Evan, IN Jacen is close to getting his new name...

I read that the Official Star Wars website has released the 5 or so names that Hyperspace members can vote on.

Go there to check it out.

 

Well I put my vote in on Jacen Solo's Sith Lord name. Here are the choices I had to pick from-

Darth...

Acheron
Caedus
Judicar
Paxis
Taral

I picked Darth Acheron for Jacen Solo. I'm a long-time fan of the ALIEN movies. The planet found by the Nostromo was later given the name Acheron. So in homage to the first two ALIEN movies I picked Acheron. That term Acheron translates as 'river of woe'. Jacen Solo is now navigating the 'river of woe' as he attempts to enforce order on that galaxy far, far away. What about the rest of you? What were your picks and why?

 

I did not vote.

However, I have a different Darth name for Jacen Solo






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DARTH KRAYT

 

I was not impressed with any of them. I've heard of others people submitted that were much better.

 

I agree. I tried to think of each of the names as if I was reading them in the book... Then I realized I don't know what its like to read a book.

I will vote, but it will be like voting for local political offices...

 

I was so sure I had it won.

I submitted Darth Retardo.

 

I'm kinda surprised that Darth Lector was not a choice. I mean would it not be funny if Jacen Solo decided to eat Ben Skywalker. Then after his meal Lord Lector turns to the reader and speaks the following in a Sling Blade voice- "Uh-huh, that there's some good youngling I reckon. Needs some nerfloaf though."

 

Huh? So Darth Jammies didn't make it.

 

How's about Darth Pookey?

Peace,

Edric

 

I'm not so sure about this voting for his name thing. Jacen is supposed to pick his name after much thought and meditation and none of these names, save one or two, sounds like something he would pick.

Acheron: river of woe
Now Jacen, from what I understand, doesn't believe that he is doing the wrong thing. In fact, he believes that he is going to bring piece to the galaxy and prevent war from happening. I like the sound of the name, but it just doesn't fit with Jacen's motives.

Caedus: from the latin meaning 'wolf'
Again, I fail to see the reasoning behind this...unless Jacen is trying to say he's a 'lone wolf', but honestly, it takes too much explaining to do that. IMO, a sith name should convey what you're about just from its meaning alone. You shouldn't have to explain it.

Judicar: spanish verb meaning 'to judge'
I can see this one happening. Jacen believes himself in a position to judge the state of the galaxy and decide its future. Simple, and you know exactly what he's going to do.

Paxis: latin for 'peace'
Again, this one could happen. Jacen is fully invested in the idea of bringing peace to the galaxy, he just doesn't realize he's going about it in the wrong way. I can definetly see Jacen picking this one in the book.

Taral: hindu for 'Honeybee'
I got nothin. Best I can come up with is that it stems from his love for animals...? But once people know the meaning of Taral, I highly doubt Darth Taral is going to strike fear into the hearts of anyone, least of all a honeybee.


If I had a pick, I'd go with Paxis or Judicar. I have a feeling that Paxis is going to win out, and if it doesn't, Lucas will make it win.

 

Isn't Paxis also the name of a Klingon moon?

I kinda like it though.

Lord Paxis
Darth Paxis

edit: It was Praxis

 

Here is my serious thought.

Darth Vader was made to sound like Dark Father

Jacen should sound like Dark Son.....Darth Zun, perhaps?

Peace,
Edric

 

As a perpetual Latin student (read: Latin geek), I feel compelled to point out that paxis isn't a Latin word. Pax does mean peace, but the other forms of the word are based on the stem pac-, not pax-. Pacis is the genitive (Latin version of the possessive case) singular, meaning "of peace." However the form paxis doesn't exist in Latin; it's just an Anglicization. Somebody probably though an x looked cooler than a c.

 

Is Wilhelmus Latin?

 

Deutsch, I believe.

 

I finally looked at the list and thought that they all suck badly. I think I will go with caedus since it means to fall or kill ( http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookit.pl?latin=Caedus ). He has fallen and I think he will be responsible for someone majors death soon.

 

Right you are! I'm sure it means something in Latin, too. It means something to everybody!

 

Here's the story on Wilhelums, in regards to Latin at least. Latin is a highly inflected language, that is it depends upon endings to signify a word's use in the sentence, rather than word order (as English does). That means, when foreign names are brought into Latin, they must either come in as indeclinables (words without endings, which require non-standard usage of prepositions to make up for the lack of endings), or they must be Latinized (my name is Nathaniensis Vheatlius in Latin). I don't know much about German, but I'm pretty sure German doesn't have a -us ending, which is a common ending in Latin. Therefore, I'm guessing that Wilhelmus is a Latinization of the German name Wilhelm.

As for caedus, again that form doesn't exist in Latin. To complicate things, Notre Dame's dictionary is wrong in its definition of caedo--someone has gotten caedo mixed up with cado, which means fall or die (I checked this with a couple of my own Latin dictionaries). Caedo means to hack or chop at, strike, beat or fell; it can in certain instances mean kill, but never fall. The closest forms to caedus are caesus, which means (man who is) chopped, struck, or felled, and caeduus, which is an adjective meaning ready for felling.

The Latin word for wolf, by the way, is lupus.

 

I came up with those meanings based on what I could find online...so I know they're not perfect. *shrugs* But I just got this from wookieepedia


"The finalist names are: Acheron (a river in Hell for those who deny justice), Caedus (a battle of darkness), Judicar (the final judge), Paxis (bringer of peace) and Taral (ancient Sith for "he who protects")"


I would really like to know where they got their meanings from...

 

You just wanna learn Ancient Sith

 

awww, the latin geek got to that before the Harry Potter geek.
shucks


hey hey...JMJ, you are on the roster for the Quidditch Club aren't you? C'mon! Remus Lupin is totally named after lupis/wolf. ^_^ *The ex vice pres shakes her head*

SIGN ME UP TOO! W00T! XD

 

I'd be signed up if I wasn't in the process of learning Mando'a as is