Editing (section) Conan Antonio Motti/Legends 0 You are not logged in. ===Naming origins=== {{Quote|See, because Lucas is the supreme creator of the Star Wars universe, when he says something it becomes real. Oh yeah. I think you hear what I'm saying, party people: There is now officially a Star Wars character named after Conan!! HOW AWECELLET IS THAT?! The Star Wars wiki Wookieepedia has already incorporated the change into the Star Wars Mythology! Man! This week couldn't get any better!|Conan O'Brien's NBC blog|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080303214713/http://blog.nbc.com/latenight/2007/05/breaking_hearts_and_making_far.php}} Motti was one of the last Imperial characters from the [[original trilogy]] to receive a full name. [[Michael Reaves]] and [[Steve Perry]] intended to finally give the character a first name with their [[2007]] novel [[Death Star (novel)|''Death Star'']], and had already chosen the name "Zi"—used in the as-yet unpublished novel—when George Lucas created his own name for the character while being interviewed on [[Wikipedia:Late Night with Conan O'Brien|''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'']]. Following this, the writers were forced to change the name before printing, although one instance of "Zi" remains in the novel. Motti's full name was given by Lucas on the [[May 1]], [[2007]] episode of ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', during which Lucas was challenged to a trivia question by a fan—''O'Brien'' Associate Producer Jordan Schlanski—as to the name of the Imperial officer who Darth Vader Force-chokes in ''A New Hope''. Lucas jokingly replied "Conan Antonio Motti." Although the character had previously been known only as "Motti," Lucas's statement finally gave a full name to this character. On the day after the episode aired, ''Late Night'' posted a blog entry on the NBC website about their surprise at the [[Special:Diff/1315629|quick response]] of [[Wookieepedia]], a fan-made online ''Star Wars'' Encyclopedia, in adopting the new name for the character, as well as their appreciation for Lucas in naming a ''Star Wars'' character after O'Brien.<ref name="blog">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080303214713/http://blog.nbc.com/latenight/2007/05/breaking_hearts_and_making_far.php Conan O'Brien's NBC.com blog]</ref> [[File:Coco.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Conan O'Brien, Motti's namesake]] When asked at [[Celebration IV]] to confirm the [[canon]] status of Motti's first name, Leland Chee said that "It'll be revealed eventually."<ref name="continuity">[[Forum:CIV Continuity Questions|Continuity Q & A at Celebration IV]]</ref> The name was finally confirmed when [[Sue Rostoni]], executive editor of [[Lucas Licensing]], posted the ''dramatis personae'' for ''Death Star'' on the [[StarWars.com]] message boards.<ref name="rostoni">{{Cite_web|url=http://forums.starwars.com/message.jspa?messageID=16770795#16770795|title=Welcome some BCaT VIPs|work=StarWars.com forums|accessdate=2010-12-22|author=Sue Rostoni|date=Jul 5, 2007 1:47 PM}}</ref> Loading editor Standard preloads (select a template to preload its contents): Custom preload pagename: Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω Please note: No personal information from you is required to edit on Wookieepedia. However, if you feel the need to divulge such information, be aware that it is illegal to do so if you are under the age of 13. (See also: Wikia terms of use) Once saved, your changes will be visible immediately. For testing, please use the Jundland Wastes sandbox. On talk pages, please sign your comment by typing four tildes (~~~~). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it. Do not copy text directly from other websites such as StarWars.com. Only public domain resources can be copied without permission—this does not include a vast majority of web pages. This page is a member of 1 hidden category: Category:Legends articles with canon counterparts This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes