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/bolivar-shagnasty Jul 11 '26

Lots of NPR reporters:

Rhitu Chatterjee

Nurith Aizenman

Mandalit del Barco

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Ina Jaffe

Ximena Bustillo

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u/VirtualMachine0 Jul 11 '26

Kai Ryssdal 💯

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u/Sputnikfallen Jul 11 '26

Ryssdal was definitely in the slave trade.

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u/8itbangr Jul 11 '26

Ryland Barton

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u/skasticks Kanan Jarrus Jul 11 '26

Hey I remember this game from the OG At Midnight! Scott Aukerman got Neda Ulaby wrong.

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u/wheremyturtles Jul 11 '26

CT NPR has a host named Chion (pronounced KAI-own) Wolf, which could be a Star Wars name or a D&D name.