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#Osleo Prennert, the Rebel [[Star Wars 97|speed trap guy]]. His name is an anagram of crew member Lorne Peterson.
#Osleo Prennert, the Rebel [[Star Wars 97|speed trap guy]]. His name is an anagram of crew member Lorne Peterson.
#Retwin, the [[The Empire Strikes Back 119|iPad guy who checks out Vader's butt]]. The name "Retwin" is based on Decipher employee Jason Winter.
#Retwin, the [[The Empire Strikes Back 119|iPad guy who checks out Vader's butt]]. The name "Retwin" is based on Decipher employee Jason Winter.
#Antidar Williams, whose name is an anagram of the ship he co-piloted (and perished aboard)
#Antidar Williams, whose name is an anagram of the ship he co-piloted (and perished aboard). Convenient.
#[[Attack of the Clones 26|Coleman Trebor]], anagram of Robert Coleman.
#[[Attack of the Clones 26|Coleman Trebor]], anagram of Robert Coleman.
#Coleman Kcaj, named for Jack Coleman, Rob Coleman's son, but no relation of Coleman Trebor.
#Coleman Kcaj, named for Jack Coleman, Rob Coleman's son, but no relation of Coleman Trebor.

Revision as of 22:41, 11 February 2017

"Lucasian anagram" is a term we just made up, but we think it will catch on. Throughout the Star Wars films (especially the Prequel trilogy), there are characters whose names are pretty lazy anagrams of George Lucas' friends, the actors who portrayed them, or other members of the crew working on the movie. This is a subset of the technique of "Tuckerization" which also involves using the names of real people in your story as an in-joke, but the Lucasian anagram is differentiated by the lazy or haphazard way in which the names are applied.

Notable examples include

  1. Osleo Prennert, the Rebel speed trap guy. His name is an anagram of crew member Lorne Peterson.
  2. Retwin, the iPad guy who checks out Vader's butt. The name "Retwin" is based on Decipher employee Jason Winter.
  3. Antidar Williams, whose name is an anagram of the ship he co-piloted (and perished aboard). Convenient.
  4. Coleman Trebor, anagram of Robert Coleman.
  5. Coleman Kcaj, named for Jack Coleman, Rob Coleman's son, but no relation of Coleman Trebor.
  6. Senator Grebleips, whose name is just "Spielberg" backwards.

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