cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/45824497
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With apologies if this has been a joke in the fandom for decades.
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It would be “Darth Cest” surely?
Darth Cestuous
Just kinda rolls of your… sister’s… tongue, doesn’t it?
The chillest of them all, darth c’est la vie.
Yeah this is better
100% where I thought this comic was going.
INBREEDING …
inmaul
intyranus
inplagueis
inbane
You know, I think this comic might not be 100% accurate on naming conventions…
And here I thought it was a big thing I’ve missed.
Darth Cel
Kylo Ren
Oh wouldn’t you want to be InKyloRen
I mean I might. He has an 8 pack. He is shredded.
Leave the poor man alone already!
Kylo Ren wasn’t a sith tho.
Too bad there was no darth ner fulfillment.
Meanwhile, Darth Ane and Darth Ept have been the butts of every Sith lord’s joke forever.
Darth Cest
The youngest sith, who works for cheap: Darth Tern
The Rule of Two makes a lot more sense when you see it as the CEO of Evil taking on an unpaid intern
Darth Mate: I born in Autralian prison.
Rebel: where the fuck is Autralia
Not to be confused with Autria. I would know, I am neighbors with Portugal, I am from Pain.
Sounds like a hell of a villain backstory
I’m gonna be that guy and point out that Vader means father in dutch. His name was always a spoiler. I’m trying to think of how you would inMaul someone but all I can think is ‘I’m gonna inmaul you mom later’
Via “The Making of The Empire Strikes Back.”
Lucas has gone back and forth on this one in interviews, but the honest truth seems to be that he wanted dark/death + “invader.” Somewhere there’s a video of him admitting he had no idea about the translation of the name until well after it was chosen (sorry, I looked and couldn’t locate the clip in a timely manner).
Yeah I’m not surprised. I’m always, like, in a state of suspension of disbelief when it comes to hearing about Lucas insane conceptualizations, like hearing he suggested names like ‘Darth insaneous’ or ‘Darth icky’ at points. When I heard the Vader/Father explaination I was like “this is both on the nose enough and also too cleaver to be true”
couldn’t locate a clip
Maybe he released the interview as a special edition
The Vader=Anakin thing was a retcon introduced when writing Empire. Early drafts of ESB explicitly have the two as different characters. Vader being the Dutch word for father is just a remarkable coincidence.
See my other response to the other reply for more but yeah, I can see that. The general mythology behind how Star Wars was made is a series of ‘too good to be true’ coincidences and interruptions.
“I’ll never turn to the dark side, Darth Myass”
My online characters in the Jedi Knight series were always named “Darth Cestuous”. I feel seen.
Darth Sane in the Membrane
Darth Sane in the brain!
Darth Conceivable
Those are the only two Sith lords in canon whose names work like that, though.
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