Tuckerism or tuckerization refers to basing a fictional entity name on a real-life person name.
List of tuckerisms in Star Wars[edit | edit source]
- Acros-Krik (Kirk Watson)
- Adnama (Amanda Lucas)
- AP-5 (Athena Yvette Portillo)
- Ar'alani (Aramina Roselani, a friend of Timothy Zahn)
- Serji-X Arrogantus (Sergio Aragonés)
- Ausar Auset (Dark Horse forum user)
- Lobar Aybock (Rocky Balboa)
- Epoh Bahb (Bob Hope)
- Sors Bandeam (Ross Beadman)
- Bardotta (Brigitte Bardot)[1]
- Jad Bean (Jad Bean)[2]
- Beidlo, B'omarr monk (Mike Beidler)
- Beidlo, Rodian bounty hunter (Mike Beidler)
- Myk Bidlor (Mike Beidler)
- Vob Bitas (Bob Vitas)
- Niebur Boton (Bonnie Burton)
- Waldan Bridger (Daniel Wallace)
- Arly Bron (R. Lee Brown, Editor/Creator of Echo Station)
- Rip Calkin (Cal Ripken Jr.)
- Jorj Car'das (George Lucas)
- CB-23 (Carrie Beck)
- Cerasi (Chris Cerasi)
- Olana Chion (Dominique Chionchio)
- Clatriffe (Amy Ratcliffe)
- Colstev (Stephen Colbert)
- Jeremoch Colton (Jeremy Bulloch)
- Roron Corobb (Ron Cobb)
- Ardinondu Dipolus Daeruun (Darin De Paul)[3]
- Lott Dod (Senator Trent Lott and Senator Christopher Dodd)
- Cin Drallig (Nick Gillard)
- Ur-Sema Du (Jan Duursema)
- Entoo Needaan E-elz (Anthony Daniels)
- Egoreg (George Lucas)
- Selrahc Eluos (Charles Soule)
- Eeusu Estornii (Sue Rostoni)
- Kalyn Farnmir (Mary Franklin)
- Dannl Faytonni (Anthony Daniels)
- Gelleric (TheForce.net's Eric Geller)
- Gen'Dai (Genndy Tartakovsky)
- Janu Godalhi (Juan Hidalgo)
- Palob Godalhi (Pablo Hidalgo)
- Grebleips (Steven Spielberg)
- Ottegru Grey (Roger Guyett)
- Nute Gunray (Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan)
- Ri-Lee Howell (Riley Howell)
- Harloff Minor (Kristian Harloff)[4]
- Imaharatronics (Grant Imahara)
- Jonner Jin (John Harper of The Star Wars Show)
- JMM assassin droid (James McFadden)
- Jomark (Mark Jones, a friend of Timothy Zahn)[5]
- Zett Jukassa (Jett Lucas)
- Kai Justiss (Justin Chung)
- Coleman Kcaj (Jack Coleman)
- Ka-Moon Kholi (Giuseppe Camuncoli)
- Ronhar Kim (Dark Horse forum user)
- Korolev (Sergei Korolev)
- Kassar Kosciusko (Tadeusz Kościuszko)
- Lechee (Keeper of the Holocron Leland Chee)
- Gilramos Libkath (Gillian Libbert and Kathryn Ramos)
- Drake Lo'gaan (Logan Fontana)
- Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan)
- Roth-Del Masona (Leonard Thomas)
- Mart Mattin (Matt Martin)
- Lela Nalle Mayn (Amy Allen)
- Pharl McQuarrie (Ralph McQuarrie)
- Achk Med-Beq (Ahmed Best)
- Conan Antonio Motti (Conan O'Brien)
- Sena Leikvold Midanyl (Sena Leikvold)
- Farns Monsbee[6] (Simon Farnaby)[7]
- Dama Montalvo (Dark Horse forum user)
- Mya Nalle (Amy Allen)
- Yma Nalle (Amy Allen)
- Neelgaimon (Neil Gaiman)
- Zey Nep (Zeynup Selcuk)
- New Bornalex (Alex Newborn)
- Nkllon (Klon Newell, a fan)[5]
- Orrimaarko (Orrin Marko)
- Pablo-Jill (Pablo Helman)
- Mot-Not Rab (Tom Barton)
- Faddera Rabar (Barbara Fadden)
- Fenn Rau (Brad Rau)
- Shon Kon Ray (Sean Connery)
- Krono Relt (Nathan Butler)
- Rersey (Richard Kersey, a friend of Cavan Scott)[8]
- T'Bar Ricair (Tricia Barr)
- Esu Rotsino (Sue Rostoni)
- Elyhek Rue (Kyle Heuer, former Decipher, Inc. employee)
- Sabla-Mandibu (TheForce.net's Mandy Bulat)
- Egroeg Sacul (George Lucas)
- Jorg Sacul (George Lucas)
- L'lacielo Sageon (Daniel Wallace)
- Pello Scrambas (Ross Campbell, former Decipher employee)
- Erskin Semaj (James Erskine, Story Editor at Lucasfilm Ltd.)
- Roons Sewell (Orson Welles)
- Shahkirin (Kiran Shah)
- Silya Shessaun (Lisa Shaunessy)
- Civ Sila (Vic Wertz, former Star Wars Insider associate editor; and Lisa Stevens, former Official Star Wars Fan Club president)
- Stewjon (Jon Stewart)
- Tap-Nar-Pal (Dark Horse forum user)
- Tarkov (Genndy Tartakovsky)
- Nicanas Tassu (Nic Anastassiou)
- T'Bolton (Dark Horse forum user)
- Lyrre T'enna (Terryl Whitlatch)
- Terbus (Buster, the dog belonging to Nathan & Sam of Tatooine Sons: A Star Wars Podcast)
- Gooti Terez (Andi Gutierrez)
- Vhonte Tervho & Terran Lyn (Terri Fontana-Hodges)
- Dupas Thomree (Tom Dupree)
- Tito (Josip Broz Tito)
- Heff Tobber (Toby Hefferman)[9]
- Traavis (Karen Traviss)
- Dunc T'racen (Tracy Duncan)
- Milar Travis (Karen Miller and Karen Traviss)
- Romeo Treblanc (Robert Coleman)
- Coleman Trebor (Robert Coleman)
- Epoh Trebor (Bob Hope)
- Gray Tucker (Gary Tucker)
- Jaycris Tubbs (Jamie Christopher)
- Trebor Uarrac (Bob Carrau)
- Shawn Valdez (Shawn Valdez)
- Sluis Van (Don Vandersluis, a friend of Timothy Zahn)[5]
- Cebann Veekan (Kevin Bacon)
- Wapoe (Wayne Poe)
- Wicket Wystri Warrick (Warwick Davis)
- Xerxes (Xerxes)
- Ram Zerimar (Ray Ramirez)
Anagrams and reversals of actual words are common easter eggs in the X-Wing computer game series.
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Everything Star Wars with J. W. Rinzler on the J W Rinzler YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Jad Bean by the real Jad Bean
- ↑ Boyd, Charles (2018-12-13). Voice Actors in 5.10. Reddit. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Jedi Council Interview With Claudia Gray (Author of Bloodline, Lost Stars)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Heir to the Empire 20th Anniversary Edition
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑
Cavan Scott (@cavanscott) on Twitter: "Named after my buddy, Richard Kersey @richkerz" (backup link) (In response to "Lo! My latest status article on Wookieepedia is one of @cavanscott's creations!")
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) on Twitter: "p. 170. Heff Tobber is our 1st AD Toby Hefferman, who first just donned a costume for stills. But he got promoted to on-screen X-wing pilot" (screenshot)
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