Darth Who Vote

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-02-07 01:02am

I want MY name as one of the candidates. Come on, "Darth Servo" has a really nice ring to it, don't ya think?

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2007-02-07 04:38am

Is Darth Dickhead already taken? I'm so over the Jedi going to the Darkside so he can be redeemed. It was good once with Vader, sucked with Kyp, and
now going to suck even harder with Jacen especially with Traviss writing it. Jaina going to be an only child pretty quick.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-02-08 09:14pm

I've thought of Darth Solidus for a not-yet-written fan fic where Luke runs away from home and joins the Imperal Academy under the assumed name of "Solid Snake" before the events of 'A New Hope', and Darth Thermonucleus for a story where George W. Bush is a Sith Lord. As for Jacen himself, I'm spent.

Jack Bauer · Post by **Jack Bauer** » 2007-02-08 11:46pm

Darth Evil

Darth Villainous

Darth Bad Guy

Ughh...I hate the EU.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-09 02:08am

Jack Bauer wrote:Darth Evil

Darth Villainous

Darth Bad Guy

Ughh...I hate the EU.

It ain't all bad:

Darth Revan (rolls off the tongue)

Darth Malak (harder edge to it, makes you want to sneer as you say it)

Darth Sion (very sharp edge to it - and the guy is scarred, the name fits perfectly)

Darth Nihilius (similar sound to nihilistic, which again, fits him like a glove)

Darth Traya (this one is probably the weakest in the games)

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2007-02-09 12:56pm

I voted for Darth Taral, seemed the lesser of some shitty options.

Jack Bauer · Post by **Jack Bauer** » 2007-02-09 08:17pm

Stofsk wrote:
Jack Bauer wrote:Darth Evil

Darth Villainous

Darth Bad Guy

Ughh...I hate the EU.
It ain't all bad:

Darth Revan (rolls off the tongue)

Darth Malak (harder edge to it, makes you want to sneer as you say it)

Darth Sion (very sharp edge to it - and the guy is scarred, the name fits perfectly)

Darth Nihilius (similar sound to nihilistic, which again, fits him like a glove)

Darth Traya (this one is probably the weakest in the games)

Problem is...the EU isn't the only guilty one. Darth Plagueis anyone? *gag*

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-09 09:19pm

Or Darth Insidious.

D'oh, I meant Darth Sidious. There's a huge difference.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-02-09 09:58pm

What about Darth Shadow... I mean Sadow? Or Andeddu-Undead, Tyrannus-Tyrant, Millenial-Millenium (From 1000 BBY), Maul-Maul Apparent, Plagueis-Plague, Vectivus-Invective, Krayt-Krayt Dragon, Maladi-Malady or M'lady (The Female Emo Sith), Maleval (All I know about him was that his annoying Krayt was excused away by literally calling him a 'noob'), Nihl-Nilus or Nihilist, Ruyn and Ruin (Two different characters)-Ruin, Stryfe-Strife, Wyyrlok III-Warlock, Talon-Talon (She's Krayt's personally enforcer), and Bandon-Abandon. Also possibly Desolus-Desolate, Karnage-Carnage, Krul-Cruel, and Tenebrous from Chee's Blog.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-09 11:26pm

The KOTOR "Darth" names were the best.

Sephirius · Post by **Sephirius** » 2007-02-10 03:56pm

because they weren't random shit words made into darth, they were actual NAMES. They didn't need to hide their identities like the weakass trilogy era Sith- It's like Revan woke up one day and thought damn it, I'm DARTH Revan now!

Jim Raynor · Post by **Jim Raynor** » 2007-02-10 04:07pm

Darth Malak, Revan, and Nihilus sound cool. Darth Bandon sounds pussy. Whenever I hear that name I think of some little boy named Brandon.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-02-10 05:06pm

Stofsk wrote:The KOTOR "Darth" names were the best.

You mean Darth Revan-Revenant, Malak-Malice, Traya-Betrayal, Sion-Scion or possibly the suffix -sion, meaning to break, and Nihilus-Nihil.

Oh and I forgot Ajunta Pall-Junta (Military Government) and Pall (Burial Shroud), amd Ragnos-Ragna (Old Name For Norse Gods).

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2007-02-10 06:37pm

Why, exactly, is it bad that most Darth names are (often vaguely) similar to english words? I mean, its not like they're actual birth names (except in Revan's case); the second part of the title is as much of an honorific as the first. Its unsurprising that Sith might choose menacing or militaristic names for themselves and their apprentices, considering their methods and objectives. Certainly, names that are obviously just authorial attempts to make the character sound cool (like Darth Blade or something) or are blatantly uncreative (Darth Evil, etc.) should be frowned upon, and there are definately some in the canon, but I don't see why "Malak" or "Nihilus" and the like should be decried simply because they aren't entirely new constructs.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-02-10 07:09pm

Sephirius is arguing they're good because they aren't Pseudonyms, I'm arguing that it can't have anything to do with that since the KotOR names are pseudonyms as well.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-02-10 07:18pm

I agree - all the Darth names that don't suck (and all the canon ones I can think of) are distortions of english words. I don't see how that its bad: conjuring images of malice, betrayal, brutality, insidious disease and infection are GOOD for characters.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-10 10:40pm

General Schatten wrote:Sephirius is arguing they're good because they aren't Pseudonyms, I'm arguing that it can't have anything to do with that since the KotOR names are pseudonyms as well.

