how come in star wars luke got to have a normal name and nobody else in that trilogy or elsewhere in the series got one
@monorail discarded immediately
@jamescheese i have honestly never put it together before this moment that Luke is short for Lucas
@healyn this opens to door for a rereading of the star wars where luke is lucas's self insert protag. much to think about
@jamescheese @healyn see also: gene wesley roddenberry insisting on a wunderkind who would one day ascend to space godhood being in star trek tng, and that his name should definitely be wesley
@jamescheese @healyn it's ultimately self-insert kurosawa fanfic disguised by a flash gordon reskin, the same way 50 shades of gray hid its twilight fanfic origins by making it about a businessman instead of a vampire
@healyn @jamescheese oh my god luke is a self-insert
@finn @jamescheese i'm embarrassed that i've never noticed this before
@healyn @jamescheese i was now years old when i learned this!!
@jamescheese what, doesn't everyone have a friend named darth?
@jamescheese what about ben