sdom Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I'm not big on Lore. One thing I do know for certain though (since you learn it on Nar Shadda in KOTOR 2 which is probably one of the most memorable instances in the old old republic games). Hutts didn't live on "Hutta" they lived on "Nal Hutta" and its been annoying me since I started my sniper yesterday. Anyone else noticed any weird differences between KOTOR and SWTOR information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Heaven forbid that the names of things change across the centuries.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 The name of the planet is still Nal Hutta. SWTOR just refers to it as Hutta for convenience. Heck the game's OST refers to it as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdom Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Heaven forbid that the names of things change across the centuries.. You have a point. I forgot this was Mars way back in 1620. It's a planet. One does not simply rename a planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdom Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 The name of the planet is still Nal Hutta. SWTOR just refers to it as Hutta for convenience. Heck the game's OST refers to it as How is that convenient in any way lol. Why isn't Nar Shadda just called Shadda, then? Is there some kind of linguistic lore that makes "Nal" a honorific or a prefix? Because as far as I can see. Its a planet with half a name. The games OST may refer to it with the proper name but that's just even more mistifying since it clearly indicates they knew what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJKerryee Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Most people in the Star Wars universe call Nal Hutta "Hutta" because of Underworld slang, but I agree that at least in the galaxy map, the planet should have its full name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 One does not simply rename a planet. You might think the same about cities, but as an example, the city in Russia that was once called Leningrad has had many names: * Founding until 1914: Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg in English) * 1914 until 1924: Petrograd * 1924 until 1991: Leningrad * 1991 onwards: Sankt-Peterburg again. And I live near the French city of Lille (from "L'Île" == "the Island"), known in Dutch as Rijsel = "The Island", so things can have different names in different languages. And countries get different names over time as well. Consider Burma / Myanmar or Sri Lanka / Ceylon. So why not planets as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDutchman Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Is there some kind of linguistic lore that makes "Nal" a honorific or a prefix? Not so much a prefix but it is an adjective https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Nal_Hutta/Legends There are some other examples of planets being renamed/having alternate names too Notron->Coruscant->Imperial Center->Coruscant->Yuzhaan'tar->Coruscant Rakata Prime/Lehon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Is there some kind of linguistic lore that makes "Nal" a honorific or a prefix? . Yes, Nal is an adjective in Huttese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayddow Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 "You have a point. I forgot this was Mars way back in 1620. It's a planet. One does not simply rename a planet." Korriban. Named as such in the old republic. In Star Wars legends later referred to as Morriban….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Korriban. Named as such in the old republic. In Star Wars legends later referred to as Morriban….. Korriban is never referred to as Moraband in Legends, that is part of Canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDutchman Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Korriban is never referred to as Moraband in Legends, that is part of Canon. It's actually a bit of a grey area. TCW is both canon and legends, however season 6 didn't come out until after the Disney takeover, so whether it is part of legends or not is a matter of perspective. It also isn't really relevant, the point is that planets can go by different names in the star wars universe, regardless of which one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlBuzzard Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 As far as planets go .. some have ahd their status as a "planet" revaluated and consequently down graded ! Things change.... even for planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It's actually a bit of a grey area. TCW is both canon and legends, however season 6 didn't come out until after the Disney takeover, so whether it is part of legends or not is a matter of perspective. I know, but even if you include TCW part of Legends, which I do. Season 6 cannot be considered part of Legends due to its post-reboot release, as any project of The Clone Wars:Legacy stuff. It also isn't really relevant, the point is that planets can go by different names in the star wars universe, regardless of which one. It is quite relevant, as in Legends Korriban is never referred to as Moraband. A better example would be Korriban's name under the reign of Xim the Despot, Pesegam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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