# Dark Side names for the Star Wars prequels. I'm a bit dissapointed. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701 "2005-05-20T04:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/21 "2005-05-20T17:54:01Z")
Well you have to take into account some of the names from the Expanded Universe. Darth Ambiguous: Is he gay? I don’t know. I’m just saying he only accepts male padawans. Darth Cunnilingus: Turned many a female Jedi to the Darkside with his unique use of the force. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/22 "2005-05-23T03:38:25Z")
hehe… these seem like names from the “alternative” universe… not the expanded universe ! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Twain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Mark\_Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Twain)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/23 "2005-05-23T04:44:45Z")
Do you think if Mace Windu joined the Sith he’d be called… Darth Chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/24 "2005-05-23T07:54:17Z")
Darth Malmofo? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/25 "2005-05-23T08:08:51Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I happened across the CNN “Faces of Star Wars” little popup, and noted something. . . Have you noticed the lack of creativity in the villains’ names in Episodes 1 -3? > > [ul] > [li]You’ve got Darth Sidious - which is basically “in-sidious” without the ‘in’.[/li] > [li]Darth Maul - like, what would you describe him doing to you?[/li][li]Darth Tyrannus - who is actually Count Dooku, which sounds like a kids cereal: “I’m Dooku for Vader Puffs! (With plans for the Death Star in every box!!)”[/li][li]General Grievous - Well, we all know there’s some sort of grieving in war[/li][/ul] > > Is it just me, or do these kinda sorta seem like last-minute name choices in the script? > > Tripler > . . . “Oh shoot, we forgot to name this guy! He’s got a clone army, and he’s tyrannical. Wait, let’s call him Darth Fred!” Yeah, the names do sound really lame. BTW, Tyrannus could also stand for something like “tyrant”. It’s like naming them “Darth Terrible”, “Darth Wicked” and “Darth EVIL!”. Evil just isn’t as threatening when you use conspicuously villainous adjectives as part of your title… ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/26 "2005-05-23T11:06:44Z")
> [@Mark Twain](#): > > Do you think if Mace Windu joined the Sith he’d be called… > > Darth Chocolate? A better one: Sean Penn as **Darth Spicoli**. “But Hr. Hand, if it’s your Force, and it’s _my_ Force, doesn’t that make it _our_ Force?” Tripler Phoebe Cates would have made a better Leia anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/27 "2005-05-23T15:11:35Z")
Sort of like Ivan the Terrible? Vlad the Impaler? Come on, lots of people throughout history have chosen “eeeevil” names, or been assigned them by others. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/28 "2005-05-23T15:18:28Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Phoebe Cates would have made a better Leia anyway. No, I would have kept thinking “when’s she gonna take her top off, when’s she gonna take her top off” I tell ya, the lack of Phoebe’s chest completely ruined Gremlins for me. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/29 "2005-05-23T16:38:59Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > A better one: Sean Penn as **Darth Spicoli**. > > “But Hr. Hand, if it’s your Force, and it’s _my_ Force, doesn’t that make it _our_ Force?” > > Tripler > Phoebe Cates would have made a better Leia anyway. she was only 11 when they filmed Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/30 "2005-05-23T17:03:41Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > Sort of like Ivan the Terrible? > > Come on, lots of people throughout history have chosen “eeeevil” names, or been assigned them by others. Ivan the Terrible wasn’t an ‘evil’ name per se. In fact, IIRC, it is a compliment more than anything. It was the equivilent Ivan the Bad MoFo - you don’t mess with him. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/31 "2005-05-23T17:08:57Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > [li]Darth Tyrannus - who is actually Count Dooku, which sounds like a kids cereal: “I’m Dooku for Vader Puffs! (With plans for the Death Star in every box!!)”[/li] I disagree. “Dooku” is obviously what a 3 year-old does in the potty. “Mommy, I gotta go dooku!” ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/32 "2005-05-23T17:27:58Z")
“Party on, Wayne.” “Party on, Darth.” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/33 "2005-05-23T18:08:02Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > The next Sith Lord should be **Darth Sensitive** (which is “Insensitive” without the “in”). Why break the pattern? 😉 Yes, and after him would be the Sith Lady who turned out to be the most frightening Sith of all. I’m talking, of course, of Darth Law. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/34 "2005-05-23T18:58:48Z")
I was reading this thread while I was talking on the phone with my wife. She kind of noticed I was not paying attention everytime I giggled! The thought of Mom Mothma sneaking up on Admiral Ackbar with marinara sauce…I couldn’t stop chuckling! > [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > “Party on, Wayne.” > “Party on, Darth.” 31 posts in, my joke was intact. DAMBIT, #32! ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/35 "2005-05-23T20:27:42Z")
What about **Darth Flammable**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/36 "2005-05-23T21:31:34Z")
I heard a rumor that George let his kids name some of the characters. True? (Where else would that Sleazebaggo dude get his moniker?) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/37 "2005-05-23T21:48:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I heard a rumor that George let his kids name some of the characters. True? I heard a similar thing concerning Ep I. Makes sense, eh? Jar Jar, Watto, Senator Palpatine… ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/38 "2005-05-31T19:19:59Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Darth Pooky > Darth Sweetums > Darth Schmoopie Curses, I’ve been found out! 🆒 (missed this whole thread the first time out too). ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/39 "2005-05-31T20:13:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I heard a similar thing concerning Ep I. Makes sense, eh? Jar Jar, Watto, Senator Palpatine… Um… I believe Palpatine was named that before Episode 1 came out. At least in the Extended Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701/40 "2005-05-31T20:46:10Z")
You know why Lucas named “Attack of the Clones”, “Attack of the Clones”? It had nothing to do with the movie plot. I mean, the clones didn’t see action until the very end and their impact on the plot was pretty minimal. He named that after the clone armies that attacked him after “The Phantom Menace”. “Ooooo. . .I just hated that Jar Jar.” _Yeah, I hated him too._ “And that kid was so stupid. Yippee? Come on.” _Yeah, I hated that too._ “And, midichlorians, what’s up with that?” _Yeah, I hated that too._ “Let’s all email each other about it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-names-for-the-star-wars-prequels-im-a-bit-dissapointed/304701.md?page=3)