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"I wanted to share a few thoughts of my own on this particular concept. First, it seems very obvious the Sith Lords use a naming system due to the various Sith Lords whose names begin with 'Darth'. With Darth Sidious and Darth Maul the highest two Sith Lords in command I have deduced that the name means 'highest ranking order in the Sith council'. But in Star Wars: A New Hope, Obi-wan says he had a pupil named Darth Vader, along with Anakin, Luke might have noticed 'Darth' is a name used by the Dark Lords of the Sith. With this, the name should mean something different. I have been told it means 'Dark Father', but that probably developed from Vader being Luke's father. I think the name should have something to do with ranking, possibly just meaning 'in a high ranking order', so then it could be used by the Jedi Council chamber, neat huh? The Jedis do use the names, you can tell from many reports that Qui-Gon is Anakin's father. Obi-wan could be 'Ben Lars', from his brother's last name and the name he went by after the Jedi extermination. This may stand as why he went by 'Ben Kenobi', because Obi-wan Kenobi and Ben Lars were already his names and the Empire could learn from reports of someone by those names. (he could have chosen a better pseudonym) One concept that I have thought of is where do these names come from? One place may be the real names of former and present Jedis and Sith Lords. This appears in Yoda, what came of his name? He goes by Yoda, but we see no sign of a past name, maybe Yoda earned a definition simular to 'wise in the teachings of the Force' and kept it. What of Palpatine, what does his name mean? Well, he obviously goes by Palpatine in Episode 1, so did his name get a meaning...I think so! He mastered the ways of the Dark Side so maybe his name means 'Dark Side master'. A few thoughts of mine, I'd really like to hear some responces to this particular concept! " |
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Brown wrote:
"I have seen interviews with George Lucas (real old ones) And he explains how the inspiration for the force came from Japanese culture and what is called "chi". Since this is straight from GW I dont think it is unreasonable to assume that Obi-Wan is analogous to "Sensei"." |