I have a theory about the stupid names in Star Wars.

[valis2]

When I was eleven I started thinking up this superspy story. I came up with all of these characters, gave them all code names, wrote them down.

When I was thirteen I wrote a bit of it (the first bit is here, if you want your brain to fall out), and it was fun.

The thing is, I've been consumed with this set of characters for years. And because these characters are, at this point, inexorably bound to their names, I had no idea that they were stupid. Honest.

I was telling the superspy plot to bookwench2096 and she started guffawing over the names. I ended up having to read the entire list of names aloud to her so she could say "yes" or "no" to them. I had almost no idea that they were awful. Honest. You just get used to them and you don't realize how silly they are.

That's why George Lucas had no idea that people would burst into giggles upon hearing the name Count Dooku.

And just so you have an idea of how bad my names were...

Pirate, Ponytail, Valleygirl, Nailpolish, Pencilthin, Criss-cross, Pepsi and Coke (twins), Jetblack, Makeup, Trestle Table, Stampede.

Bookwench was wise to naysay them.

Comments

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

Actually, I rather enjoyed AOTC. Yes, the acting was awful, and yes, the dialogue was even worse, but it was... fun. Whereas ROTS still had bad acting and dialogue, but was too depressing to be any fun.

And I've heard several people say this and I agree: it was waaaay too gory for the little kids most of the marketing is targetted at. I saw a mum come out of that movie with two kids who couldn't have been more than 4. Totally inappropriate.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I am pretty angry with George for getting up on his high horse for Phantom Menace and asserting that the movies were not for the original fans, but instead for the ten year olds and twelve years olds of now.

And then RotS, which is pretty damned violent, and is definitely meant for an adult audience in many ways...