Surrounded by characters with names like anakin, obi-wan, and qui-gon, how did padme ever decide to name her kid luke?

Obi-wan says:

Dearest Sarah! Poor, naive little Sarah! Oh, the shame of not knowing the truth, o Sarah, spelled with an "h"! OH THE MISERY! THE DESPAIR!! THE UTTER LOATHING!!! I WEEP FOR THEE, SARAH!!! MY HEART EXTENDS OUT TO YOU, IN INFINITE SHINY WAYS, LIKE THE WAYS OF THE MAGESTIC LIGHTSABER!! OOH, HOW I MOURN FOR--

Booga: "Cut the drama, Kenobi. I had to stop ebaying to come here to help you. I don't have time for this crap."

Obi-Wan: "I'm practicing for a play. I got a part in the local community theater's production of 'The Nutcracker'. I have a BIG role, so I need to practice the drama, OKAY?"

Booga: "Hmm, interesting. What's your role?"

Obi: "I'm rat #4."

Booga: "Err... is that like the Rat King??"

Obi: "Oh, no. It's a MUCH bigger role than the Rat King! Rat #4 is a misunderstood loner, who longs to help the poor sugar plum fairy, but feels he cannot, for it would go against his people -- the rat people! IT IS A TRAGIC ROLE THAT ONLY *I* CAN PLAY TO PEFECTION!"

Booga: *shakes head* "Do you have any lines?"

Obi: "Well... LINES ARE NOT IMPORTANT! IT IS IN THE DANCING THAT I SHALL CONVERY MY TRUE EMOTIONS AS AN OUTCAST AND CONFUSED LITTLE RAT! ALL ALONE IN THE WORLD! OH, WEEP FOR ME, FOR I AM THE LONE RAT NUMBER 4!! *weeps whilst doing a piroette*"

Booga: *stands, claps* "BRAVO!!"

Obi: "Thank you. I humbly thank you! And also, I'd like to thank the academy for giving me this opportunity to play such a fantastic character. And of course, the director, Han Solo, who had faith that I could pull off such a remarkable and difficult role! I--"

Booga: *starts playing a CD of orchestral music*

Obi: "Oh, god, the music! I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK MY FANS! YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY, REALLY LIKE ME!!!"

Booga: *cuts to commercial*

Booga: "And we're back. I'll turn it over to you Oobs. I believe Sarah was asking about the names Padme chose for her offspring..."

Obi-wan: "Yes, yes. Well, Sarah, here's the thing. I know that people think Padme died sometime after giving birth to the twins, but no. Padme is alive and well and living with the Ewoks. Yes, that's right. She has been able to disguise herself as one of them by using her insane hair, dying it a light gray color and wrapping it carefully around her body in such a way that it resembles fur. shocking, isn't it? People didn't realize how short she was. Really, with the hair and the shortness, she blended in easily. And the Ewoks LOVE her! They actually made her an Ewok Princess. You may know her now as Princess Kneesaa.

"Anyway, Padme was under a lot of stress. I mean, her husband was now a deformed freak who went to the dark side. Which wouldn't have been huge deal to Padme, except his helmet seriously clashed with her whiter than white face make-up, and she hated wearing black, which is of course, required by all Dark Side wives. It was really all about the fashion.

"And then, of course, she had screaming twin babies, which is bad enough for a normal person, but even worse for Padme, because you see, she hated babies. At first, she thought of feeding them to the Wookiees, but when she handed the babies over to one of her Wookie maids, the kids and the Wookiee just started playing fetch.

"But back to the beginning. It'll all tie in nicely, you'll see. Little do people realize that Padme didn't actually name the kids Luke and Leia. In fact, she name them Lukercalifragiliciousexpialidocious and Leiats-goflyakite-uptothehighestheight.

"Soon after the twins were born, Padme realized she didn't have time for the whole baby thing, what with how it took her hours in the morning just to do her hair and make-up, and after failed attempts of feeding them to Wookiees, she finally hired a nanny to deal with them. The nanny flew from a far away planet called "London", using their societies very advanced hand-held spaceships, which are, incidentally enough, shaped like what you people on Earth call 'umbrellas'.

"The nanny's name -- Mary Poppins. Well, things were going well. The kids LOVED Nanny Mary Poppins, and they sang songs all day, and ran around in people's chimneys and such. Padme was at first releived because she didn't have to deal with any little brats. But then, after dosing the kids up with some ritalin (Mary Poppin's secret to success) by telling them that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down in a most delightful way" and putting them to bed, Mary Poppins confronted Padme about the children and their relationship with their father. She tried to convince Padme that it would be a good idea to have the children go to work with their daddy one day to see what he does all day

"It wasn't exposing little Lukercalifragiliciousexpialidocious and darling little Leiats-goflyakite-uptothehighestheight to the Dark Side that concerned Padme. It was the fact that seeing Anakin again would surely make him want to get back together with her, which she didn't want to do because by this time, she had started dating Harrison Ford (who, incidentally, played Han Solo in the films -- she met him on the set during a tour). And let's face it -- Harrison Ford beats a freak in a helmet and cape ANYDAY.

"The only answer, she figured, was to send the kids to live with relatives, fake her own death and escape with Harrison to a remote planet. They did this for awhile, until Harrison got the role as Indiana Jones, and dumped Padme's ass for various Hollywood actresses with more money and better fashion sense.

"A depressed Padme, realizing coming back from the dead would be a MAJOR faux pas and provide a plethora of jokes about her make-up, decided to seek exile amongst the Ewoks, disguised as one of them.

"Mary Poppins decided to take her act on the road, and ended up getting a major movie deal with Disney on Earth, where she stole the twins' names to use as inspiration for catchy songs for the film. She even played the role of Mary in the films, and is still living it up on Earth under the pseudonom 'Julie Andrews'. Meanwhile, Disney copyrighted the songs, and after a debilitating legal battle (they didn't hire Yoda as their attorney -- pity) both Lukercalifragiliciousexpialidocious and Leiats-goflyakite-uptothehighestheight were forced to leagally shorten their names to the simple 'Luke' and 'Leia', due to charges of copyright infringement.

"So, that's how it all went down. Mary Poppins, while an excellent nanny, is also a plagerizing bitch. Now the world knows. And Padme, YOUR SECRET'S OUT, BIOTCH! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT INTRODUCING ME TO HARRISON, THOUGH I BEGGED AND PLEADED WITH YOU!!!

"Err, anyway, hope that answers your question, Sarah. Spelled with an 'h'. Hope you didn't get bored. On a PeeVee amp in 1984.

"Oh, sorry. Ben Folds on the ipod. You know."