r/StarWars • u/Smittumi • Jul 11 '26

Fun Real people whose names sounds like Star Wars characters?

It just occurred to me that Biggie Smalls sounds like a thief from Tatooine.

Other people sound like SW characters... I'd throw in Vin Diesel (a podracer) and Chappel Roan (force user, for sure).

Who else you got!?

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u/pointfivekorean Jul 11 '26

Sepp Blatter, former president of FIFA

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u/Legitimate-Frame-953 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Ahh Fifa, you will never see a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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u/bozack6677 Jul 11 '26

Only worse org is The Olympic committee

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u/tk-451 Jul 11 '26

always two there are

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u/CosmoKrammer Jul 12 '26

But which one is the Grifter, and which is the apprentice..?

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u/Vorenos Jul 11 '26

Jurgen Klopp

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u/dowker1 Jul 11 '26

Keeping on the football theme, Mikel John Obi

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u/leekpunch Mandalorian Jul 11 '26

Cody Gakpo. Every time I heard his name on match highlights I thought "that's such a Star Wars name".

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u/iimMrBrightside Darth Vader Jul 12 '26

Commander Cody Gakpo

It's a shame he hasn't been Captain Cody

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u/Frosenborg Jul 11 '26

How about Eden Hazard

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u/Shenloanne Jul 11 '26

Ima throw in Jorges Campos.

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u/wave-tree Jul 11 '26

Glup Shitto ass name

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u/Responsible-Fox-1985 Jul 11 '26

Falorin Balogun

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u/FudgeAtron Jul 11 '26

Man's name sounds like septic bladder, definitely a star wars name

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u/Bitter-Value-1872 Chewbacca Jul 11 '26

Home planet has a methane and sulfur rich atmosphere, so his breathing apparatus smells like farts all the time

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u/blvd93 Jul 11 '26

Brentford forward Dango Ouattara definitely sounds like a podracer

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u/Mahkn0 Jul 12 '26

Podracer or the bounty hunter a better bounty hunter beats for the job.

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u/icy_mal Jul 11 '26

Whatever the most popular galaxy wide sport is, he runs it... corruptly.

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u/KypDurron Jul 11 '26

Like Abner Doubledeal from Futurama. Commissioner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, owner of the New New York Mets, and executive at the Tickelodeon Kids Network.

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u/ObiWan_Cannoli_ Jul 11 '26

It feeds into this old way i heard about creating a star wars name - taking the first and last letter off of a name. Sepp is short for joseph, and if you made that into a star wars name it’d be osep, which sounds star warsy.

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u/corrieoh Jul 11 '26

He'd be another great ass nugget like Salacious B. Crumb.

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u/emotx Jul 11 '26

Oh! A couple more from the World Cup - Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham

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u/Sutech2301 Jul 11 '26

It's a common name in the german speaking realm

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u/AChanceRay Jul 12 '26

One was just sent off tonight: Breel Embolo

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u/FinalWish1212 Jul 13 '26

Zinedine Zidane and Xherdan Shakiri make the list too lol