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Terrible Horse posted:The worst star wars name, and there are a lot of them, is "Shmee" which sounds like it was made up by a very uncreative person put on the spot It's "Shmi." It's derived from "Lakshmi". Lakshmi is also called "Padma," which is where the name "Padme" comes from. The implication being that (from Anakin's perspective at least) Shmi and Padme are merely two different aspects of the same goddess.
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The Ape of Naples posted:Snoke is a terrible name. In what quantifiable and objective way is "Snoke" any different than "Jabba", "Yoda" or any other Star Wars name?
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Dec 26, 2015 23:24
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jivjov posted:In what quantifiable and objective way is "Snoke" any different than "Jabba", "Yoda" or any other Star Wars name? Snoke does sound more like some outdated slang for drug use than either of those.
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Dec 26, 2015 23:27
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jivjov posted:In what quantifiable and objective way is "Snoke" any different than "Jabba", "Yoda" or any other Star Wars name? Yoda has a ring to it and doesn't sound like garbage. Jabba is a comedic villain. Imagine if we had Darth Snoke instead of Vader. I imagine you would be fine with that.
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Stumpus posted:Yoda has a ring to it and doesn't sound like garbage. Snoke isn't the Vader analogue though, he's the Sheev analogue
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Dec 26, 2015 23:32
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Stumpus posted:Yoda has a ring to it and doesn't sound like garbage. It's just a name. If the character we know as Vader had been named Snoke, that would have been fine. Wouldn't have changed the character any. And Snoke has just as much of a "ring" as Yoda.
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Snoke will obviously have a "sinister English word with the first syllable cut off" name like all the other Siths. Star Wars evil people always have dumb birth names.A Steampunk Gent posted:Snoke isn't the Vader analogue though, he's the Sheev analogue Snoke is to Smoke as Sheev is to Steve.
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Dec 26, 2015 23:34
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Boba Fett is also a stupid name. As is Grand Moff Tarkin and Admiral Ackbar. The Star Wars universe has some really dumb names and that is fine.
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Dec 26, 2015 23:38
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I just hate it. Maybe it sounds too much like smoke. Maybe because it sounds like a Harry Potter character. Maybe because it's one syllable. "Snokul" or Snokor". I dunno.punchymcpunch posted:Snoke will obviously have a "sinister English word with the first syllable cut off" name like all the other Siths. Star Wars evil people always have dumb birth names. The Darth names aren great either. Too on the nose. Maybe I'd prefer Darth Snoke better even though he isn't a Darth.
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Dec 26, 2015 23:39
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Dec 26, 2015 23:48
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ImpAtom posted:Dooku. Shoulda called him "Duke Countu."
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Dec 26, 2015 23:50
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Names like "Darth Maul", "Darth Tyranus", and "Darth Sidious" could not be more evilly on the noise.
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Dec 26, 2015 23:53
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ImpAtom posted:Dooku. Based off of Adooku, which is gungan for "drowns mandalorian babies" Personally, I'm hoping Kylo Ren eventually adopts Darth Atricide
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:frackie=smackie=junkie=homeless You don't think the evil deceiver character having a name that's one letter away from "Snake" is in any way significant?
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Frackie Robinson posted:You don't think the evil deceiver character having a name that's one letter away from "Snake" is in any way significant? Probably less significant than it sounding like "Smoke," dawg.
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El Burbo posted:"Palpatine" Aka Paul Saltines
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Yes, it's so much worse than a name that's just invader with the in chopped off. Or a white guy wizard with a Japanese name.
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I'd prefer if his name was just Smoke. Who cares if it's too on the nose, it's Star Wars!
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Augus posted:Savage Opress is the best Star Wars name Never forget. 
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Snoke is the past tense passive form of 'sneak' btw, it means that he is sneaky.
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What does "smoke" reveal about his character? That he's all smoke and mirrors? It had just never occurred to me, I thought "Snake" from the get go.
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Frackie Robinson posted:What does "smoke" reveal about his character? Not saying it's wrong, it had just never occurred to me. I thought "Snake" from the get go. I mean, he's an illusion- a hologram, distorted in size. He even looks like he's made of smoke. I think it's there to represent his status as a false villain.
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Dec 27, 2015 01:01
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I really want him to be an actual giant though.
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i think its supposed to rhyme with toke and when we meet him for real in the next movie he's gonna be in the back of a VW van teaching Kylo how to tie dye his robes to complete his training.
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Mazreal posted:i think its supposed to rhyme with toke and when we meet him for real in the next movie he's gonna be in the back of a VW van teaching Kylo how to tie dye his robes to complete his training. Just like his predecessor 
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Ferrinus posted:I really want him to be an actual giant though. It would be cool if he was taller than his hologram, and shrinking down.
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Effectronica posted:It would be cool if he was taller than his hologram, and shrinking down. He should be the one boss in each Souls game that's just a lovely boring environment puzzle where you chop down all the pillars while dodging fireballs or whatever.
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Ferrinus posted:I really want him to be an actual giant though. No, he should definitely be Gollum-sized at best.
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Attorney at Funk posted:No, he should definitely be Gollum-sized at best. He's gonna be tiny. He's got to be the anti-Yoda of the darkside.
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speng31b posted:He's gonna be tiny. He's got to be the anti-Yoda of the darkside. "What if Yoda... was evil!" seems pretty plausible, especially since they can contrast Yoda saying not to judge by one's size to Snoke demanding his hologram be 90 feet tall. It would also fit with the First Order's current impression of being intimidating on the surface but kind of pathetic beneath.
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Back to namechat, I just want to point out that in the old thread, I made a sincere joke that since a lot of background characters' names aren't spoken in the movies and are revealed on their toys they should name a character "Toy" and them someone pointed out to me that there was a pod racer named Toy back in Phantom Menace. Point being, Snoke is rather clever.
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I'll be very surprised if Snoke doesn't get completely owned (probably by Kylo Ren) before the final act of the trilogy. His design just screams paper tiger
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Detective No. 27 posted:I love silly names like "Snoke" or "Sheev" or "Insanius." My theory is that they are deliberately giving characters names that can be easily transliterated into Asian languages. Hence, Kylo Ren (开罗人 - kai luo ren), Snoke (孙哦可 - sun o ke), Rey (雷 - lei), etc. I have no idea if these are the real Chinese names, but the new characters are definitely easier to transliterate as the old translation gave characters awkward names like 卢克天左路 (lu ke tian zuo lu - literally "luke sky walk". As the US film industry is pretty much dependent on China for revenue these days, no doubt some consideration was taken in naming them in a marketable way for international audiences.
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Snoke is actually a droid containing Sheev's old notes and journals. He's not even a real force user.
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I can just imagine the scene where Snoke comes to Ben to tempt him. "Find me and I'll show you true power." "I will. What should I call you?" "Snoke. " "... OK."
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Ferrinus posted:I really want him to be an actual giant though. He is. His laser sword is going to be the biggest thing you have ever seen.
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Snoke is actually Yoda, he didn't really die in Jedi. He had visions of the future and only saw one possible future where the Yuuzhan Vong don't come and kill everyone or what have you. So now he's following this one thread, a Golden Path if you will. He took the name Snoke because he snuck away while Luke wasn't looking. Okay, how did I do?
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