# Actors with ready-made Star Wars names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941 "2002-04-27T12:33:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941/21 "2002-04-28T01:37:06Z")

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Yahoo Serious  
Regis Philbin  
CCH Pounder

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Pipes Leakydrain (oops, wrong thread)

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**Author:** ![spiceprincess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spiceprincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiceprincess)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941/22 "2002-04-28T02:02:42Z")

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Ru Paul

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941/23 "2002-04-28T03:39:55Z")

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Oba Babatunde  
S Epatha Merkerson  
Cree Summer

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**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941/24 "2002-04-28T13:10:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \*  
> \*\*I’ve been working on this SW fan fiction piece, and one of the characters is a human lawyer named Varujan Kojian (the conductor for the Utah Symphony Orchestra, according to a SW CD I have). \*\*

Yeah, if we can do that, I wanna nominate Seiji Ozawa and Yo-Yo Ma!

And, what the heck, Neville Mariner, too.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-ready-made-star-wars-names/105941/25 "2002-04-28T13:46:24Z")

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> > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \*  
> > \*\*ooohhh yapphet kotto gets my vote so far. what was he/she in? Ive seen that name around. \*\*
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> He was the lieutenant on **Homicide**. Also the villain in **Live and Let Die**.

Yaphet Kotto played “Parker” in **Alien**.

I went over to imdb to find out his character’s name, and they have him listed as appearing in 71 films.

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