# Best Star Wars character name yet **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761 "2002-04-21T03:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/1 "2002-04-21T03:27:03Z")
On IMDB for Episode II, there is a new character called Elan Sleazebaggano. Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/2 "2002-04-21T03:59:27Z")
Played by the kid who played ‘Mouse’ in The Matrix. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/3 "2002-04-21T15:54:15Z")
Why oh why does Lucas let his kids make decisions about his movie?:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dumandumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Dumandumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumandumer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/4 "2002-04-21T15:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*Played by the kid who played ‘Mouse’ in The Matrix. \*\* He was in australian soap Home And Away for many years. Played geek-boy Damian, later to grow dreads and become a new age preacher. Mum- Irene. Sister- Finlay. The crazy land of australian soaps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/5 "2002-04-21T16:45:24Z")
I heard it was _Elian_ Sleazebaggano. Sounds like Lucas didn’t really like the Gonzales case that much. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/6 "2002-04-21T22:36:18Z")
Hey, one of the coolest parts about writing sci-fi/fantasy is the really cool, funky names you can give to people, places, and things. I once used the name “Turplic Venneralis”. So lay off the guy. You expect every name in the SW galaxy to be cool, catchy names that roll right off the tongue? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/7 "2002-04-21T22:54:56Z")
Hey, if you bought the name “Han Solo” you have no basis to complain about “Elan Sleazebaggano.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/8 "2002-04-22T02:24:37Z")
Sleazebaggano is just too damn literal. Han Solo, ok he was a loner (except for his Wookiee) but the name sounded legit, if not a little Scandanavian. Same for Darth Vader (supposedly “Dark Father”) But c’mon! Please don’t defend Sleazebaggano. It’s like calling a princess Royaltina, or the emperial plumber Pipes Leakydrain. I reeeeeeeeeeally want to like this movie and the previews are kicking some serious boo-tay, but then again so did the trailers for Phantom Menace and that turned out to be half-Looney Tunes without all the humor. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/9 "2002-04-22T04:33:55Z")
Someone with a script may contradict me, but I’d guess it’s a character whose name isn’t mentioned on film. I’ve seen movies do that before, where a character’s name isn’t mentioned until the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeu_D_esprit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/10 "2002-04-22T13:11:26Z")
This reminds me of a comedy bit I heard a while back, but I cannot remember the comedian: “Peter O’Toole…what’s up with that name? Who’s next? His co-star Muff O’Clit?” ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/11 "2002-04-22T13:42:11Z")
A couple things: First, don’t forget the guy Han Solo shoots (FIRST, I MIGHT ADD - HAN SHOOTS HIM FIRST): Greedo. Second, Yes the name was originally “Elian” but pronounced (so I read) “Ay-lie-an”. As in “A lyin’” I’m betting this is a character whose name doesn’t get mentioned onscreen. There are many of those. I wouldn’t be too worried about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/12 "2002-04-22T13:44:35Z")
Y’know, there’s a pretty good chance that this character’s last name (or either of his names) isn’t even muttered in the movie. Lucas tends to give them plausible names if we ever hear them, but silly names if we have to wait for the action figure to find out who they are. We may never find out how “Sleazebaggano” is pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/13 "2002-04-22T13:46:30Z")
Great minds think alike, **Legomancer** ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/14 "2002-04-22T14:25:16Z")
Popular opinion amongst the fans was that it was _Elan “Sleaze” Baggano_ as a kind of nickname. I cannot currently prove if we were right, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/15 "2002-04-22T20:14:28Z")
When is the Pipes Leakydrain action figure coming out? Don’t mind me, for some reason, I think that name is really, really funny, I’m just glad my office door closes! “What’s your name?” “Leakydrain, Pipes Leakydrain, empirial plumber.” \ ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/16 "2002-04-22T20:21:49Z")
Oh, for you sci-fi nuts…the actual names of Jabba’s skiff guards in Return of the Jedi are… …no, I’m not kidding… **Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto.** ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/17 "2002-04-22T22:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > if not a little Scandanavian > [@](#): > > Borg? Sounds Swedish. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/18 "2002-04-23T02:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kilt-wearin’ man \* > \*\* > We may never find out how “Sleazebaggano” is pronounced. \*\* I betcha “Elian Sleazebaggano” is pronounced “A lyin’ sleazebag I know”. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/19 "2002-04-23T04:55:20Z")
I bet it’s pronounced Ee-lee-an Slee-ay (as in hay)-zz-bog-ay-nuu ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-star-wars-character-name-yet/104761/20 "2002-04-23T04:57:14Z")
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