Does Tyderium mean anything?

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Does Tyderium mean anything?

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I was wondering does the word Tyderium have a meaning, as all the other Imp ships I've seen have English names, and apparently Darth Vader means Dark Father in some language, or is just something that sounds good?
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Beats the hell out of me.
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I think it's named after a metal

duranium....tyderium...I don't know, that's a total wild guess.
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Isn't it Tyderian?

At least that's the way I remember Admiral Piett saying it.
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that's just because of his accent. Read my sig.
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I've never heard of any trivia regarding that name
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Tantive doesn't mean anything either as far as I know.
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Tydirium, and it has no meaning it looks. Unless it's some old greek word. Lucas used Japanese and Greek myths to help shape Star Wars.

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Perhaps Tydirium is the name of a Roman city??

After all, the suffix -ium is not only used for materials, and there were Roman cities with names such as Byzantium, Viroconium, etc.
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I reckon Tydirium is some kinda Latin phrase, but thats only a guess
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I wonder why the Imperials would bother naming a shuttle in the first place.
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That's a damn good point.
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Gandalf wrote:I was wondering does the word Tyderium have a meaning, as all the other Imp ships I've seen have English names, and apparently Darth Vader means Dark Father in some language, or is just something that sounds good?
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Post by jenat-lai »

Shuttle with a name? Hmm... I'd have rathered it with a designation

"Shuttle Tango Alpha Lima" sounds good enough.

Maybe it was "TYD-ERIUM" also "Tango Yankee Delta Echo Romeo India Uniform Mike" Tyderium for short... LOL or maybe not.

I agree, why would a SHUTTLE of all things have an actual name!
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