If you were arguing with Sephirius, why did you quote me?

Further, though Revan (Revanant) and Malak (Malice) and Bandon (Abandon) etc can be established as english words that have been altered in some way, you can say the same about the movie Darth titles (Vader = Invader, geddit).

The post-NJO Darth names absolutely suck though. (Darth Krayt = I'm a giant lizard)

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-02-10 11:17pm

Stofsk wrote:If you were arguing with Sephirius, why did you quote me?

Didn't notice that

Further, though Revan (Revanant) and Malak (Malice) and Bandon (Abandon) etc can be established as english words that have been altered in some way, you can say the same about the movie Darth titles (Vader = Invader, geddit).

Did I ever say they weren't?

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-10 11:29pm

General Schatten wrote:
Stofsk wrote:If you were arguing with Sephirius, why did you quote me?
Didn't notice that

General Schatten wrote:
Stofsk wrote:The KOTOR "Darth" names were the best.
You mean Darth Revan-Revenant, Malak-Malice, Traya-Betrayal, Sion-Scion or possibly the suffix -sion, meaning to break, and Nihilus-Nihil.

Oh and I forgot Ajunta Pall-Junta (Military Government) and Pall (Burial Shroud), amd Ragnos-Ragna (Old Name For Norse Gods).

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-02-10 11:53pm

I meant to get this:

Sephirius wrote:because they weren't random shit words made into darth, they were actual NAMES.

GeneralTacticus · Post by **GeneralTacticus** » 2007-02-11 12:02am

General Schatten wrote:Sephirius is arguing they're good because they aren't Pseudonyms, I'm arguing that it can't have anything to do with that since the KotOR names are pseudonyms as well.

Revan and Malak were the actual names of the Sith Lords in question (note that nobody ever refers to them as anything else, even when talking about them before they turned to the Dark Side - if they were pseudonyms, that would be like saying "at the age of nine, Darth Vader won a podrace on Tatooine and thereby escaped from slavery..."). Bandon may or may not have been a pseudonym - given that he's never mentioned escept as Malak's apprentice, there's no way to be sure. It's the K2 Sith names that were all pseudonyms - Darth Traya definitely so, and Sion and Nihilus almost certainly so simply due to unlikelihood of anyone giving their children such names.

Lord Relvenous · Post by **Lord Relvenous** » 2007-02-12 06:34pm

Stark wrote:I agree - all the Darth names that don't suck (and all the canon ones I can think of) are distortions of english words. I don't see how that its bad: conjuring images of malice, betrayal, brutality, insidious disease and infection are GOOD for characters.

Yes, I agree. It seems that when authors really try to get exotic with the Sith Lord's names that the names begin to leave a slight aftertaste of bad. Case in point, Darth Bane is much more effective than Darth Acheron IMO.

Aquatain · Post by **Aquatain** » 2007-02-12 09:51pm

General Schatten wrote:
Stofsk wrote:The KOTOR "Darth" names were the best.
You mean Darth Revan-Revenant, Malak-Malice, Traya-Betrayal, Sion-Scion or possibly the suffix -sion, meaning to break, and Nihilus-Nihil.

Oh and I forgot Ajunta Pall-Junta (Military Government) and Pall (Burial Shroud), amd Ragnos-Ragna (Old Name For Norse Gods).

Say what? Ragna is not a name for any Norse Gods of any kind, but rather a part of Ragnerok/Ragnarok = Armageddon.

Edward Yee · Post by **Edward Yee** » 2007-02-13 12:39pm

Ignoring the choices used in the Darth Who contest, if I had to give Jacen a title I'd have gone with Darth... Mirage. (Weak, I know. x.x )

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2007-02-13 02:08pm

Aquatain wrote:
General Schatten wrote:
Stofsk wrote:The KOTOR "Darth" names were the best.
You mean Darth Revan-Revenant, Malak-Malice, Traya-Betrayal, Sion-Scion or possibly the suffix -sion, meaning to break, and Nihilus-Nihil.

Oh and I forgot Ajunta Pall-Junta (Military Government) and Pall (Burial Shroud), amd Ragnos-Ragna (Old Name For Norse Gods).
Say what? Ragna is not a name for any Norse Gods of any kind, but rather a part of Ragnerok/Ragnarok = Armageddon.

Doesn't Ragnarok mean literally "death of the gods"?