figure out why they were worshiping Admiral Ackbar.

EddieMoney

You're going to hell.

inri222

What the hell is a Padme?

hanshotfirst1138

Queen Amidala's name.

Shazam

Huh, I thought it was what Kiera Knightley and Natalie Portman said to each other while they were tribbing.

stvn1974

Verb


to deprive of parents or a parent through death due to broken heart:

stvn1974

Wow! Spoiler!

inri222

I know it's just that people are surprised by silly names, I think Padme takes the cake. I think I'll make a movie in which Padme Amidala, Frau Blucher & Lloyd Christmas hang out together.

stvn1974

I always found it funny that Lucas threw a temper tantrum over Battlestar Galactica ripping off Star Wars then he goes and rips off Adama.

windom

If the queen's first name was Padme, then why would she try and disguise herself as a handmaiden named Padme? Wouldn't Amidala's first name be pretty well known?

It seems that BB-8 was a practical effect and not CGI. Has that been stated anywhere before?
Here's a portion from an interview with Mark Hammil on the subject. Not really spoilery, but just in case:



https://www.yahoo.com/movies/mark-ha...015597302.html