Talk:Spar

Appearances/sources would be helpful. --SparqMan 05:57, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The information and photo are from Star Wars Insider issue 80. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:07, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Alpha 02/Spar first appears in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds as a defective and rogue ARC Trooper. The Mandalorian connection comes up in the aforementioned Insider. QuentinGeorge 06:51, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * By the way, the Insider issue mistakenly identifies the picture as being of Boba, but the author and artist state it was intended to be Spar. QuentinGeorge 06:52, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Remember that they all look alike. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:10, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Except the scarring is apparently consistent with something that happened to Alpha-Ø2, rather than the Sarlacc scarring that Boba got. JSarek 01:14, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Title
Should this article be listed under the clone's Kaminoan designation (Alpha-Ø2), the name he later assumed (Spar), or the title he later acquired by resurrecting the Mandalorian Supercommandos (Mandalore the Resurrector)? I'm inclined to say Alpha-Ø2 - it's his "given name," so to speak, and how he's referred to throughout the Insider article. What is everyone else's opinion? JSarek 10:09, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmmm...I'm not sure. I suppose the precedent we have is Count Dooku, who is at that page rather than Darth Tyranus. Then again Padme is under her name of state, Padme Amidala, rather than her birth name Padme Naberrie.
 * I would say that the real name should be used, except in cases where an alias is far more recognised- such as with Padme or Thrawn. --Fade 11:33, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
Are we sure that it's Alpha-Ø2? Is it possible that the sources were just using a funny-looking zero that happened to resemble the modified O used in some Scandinavian languages? &mdash; Silly Dan 05:27, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, technically there is only one Scandinavian language. :P Anyway, this is a simple case of source-checking; if Ø is used consistently we'll have our answer. --Imp 05:31, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, Scandinavian is more than one language. As far as the Ø is concerned, if it is an "O" it is probably more circular. Zeroes tend to be more of an oval. So whatever the source used, I'd say you could tell based on how circular the "o" part is.--DannyBoy7783 08:26, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Ø on Wikipedia. It's from a few different languages, but the article doesn't give a meaning - Kwenn 09:31, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, interesting. Admiral J. Nebulax 12:30, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, Danny, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are so similar that many linguists view them as one language. --Imp 13:35, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, you're the Norwegian, you would know. Thanks for checking on this!  &mdash; Silly Dan  14:09, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Mandalorian?
While all clone troopers have Mandalorian DNA and Alpha-Ø2 later joined the Mandalorians, is he really a Mandalorian in terms of categorization? --SparqMan 17:40, 1 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * He led the Mandalorians as Mandalore, so, yes. QuentinGeorge 20:06, 1 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Plus, as SparqMan said, he had Mandalorian DNA. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 21:01, 1 Nov 2005 (UTC)