[K T Ong]

I meant to stay away, but I was just too curious as to what replies my posts might receive.

What's wrong with names like John and Mary in the SW universe? The fact that it's a galaxy, far, far away. A galaxy which doesn't really have much in common with our own, just because some of them are humans doesn't mean that they'll have the same boring and unimaginative names as us.

Dunno. Luke and Han seem to be in the same category as 'John' and 'Mary' to me. And all those dudes in SW look like normal humans to me, too (even though they're not supposed to be). And if you want to allow for that much resemblance, you might as well go all the way and give them names like 'John' or 'Mary'. Either that or make them totally different from us humans in every respect -- maybe blue or scaly skin, or three eyes or four arms, or whatever. Hey, they're supposed to be from another galaxy and another time, right?

Well, for one thing dwarves and hobbits are quite a lot smaller than the average human, that makes them look somewhat less human. Elves have the pointed ears and no hair beyond that on their heads to make them less human. Klingons have funny stuff on their foreheads. And perhaps Superman DOES have some physical difference, maybe people have just yet to notice it.

Dunno. They all have pink skin, not blue or scaly skin. They all have two arms, two legs, a head and a torso. And they all have two eyes, two ears, a nose and a mouth, all in the same places as a human's. All the proportions seem right, too. To that extent, they look human to me. (Shrugs shoulders.)

I'll just close this post with an example of real Star Wars madness. I tell you, it's an increasingly interesting world we live in. Given all this, it honestly isn't going to surprise me if someday people should get around asking that the SW theme music be used as the American national anthem.

[ 05-19-2002, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]