stackyFACTSCan you imagine the galaxy's most whiny farm boy running around with the edgiest, most aggressive surname imaginable? Lucas kept the name 'Starkiller' in the script for months before finally realizing it sounded way too much like a Charles Manson disciple and vastly less like an optimistic space monk.
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