Here is a variation that George Lucas (allegedly, but I kinda doubt it)
created to determine your Star Wars name.
To determine your first name take the first 3 letters of your last name.
Then add the first 2 letters of your first name.
To construct your last name, take the first 2 letters of your mother’s
maiden name.
Add the first or last (your choice) 3 letters of the town in which you were
born.
Let’s work our magic on Justin Bieber:
.From Justin’s last name we take the first 3 letters: BIE
.Then we add the first 2 letters of his first name: JU and we get BIEJU
.For the last name we take the first 2 letters of Justin’s mother’s maiden
name (Mallete): MA
.If we now add the first (or last) 3 letters of the town in which he was
born (Stratford: STR and we end up with the last name MASTR
His Star Wars name using this method is BIEJU MASTR.
Mine is GRIBO MALIS [from Bob Griffin born of my mother Helen (nee Martin)
in Minneapolis]. Guess last name could also be “Mamin” but Malis sounds
more ominous and menacing (like malice).
You get the idea. And once you’ve got the hang of it, you realize that you
can make up your own variations on this theme.
To add some variety, you can start introducing some Star Wars titles like
Darth, Grand, Princess or Obi Wan. How do the following sound?
.Darth Gribo Malis
.Grand Gribo Malis
.Obi Wan Gribo Malis
.Princess Gribo Malis (don’t go there)
George Lucas had his own unique method for generating the names of Star Wars
characters. According to Lucas, “Basically, I developed the names for the
characters phonetically. I obviously wanted to telegraph a bit of the
character in the name. The names needed to sound unusual but not spacey. I
wanted to stay away from the kind of science fiction names like ZENON. They
had to sound indigenous and have consistency between their names and their
culture.”
Darth Vader originates loosely from German and means, roughly translated,
“Dark Father.” Anakin Skywalker’s name is composed of the name for a race of
giants in the book of Genesis (Anakin) and “Skywalker,” in addition to the
obvious space travel connotations, refers to a Norse god known for being a
troublemaker. Han Solo is a derivative of John, a very common name, while
Solo is definitely linked to Han’s “go-it-alone” philosophy. Jar Jar Binks
was the result of a bad night’s sleep or indigestion.
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Darth Gribo Malis
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