Did Lucas name Luke after himself?

@ByronEA (109)
United States
January 7, 2008 1:21pm CST
I was wondering if George Lucas named Luke Skywalker after himself. Your thoughts?
3 responses
14 Jan 08
Luke S. was a nickname Lucas had at school and it was a deciding factor in the hero's name. Don't ask me where I know this from... I have read sooo many interviews and sooo much information on SW in the last decade. It's just in my head from somewhere... I think it was a TV show.
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@ByronEA (109)
• United States
18 Jan 08
Thanks!!! It makes sense.
• United States
7 Jan 08
No idea. I did hear that he would show his kids pictures of some of the creatures in star wars and they would give me ideas of the names for them.
@Phlamingho (7824)
• Denmark
7 Jan 08
LOL, never thought about it, but yeah I probably did. He's the type of person that would do something like that :-D