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Old 05-18-2008, 02:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Yeah Luke is a pretty unoriginal name. But I am almost positive George picked that name for people to be able to relate to the character better.
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Old 05-18-2008, 02:21 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Swift actually has a really good point.

I mean look at the casting. Mark Hamill (Sp) has to be one of the most ordinary looking people in the movie. He's just your average Joe, with an average name (Luke) who finds out that he's a bad **** Jedi, and dominates everyone. It gives him an automatic underdog appeal to the viewers that they may not immediatly recognize but certainly will feel.

Now on a coolness factor though. Definatly like an F.
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Old 05-18-2008, 03:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Well yeah but look at the Lord of the Rings.

The "underdog" was named Frodo Baggins. Not a normal name by any means.

The only normal names in Lord of the Rings are Tom Bombadil and Samwise (Sam) Gamgee. Samwise isn't a normal name either unless you shorten it to Sam.
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Old 05-18-2008, 03:52 PM   #14 (permalink)
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As far as I can think of, Luke is the only normal name in Star Wars...

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Hey they were calling Obi' Wan by Ben supposedly for years after the clone wars.
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Old 05-19-2008, 09:26 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Leia isn't exactly a far-out name either.
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Old 05-22-2008, 01:28 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Yeah Luke is a pretty unoriginal name. But I am almost positive George picked that name for people to be able to relate to the character better.
I was going to say the exact same thing. It's easier to relate to the hero when he has a normal name.
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