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According to Wikipedia, a Coruscanti accent is the Received Pronunciation (an accent form of British English). There isn't an inline citation in the article on Wikipedia, and I was wondering if anyone here could possibly confirm that information with a reliable source. If it's confirmed, then it would be nice to add it to the Coruscanti article here (after all, there are many different types of English accents). —Mirlen 17:36, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- That's probably related to Imperials having a British accent. I don't have a reference for that, but I bet one could be found here. -Fnlayson 17:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- Not just the Imperials though, according to the article "Languages in Star Wars": "Imperial officers, some Jedi, and other characters (including Obi Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and droid C-3PO) speak with a Received Pronunciation accent (an accent form of British English). It is often referred to as a Coruscanti accent." I know there're probably sources that state the Coruscanti accent is an English accent, but I don't think I've seen one that specified what kind of English accent it was. I could be wrong though. —Mirlen 18:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well, Coruscant is an entire planet, let's not forget. Just as England (and any other country, for that matter) has many different dialects with the accent sounding mostly the same in most areas, wouldn't each be true of every planet in the Star Wars universe? Wouldn't there be many dialects all over each planet, each a variant of the same accent? Also, let's not forget that Jaden Korr is from Coruscant and has an American accent, so evidently the "Coruscanti accent" isn't true for all of Coruscant, just as there are some very Scottish-sounding accents in England the farther south you travel. 24.3.202.85 03:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Obi-Wan is stated to have a Coruscanti accent in the RotS novel, and probably some other places. So Obi-Wan in Episode III = a Coruscanti accent. -LtNOWIS 03:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Anon: The difference is, the bar for travel on Coruscant seems to be extraordinarily low, with people commuting (what to us are) extremely long distances in their daily lives. If you go to work a few hundred miles from home, then swing by your favorite grocery retailer a few hundred miles further out of your way before going home . . . and if almost everyone is doing this . . . it's going to have a major unifying effect on the dialect of the planet as a whole. jSarek 04:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well, there are still some different accents just on Coruscant. Like, Ben could tell that Seha Dorvald was from the Undercity. I guess it's like saying someone has an American accent or a British accent. There are still many accents within that, but they're generally all recognizable as British or American. -LtNOWIS 20:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Eh, British accents in Star Wars (with certain obvious exceptions) were used to imply "class-conscious", "model" Empire-loving citizens. American accents were used for rule-breaking, roughneck, cowboy rebels. As far as Star Wars is concerned, British = "evil". Hilarious, no? Alright, carry on finding an inUniverse explaination... Karohalva the Infallible Pumpkin
- Wouldn't that mean Obi-wan and Vader are backwards?
- Obi-wan had a hidden-scottish/kinda-welsh/kinda irish accent and vader had a more modern-age american accent. the american accent i think karohalva was talking about was a country-western or horse-american accent Tutos Lumenarious 21:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that mean Obi-wan and Vader are backwards?
- Eh, British accents in Star Wars (with certain obvious exceptions) were used to imply "class-conscious", "model" Empire-loving citizens. American accents were used for rule-breaking, roughneck, cowboy rebels. As far as Star Wars is concerned, British = "evil". Hilarious, no? Alright, carry on finding an inUniverse explaination... Karohalva the Infallible Pumpkin
- Well, there are still some different accents just on Coruscant. Like, Ben could tell that Seha Dorvald was from the Undercity. I guess it's like saying someone has an American accent or a British accent. There are still many accents within that, but they're generally all recognizable as British or American. -LtNOWIS 20:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well, Coruscant is an entire planet, let's not forget. Just as England (and any other country, for that matter) has many different dialects with the accent sounding mostly the same in most areas, wouldn't each be true of every planet in the Star Wars universe? Wouldn't there be many dialects all over each planet, each a variant of the same accent? Also, let's not forget that Jaden Korr is from Coruscant and has an American accent, so evidently the "Coruscanti accent" isn't true for all of Coruscant, just as there are some very Scottish-sounding accents in England the farther south you travel. 24.3.202.85 03:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Not just the Imperials though, according to the article "Languages in Star Wars": "Imperial officers, some Jedi, and other characters (including Obi Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and droid C-3PO) speak with a Received Pronunciation accent (an accent form of British English). It is often referred to as a Coruscanti accent." I know there're probably sources that state the Coruscanti accent is an English accent, but I don't think I've seen one that specified what kind of English accent it was. I could be wrong though. —Mirlen 18:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)