"Darth" Names

iNfamous999 · Post by **iNfamous999** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:14 pm

Vader means father in either German or Latin. When George was first writing Star Wars and instead of Skywalker Luke's last name was "Starkiller" he metioned that his story was essentially about a father and his two children. When it was i finish I conclude that he got Darth from Dark and Vader from Father...Dark Father; it makes sense Luke trying to bring Vader back to the Light.

LostJedi · Post by **LostJedi** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:59 pm

Once and for all: Vader is Dutch for Father, in German it's Vater, in Latin Pater. But I think he might also be the (In-)Vader, such as Palpatine is (In-)Sidious. And for Palpatine not being called Sidious in the original trilogy, I suppose Lucas hadn't thought of him as a Sith Lord back then (It's Vader who is called Dark Lord of the Sith in the novels, while in retrospective he never rose to that position).

Some other suggestions:
Malak: malak means king in Arabic
Bandon: he abandoned the Jedi
Revan: a bit tricky, but probably referring to revenant = someone who returns after his death (in common usage meaning a ghost, but literally just meaning returner)
Maul: to maul someone; in German Maul is the mouth of an animal
Naga Sadow: naga means Serpent in Hindi; Sadow = Shadow
Ludo Kressh: didn't he die in a spaceship crash?

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:18 pm

[QUOTE=Tovec]Even then the secret was guarded to GL and very few else. Even 'luke' didn't know about it until right before the scene. Vader was named vader for the first movie. The double entandre was lost until he started having meanings in the names.[/QUOTE]
Um, George Lucas wrote all three movies at the same time, then decided to split them up. So why wouldn't Lucas decide to name him Vader to symbolise father????? So what if Hammill and others didn't know???? They didn't really have input on the story. I don't see the point in your argument.

How about Exar Kun???????
Of course, that wasn't really a Darth name.

Orfinn · Post by **Orfinn** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:03 am

Ok im listing all the bad guys in EVERY movie and game, just to sum up.
Im not sure all are Sith but theyre at least Dark Jedi. I guess there are some other names than those mentioned which have a hidden meaning.

Tulak' Hord
Asajj Ventress
Freedon Nadd
Marka Ragnos
Exar Kun
Ludo Kressh
Naga Sadow
Darth Nilhious
Darth Malak
Darth Bandon
Darth Revan
Darth Sion
Darth Traya
Darth Sidious
Darth Maul
Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku)
Darth Vader
(Darth) Jerec
Sariss
Boc
Yun
Maw
Gorc & Pic
Desann
Tavion

Darth Bandon= Abandoned the Jedi Order.
Darth Revan= Revenge?

Vic20 · Post by **Vic20** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:14 am

some names are just to close to a specific word to be a coinsidence, but on the other hand some of the names are just names

Darth Avist Mal · Post by **Darth Avist Mal** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:04 am

[QUOTE=Phreddie]I agree with the trend but what about:

Darth Sion- closest i can think of is zion=god and that dont fit

Darth Revan- Revan the Raven he could jsut be another drunk like POe but somehow i doubt it.

ne1 know of ne other names from the eu that follow the trend?[/QUOTE]

sion is the name of a mountian

Vic20 · Post by **Vic20** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:50 am

[QUOTE=Orfinn]Ok im listing all the bad guys in EVERY movie and game, just to sum up.
Im not sure all are Sith but theyre at least Dark Jedi. I guess there are some other names than those mentioned which have a hidden meaning.

Freedon Nadd
Marka Ragnos
Exar Kun
Ludo Kressh
Naga Sadow
Darth Nilious
Darth Malak
Darth Bandon
Darth Revan
Darth Sion
Darth Traya
Darth Sidious
Darth Maul
(Darth?) Count Dooku
Darth Vader
(Darth) Jerec
Sariss
Boc
Yun
Maw
Gorc & Pic
Desann
Tavion

Darth Bandon= Abandoned the Jedi Order.
Darth Revan= Revenge?[/QUOTE]

Count Dooku is also Called Darth Tyranus, dont know where i heard it from, but it could mean tyrant?

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:29 am

[QUOTE=Vic20]Count Dooku is also Called Darth Tyranus, dont know where i heard it from, but it could mean tyrant?[/QUOTE]
Yes, I believe it is rooted in Latin, I believe it is 'to dominate' or something.

Asajj Ventress could be added to that list, as could be Tulak' Hord.

Orfinn · Post by **Orfinn** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:46 am

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]Asajj Ventress could be added to that list, as could be Tulak' Hord.

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Added

I must say there is ALOT of bad guys :mischief:
Tempting to start listing Jedi too but that would be off topic

25 Sith/Dark Jedi and more to go........