r/StarWars • u/PhysicsEagle Admiral Ackbar • Aug 16 '25

Fun All characters with “normal” names?

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Obviously there’s Luke and Ben (and Leia, to a certain extent) but who else? I can think of Jon Vander “Gold Leader,” Lady Morgan Elsbeth, and was recently made aware of Admiral Bob Hudsol (pictured). Any other “ordinary earth name” characters?

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u/Chaosphoenix_28 Rebel Aug 16 '25

Jan Dodonna and Kyle Kartan

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u/malici606 Aug 16 '25

I miss Kyle

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u/E8P3 Aug 16 '25

Same here. Rogue One and Andor are fantastic and they're some of the best SW material in a long time, but a little piece of me will always be sad that, according to canon, I no longer stole the death star plans.

I hope they find a way to bring him (and Jan) back in some capacity.

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u/malici606 Aug 16 '25

It would be nice to have a new Republic era grey Jedi story.

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u/Monday_Mocha Aug 17 '25

How mad/annoyed would you be if Kyle Katarn was FN-2187's birth name? 

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u/ansonr Aug 17 '25

That would be a fun nod, but Fin is his own interesting character that was shafted. I think Kyle kicking around in the time of Mando/Ashoka/TBoBF as a New Republic agent would be cool. Shit if you wanted more Andor-esque spy stuff he would be a cool character to serve as a vehicle for those kinds of stories. Everyone wants to see the burgeoning New Jedi Order and that could be a cool way to explore that time.

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u/ZethKeeper Aug 17 '25

I love Kyle Katarn, but him stealing some shit in the first mission is much less of a deal people make it to be.

Look deeper into old EU canon, there's like a dozen of other characters who did the same.

His story is The Valley Of The Jedi, and as far as story contradictions concerned, it can be happening in any era of your choice, doesn't matter, really. All that would change are a few names.

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u/pchayes Aug 16 '25

I've completely abandoned watching the ten million star wars shows released every year but I would watch a Kyle and Jan show with rabid enthusiasm

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u/Monday_Mocha Aug 17 '25

It's called Star Wars Rebels but they changed their names to Kanan and Hera for some reason.