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neotoma ([personal profile] neotoma) wrote2005-08-22 03:50 pm
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Star Wars names...

Given that political practice on Naboo involves the Queen using a name for her reign that is not her personal or family name, do we think Palpatine's name is likewise a regnal name?

And do Jedi rename the children given to them? I'm wondering where Obi-Wan came up with "Ben", and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was the name he was given at birth.
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[identity profile] neotoma.livejournal.com 2005-08-24 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
but that's what search algorithms are for. You eliminate all the Kenobis that are female, wrong age, wrong ethnicity and whatever other traits that Obi-Wan is definitely and unchangeably *not* (like 6' tall), and you might have a manageable number to hand off to the Imperial Security Services.

[identity profile] moojja.livejournal.com 2005-10-15 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
That is assuming Tatooine has a censor every 10 years. Otherwise, why would you assume anybody know about kenobi, if they don't live on Tatooine.

[identity profile] neotoma.livejournal.com 2005-10-15 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhm, becuse totalitarian governments like to keep track of their citizens. There is a garrison of stormtroopers on Tatooine in ANH -- it's been absorbed into the Empire.

[identity profile] moojja.livejournal.com 2005-10-15 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought it was only there for the search?
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