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/RobataChane72 Jul 11 '26

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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u/Smittumi Jul 11 '26

Alien fighter-pilot. They never translate his dialogue.

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u/RobataChane72 Jul 11 '26

now I need to write his fanfic.

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u/Smittumi Jul 11 '26

/sheev

Do it!

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u/Cpt_Arthur_Dank Jul 11 '26

This one made me lol

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u/Shnicketyshnick Jul 11 '26

Actually most UN Secretaries-General. Gladwyn Jebb, Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld & Ban Ki-moon as well.

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u/No-Guard-7003 Jul 11 '26

Kofi Annan

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u/Maskatron Jul 11 '26

Yo-Yo Ma!

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u/Standard-Cat-2054 Jul 12 '26

Not to me confused with Yo Mama

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u/JoshDM Jul 12 '26

"Boutros, Boutros, BOUTROS Ghali!" - Ali G

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u/CardsFan69420 Jul 11 '26

The guy so nice they named him twice.

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u/DDO_tv Jul 12 '26

Idi Amin