BeskarForSale t1_iw2h4uz wrote on November 12, 2022 at 1:15 PM

Reply to comment by bigoldaddydickstink in Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm's 'Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies' Arrives on Disney+ Tomorrow, November 12 by MarvelsGrantMan136

Star Wars always had bizarre names with the odd real world name mixed in. Its part of the charm. Like think about it, we have guys called Boba, Din, Fenn, Obi-Wan, Ki-adi-mundi, Kit Fisto, Lando, etc.

Solidsnakeerection t1_iw5qejy wrote on November 13, 2022 at 4:01 AM

Dont forget Jedi Master Soon Bayts

DigDux t1_iw2kw8i wrote on November 12, 2022 at 1:51 PM

So... I'm a language guy, but I want to drop some fun little knowledge.

The phonetics of Star Wars is rooted in modern language phonetics, but not English phonetics, so when you take Gro and gu and smush them together it sounds more awkward than say Yo and Da, both of which have very common real world phonetics, Da is Russian, while Yo is distinctly Japanese, as in Yo-kai.

So you are both correct.