Star Wars: The Last Jedi Toy Packaging Reveals Planet Name
In a small bit of news concerning Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the planet name that the city of Canto Bight is located on has been revealed.
According to the packaging of a Canto Bight Police Speeder, the planet that is home to the extravagant city is known as Cantonica (via Reddit).
We’ve already covered what the packaging on this particular toy looks like from the front, so go here if you haven’t already seen it. Hopefully, we’ll learn of some other little nuggets of information before Force Friday next month.
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I wonder what the pronunciation will be in the film? Harmonica/Cantonica or Costa Rica/Cantonica?
Who knows? In the existing films, nobody seems to be quite certain whether Utapau is pronounced OO-ta-pau or YOO-ta-pau. If you listen to Finn and Poe in the TIE fighter, one pronounces Jakku as “jakk-OO” and the other as “JAKK-oo”.
Heck, in the original movie nobody is even sure whether “Leia” is “LEY-uh” or “LEE-uh”.
And Han or Hawn
If you listen to how Harrison Ford introduces himself when pronouncing his character’s name for the very first time in the original movie, he actually uses a vowel-sound in “Han” that does not normally occur in English, like the A of “father”, but short instead of long. Thus the name almost sounds a little like “Hun”. But later, other characters pronouncing “Han” either use the long A of “father” or pronounce the name to rhyme whith “can”. I don’t believe Han Solo EVER pronounces his own name onscreen again after the original movie, right up until Kylo Ren commits patricide. But maybe we’ll hear the character (though not Ford) say it again in the upcoming Han Solo movie. If they would actually take care to let him use the pronunciation Han himself apparently considers correct, I would credit their attention to detail.
Although some characters do pronounce her name as “LEE-uh”, I believe it is pretty well established that the canonical pronunciation should be “LEY-uh”.
I would certainly use the pronunciation “LEY-uh” myself, and it is also how Leia introduces herself to Lando in Cloud City in the sequel. In the first movie, the British actors seem to go for “LEE-uh”, so in-universe I guess that is how a person with a “Coruscanti” accent is most likely to pronounce the name.
So, what did happen to Lando Calrissian? After the fall of the Galactic Empire with the destruction of the second Death Star, Lando went back to his old ways. Just like Han returned to smuggling, Leia to leadership, and Luke journeying deeper into the ways of the Jedi, