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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chain Lightning" data-source="post: 1427849" data-attributes="member: 6791">One of my small annoyances & misunderstandings from my childhood was from "Star Wars".Tarkin says, "I grow tired of asking. Where is the rebel base?"Leia answers, "Dantooine. They're on Dantooine."But for the LONGEST time, I thought she said, with a pseudo euro-accent, " that-a-way...they're all that-a-way." Or rather, "Dat-a-way...they're all dat-a-way."You may now pause to laugh if you wish..heh heh.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Okay, back to my point. I guess Lucas was trying to go for some kind of cultural naming convention in that part of the universe. Tatooine, Dantooine, etc, etc. I figure he was trying to make '-ooine' some sort of suffix or something. But it comes off kinda of silly to me. Its not like we named our planet 'Earth', then named the next red planet "Purth", then named the next "Kirth", and so on.Anyways, let's say that was an applaudable way to name that region's planets. You still need to keep in mind sometimes what actors have to say out loud. It's sounds too close to Tatooine, so even if you heard it right...you might get confused and think she might've said Tatooine and not Datooine. In which case you're thinking, "Hey.....the star destroyer was just there!" Plus, because of Leia's reluctance and emotional state...she mutters the planet's name under her breath. Now its twice as bad to understand.Anyways, my little gripe. I'm sure there are plenty of you who understood it the first time....but I didn't. Actually, the Star Wars movies has THE most misunderstood lines in any movies I've watched. For me personally.Example: (one of many) I didn't understand what Obi-Wan said in Phantom Menace until I got to put on the subtitles from the DVD in one particular scene. They're underwater and he says, "You over did it."Never knew he said that until I had to subtitle it. Then once I found out what he said, I'm STILL confused as to why he said it in that particular situation. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Okay, back on topic.....Even though I don't find the Sword of Truth stuff all that bad (only on second book so far - - but I've heard really bad reviews on it), I think Terry Goodkind's names take me out of the fantasy mind-set.---Richard Cypher? (I keep thinking Gibson Cyber-Punk or Matrix, although I read Wizard's First Rule before that movie came out...still felt Cyber-punky)---Zed? (I keep thinking Billy Bob Thorton)  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Oh...almost forgot...back to Star Wars. The WORST named character from the movies has got to be "Elan Sleazebaggano"<a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/elansleazebaggano/" target="_blank">http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/elansleazebaggano/</a><sarcasm on> Oh I get it...clever clever...he's a drug dealing sleaze bag...clever clever....<sarcasm off>C'mon Lucas! You're not even trying now! Obviously using the same creative engine that came up with "Biggus Dikkus". But at least that Monty Python character's name fit with the story/tone.</blockquote>

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