On Thursday,ꦅ yet another small detail about December’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” leaked onto the Internet. We now know the name of Andy Serkis’ character: Supreme Leader Snoke.
Reaction online was mixed, but it’s no surp൲rise that the moniker is a little kooky. From Sio Bibble to Grand Moff Muzzer, names in the world of “Sta💫r Wars” have always had their own special charm.
With “Episode VII” about six months away, let’s take a ꧑look at all the known character names and rank them from coolest to most ✃Dooku.
1. Rey
Daisy Ridley, playing a junk scavenger on desert planet Jakku, got off pretty easy in the name sweepstakes. At least she doesn’t have to spend the r💖est of her life pausing before autographing a photo, 𒀰trying to remember how to spell her character’s name, like actor Kevin Michael Richardson, who played something called K’Kruhk.
2. Kylo Ren
Adam Driver plays this black-clad baddie, a🎀lthough his last name, Ren, is a Confucian word meaning a good feeling that comes from being altruistic. Is it possible there’s more to this character than pure evil?
3. Maz Kanata
All we know about Lupita Nyong’o’s character is that she’s a pirate of some sort and is🔯 entirely CG. But never mind the name — what we really want to know is, who’s this character wearing? Get ready for lots of headlines crowing, “Lupita looked ‘a-Maz-ing’ on the red carpet.”
4. Captain Phasma
Gwendoline Christie, playing a chrome-plated Stormtrooper, is evidentl🥀y so fearsome, so physically imposing that s🌄he only needs one name. She’s the Oprah of the “Star Wars” universe.
5. Poe Dameron
Yeah, OK. Oscar Issac’s X-🐎Wing pilot sounds a bit like a stuffed bear, but it’s mostly ��fine.
6. Korr Sella
Rumor ꦺhas it Maisie Richardson-Sellers is playing some kind of messenger. Here’s a message for her: Get a name with fewer double consonants.
7. Finn
John Boyega plays an Imperial soldier on the run, and of all the bizarre names in “Star Wars,” it’s jarring that for the lead character, the filmmakers 𝔉go with . . . Finn? Is he the first Stormtrooper from Park Slope? Who else is in his squadron? Olive, Tallulah and Atticus?
8. Supreme Leader Snoke
Judging by the creepy voiceover Serkis provided in the teaser trailerꦯ, he’ll be playing some sort of villain. Good luck striking fear into the Rebels’ hearts with a name like “Snoke” — it so𒊎unds like a cheap plastic product sold on a late-night infomercial: “Pay nominal shipping and handling and receive a second handy Snoke for free!”