Is there any significance to the name Skywalker?
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Is there any significance to the name Skywalker? Is there any evidence from George Lucas or any other important Star Wars creators about the choice of the name Skywalker for Luke and his father Anakin? I'm looking for quotes and evidence, though thoughtful speculation based on facts or events in the film is also encouraged.
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Is there any significance to the name Skywalker? Is there any evidence from George Lucas or any other important Star Wars creators about the choice of the name Skywalker for Luke and his father Anakin? I'm looking for quotes and evidence, though thoughtful speculation based on facts or events in the film is also encouraged.
star-wars names luke-skywalker george-lucas
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There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07
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Is there any significance to the name Skywalker? Is there any evidence from George Lucas or any other important Star Wars creators about the choice of the name Skywalker for Luke and his father Anakin? I'm looking for quotes and evidence, though thoughtful speculation based on facts or events in the film is also encouraged.
star-wars names luke-skywalker george-lucas
asked Mar 7 '16 at 15:42
Longshanks87Longshanks87
540512
Is there any significance to the name Skywalker? Is there any evidence from George Lucas or any other important Star Wars creators about the choice of the name Skywalker for Luke and his father Anakin? I'm looking for quotes and evidence, though thoughtful speculation based on facts or events in the film is also encouraged.
star-wars names luke-skywalker george-lucas
star-wars names luke-skywalker george-lucas
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There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07
add a comment |
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There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07
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There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07
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According to The New York Times:
Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief
It should also be noted that Luke's last name was "Starkiller" until fairly late into production. (It was changed due to conceivable connotations to the Manson murder case.) This means that Luke was already written as a great pilot when he was give the name "Skywalker," making that a probable cause.
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
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Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
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Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
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In Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn gives a meaning to the name 'Skywalker' as it relates to the Chiss and their Force-sensitive children:
I told you the Chiss call this talent Third Sight. What I hadn’t yet spoken of is the title these navigators are given once they take their posts.
The Chenuh word is ozyly-ese-hembo. In Basic, it translates to sky-walker
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According to The New York Times:
Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief
It should also be noted that Luke's last name was "Starkiller" until fairly late into production. (It was changed due to conceivable connotations to the Manson murder case.) This means that Luke was already written as a great pilot when he was give the name "Skywalker," making that a probable cause.
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
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Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
3
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
|
show 7 more comments
According to The New York Times:
Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief
It should also be noted that Luke's last name was "Starkiller" until fairly late into production. (It was changed due to conceivable connotations to the Manson murder case.) This means that Luke was already written as a great pilot when he was give the name "Skywalker," making that a probable cause.
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
43.7k18230403
4
Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
3
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
|
show 7 more comments
According to The New York Times:
Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief
It should also be noted that Luke's last name was "Starkiller" until fairly late into production. (It was changed due to conceivable connotations to the Manson murder case.) This means that Luke was already written as a great pilot when he was give the name "Skywalker," making that a probable cause.
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
43.7k18230403
According to The New York Times:
Skywalker is an appellation for Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief
It should also be noted that Luke's last name was "Starkiller" until fairly late into production. (It was changed due to conceivable connotations to the Manson murder case.) This means that Luke was already written as a great pilot when he was give the name "Skywalker," making that a probable cause.
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
43.7k18230403
edited Mar 7 '16 at 22:07
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
43.7k18230403
answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
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answered Mar 7 '16 at 15:58
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
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43.7k18230403
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Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
3
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
|
show 7 more comments
4
Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
3
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
4
4
Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
Yeah, "Starkiller" would've been - unfortunate: "What's your name?" "Luke Starkiller". "Are you a supervillain?" "No, just a moisture farmer." "Oh, so your parents then?" "Not that I'm aware of. I never met them. Somebody told me a bad guy killed my dad."
– Darrel Hoffman
Mar 7 '16 at 20:44
1
1
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
I'm not sure the New York Times did enough fact-checking here. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75580/…
– chepner
Mar 7 '16 at 20:46
1
1
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
@TylerH The OP asked for out-of-universe reasons for the name Skywalker. Since Luke was written as a great pilot, Lucas' name choice makes sense.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 21:57
1
1
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
@TylerH Since Luke's last name was developed after filming had started, him being a great pilot was first.
– Rogue Jedi
Mar 7 '16 at 22:02
3
3
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
Even if the main character's name changed from "Starkiller" to "Skywalker" because of the Manson killings, Lucas had already used the name "Skywalker" earlier for another character--the book The Making of Star Wars features an extended synopsis of the initial "nearly two-hundred page rough draft" which Lucas finished in May 1974, and it features an 18-year-old-boy named Annikin Starkiller and a general in his 60s named Luke Skywalker, who eventually takes on Annikin as a "Padawan Learner".
– Hypnosifl
Mar 8 '16 at 2:13
|
show 7 more comments
In Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn gives a meaning to the name 'Skywalker' as it relates to the Chiss and their Force-sensitive children:
I told you the Chiss call this talent Third Sight. What I hadn’t yet spoken of is the title these navigators are given once they take their posts.
The Chenuh word is ozyly-ese-hembo. In Basic, it translates to sky-walker
pg 274
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
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Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
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In Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn gives a meaning to the name 'Skywalker' as it relates to the Chiss and their Force-sensitive children:
I told you the Chiss call this talent Third Sight. What I hadn’t yet spoken of is the title these navigators are given once they take their posts.
The Chenuh word is ozyly-ese-hembo. In Basic, it translates to sky-walker
pg 274
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
83.2k44354636
add a comment |
In Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn gives a meaning to the name 'Skywalker' as it relates to the Chiss and their Force-sensitive children:
I told you the Chiss call this talent Third Sight. What I hadn’t yet spoken of is the title these navigators are given once they take their posts.
The Chenuh word is ozyly-ese-hembo. In Basic, it translates to sky-walker
pg 274
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
83.2k44354636
In Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn gives a meaning to the name 'Skywalker' as it relates to the Chiss and their Force-sensitive children:
I told you the Chiss call this talent Third Sight. What I hadn’t yet spoken of is the title these navigators are given once they take their posts.
The Chenuh word is ozyly-ese-hembo. In Basic, it translates to sky-walker
pg 274
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
83.2k44354636
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
edited 24 mins ago
Valorum
415k11330253242
415k11330253242
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
83.2k44354636
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
83.2k44354636
answered 42 mins ago
Jack B NimbleJack B Nimble
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There's no confirmation that Rey is Luke's daughter. Please don't add tags based on speculative links to your question.
– Null♦
Mar 7 '16 at 15:46
An important thing to add - Lucas has a book of names he's thought up, and when he's creating a new character he just grabs one of the names from that book. Names like Mace Windu and Valorum appear in the earliest drafts of the first Star Wars film from the mid-seventies. This implies that there is generally no more significance to the names then "this sounds cool" - main characters being a possible exception
– user45623
Mar 11 '16 at 3:07