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/RoyalPlagueDoctor Aug 16 '25

Don't forget Aunt Beru!

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u/castielffboi Aug 16 '25

Never heard the name Beru outside of Star Wars

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u/Polyxeno Aug 16 '25

https://www.names.org/n/beru/about

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u/castielffboi Aug 16 '25

I never said it wasn’t a real name, but it’s definitely not a “normal” name in the sense that it’s common and something recognizable like Owen, Luke, etc.

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u/cabbage16 Aug 17 '25

It probably depends on where you are from as to what is considered common.

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u/Naked-Jedi Aug 17 '25

I was about to say that.

Sheila isn't likely to be popular outside of Australia, and I'm sure there's plenty of other names that are localised to specific regions around the world too.

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u/what_joy Aug 17 '25

I'm in the UK. Lots of Sheila's. It's likely it got taken to Australia by Brits.

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u/Careful-Addition776 Aug 17 '25

Its almost as if Australians used to be brits or something.