The Meanings Of Some Names In Starwars.

[conron_montyn23]

1st, Anakin comes from the Caananite tribe, the Anakim, or Anak, wich means, born from the gods.

2nd,Sidious is a form of the word insidious.

3rd, Yoda comes from the Hebrew word Yoda'e, which means knowledge, or wisdom.



And i have a theorie, that Obi-Wan is a clone of an old jedi named old ben.

OldBen1. ??? ?

[Justin]

Are these insights something you've heard from someone else, or have you actually confirmed this? Because I've heard silly things like that before, and they weren't true.

And Obi-Wan is not a clone of someone named "Old Ben." Old Ben is just what the teenagers on Tattooine call him.

[conron_montyn23]

i didnt really stand by that ben jonit...

but the other stuff is actual proof, i can speak hebrew, and i know about the history of the land of israel, including the caananite period.

it is the truth.

Because anakin is born from the force right? well anak means born from the gods.(anakim{anak'eem}is plural for anak). i think GL got this from the caananite tribe of anak.

Sidious, im not sure, insidious is a word that means, manipulative or persuasive, i believe. that fits his description.

Yoda'e im sure Yoda'e and Yoda are too close, and Yoda'e means wisdom, isnt Yoda to be wise? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[CieSharp]

You may want to see an excerpt of my essay concerning the Vedic influence over the Star Wars universe. I have researched all of these names, and am confident of their origins.

* "Shmi" Skywalker - The mother of Anakin Skywalker, her name is widely accepted to be a halved version of "Lakshmi", who is the Consort of Lord Vishnu. Those who worship Lord Vishnu exclusively consider Lakshmi devi to have motherly "shakti" or potency, among a plethora of other potencies.

* Padme - The woman who would eventually be the wife of the movie's protagonist Anakin Skywalker. "Padme" means "lotus flower" in Sanskrit, and is widely used in poetry and scripture.

* King Varuna - A king of Padme's homeworld of Naboo, the name is obviously a tribute to Veruna, the demigod of oceans. Naboo has many attractive waterways, as can be seen in Episode 2 of the "Star Wars" films.

* Gungans - The name of the race of aquatic, sentient beings that most movie fans have found annoying, their name is clearly derived from "Ganga", one of the seven holy rivers in India.

* Shaak Ti - The name of a female Jedi master, a simple definition of the word shakti would be "energy" or "potency". When there is a personal embodiment of shakti, it is predominantly in a feminine form.

* Depa Billaba - The name of another female Jedi master (played by an actress of Indian origin), who served on the "Jedi Council" in the prequel trilogy. Another transliteration of these two words would be "Deepa Ballabha", which means "the master of the light".

* Yoda - I have saved the most interesting for the last. Various sources say "Yoda" is a derivation of the Japanese word "yodan", meaning "conclusion". We are also pointed to "Yodeah", a Hebrew word meaning "knows". The exact word "yoda" is found in Punjabi (sometimes presumed to be from Sanskrit) meaning "warrior". Interestingly enough, we do not see Yoda's warrior prowess until Star Wars: Episode 2. On a sidenote, the word "yoga" came to mind whenever I heard or thought of Yoda's name.

* Mandalore - The planet where Jango Fett allegedly originated from, the origin is "Mandala", a symbol of Hindu origin.

* The Rishi Maze - This is a part of space which is directly adjacent to the planet "Kamino", as Obi-Wan Kenobi is told. A "Rishi" is a very powerful sage of Vedic times, as has been explained earlier.

* Padawan - This is a combination of two sanskrit words. "Pada" means foot, and "wan", actually spelled "van", means forest, in this case, it's related to the spiritual world. This is perceived to mean "a footstep in the forest". In other words, in the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode IV "You've taken your first step into a larger world"

[Master Cephus]

anyone ever thought GL just saw a name and said "Gee I bet that could be cool name?"

I look at it this way: The simplest answer is usually the right one...it's just harder to believe because it is what it is...simple. And we as humans don't want simple, we want to believe that everything is complicated that way, when we don't understand things, we can just "it's just too complicated"....

Just My .02 Cents (beau@hiwaay.net)

[Jedi Master Shaft]

* Orn Free Taa - It comes from the words 'Corn Fritter'.

* Jar Jar Binks - It comes from Jett Lucas' mind.

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[conron_montyn23]

GL makes names by adding the first three letters of something, and the last two of another word, such as DARTH stands for DARk lord of the siTH(DARk----siTH).

And i also know that he does just, 'make up names' too. Ive heard he made up Jar Jar, and other names.
And its probably true.



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[RollaFett]

I believe that this belongs under "General Star Wars".

[James]

probably right, Golla

[Clara]

<span style='color:7000CC'>And the most original one of them all:

Luke S: Lucas

Who knew??? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif </span>

[Winston_Sith]

I saw some version of this that says "Palpatine is based on Palatine; which means (something or another about) 'worthy of a palace' (or something)'", but if you look in a Latin dictionary, under "P" (more specifically, "Palpat*"), you will clearly see the true character of our beloved Supreme Chancellor.

* It has to do with flattery.

[Winston_Sith]

Originally posted by conron_montyn23@Oct 18 2002, 04:26 PM
DARTH stands for DARk lord of the siTH(DARk----siTH)
THAT is actually TOTALLY badass (God in heaven! GL is such a geek! I love him and his ACRONYMS!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/inlove.gif)

I never knew that (or if I did, it's long forgotten, but it does seem like I might have heard it before).

And how cool is it that it ('darth') means 'dark'... in some language? Still waiting to find out which one.... (probably Dutch, but it might not be the case.)

[Jaina Solo Durron]

How about the simplest explanation of them all - George was rock-climbing and fell off the rock, and hit his head and came up with funky names...or maybe he had a go at the monkey crack...who knows?

-JSD

[Winston_Sith]

The monkey crack?

He doesn't seem like the type.

Then again, those college kids kids in the 70's...

[Clara]

Vader means Father. Could GL have dropped a larger hint? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Frendon]

Originally posted by CieSharp@Oct 17 2002, 09:54 PM
* Gungans - The name of the race of aquatic, sentient beings that most movie fans have found annoying, their name is clearly derived from "Ganga", one of the seven holy rivers in India.
hey OB-Gates WOW :0 on that essay all of the names seem to have a cool origin but i don't agree on this one, george himself said that the word gungan was used by his little son to describe "heavy machinery" and he found it funny to use it as the name for the race of the idiot jar jar binks.