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[elspethdixon]

Y'know, I must have seen Star Wars* at least a dozen times, if not more. Probably more. I think the only movies I've seen more often are The Princess Bride and Chitty-chitty Bang-Bang. I can quote entire sections of dialogue from that film. Why did it only occur to me today that the names "Luke Skywalker" and "Han Solo" have metaphorical meaning? I mean, I figured out that "Darth Vader" did years ago, once I found out that "darth" was German for "dark."

*note: by "Star Wars" I mean the first movie, episode IV. The other ones I all call by their official titles.

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[takiaizawa.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that Luke was originally called Luke Skykiller but the producers thought it didn't sound wholesome enough.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

"Skywalker" sounds better anyway--it brings the whole quest metaphor into it.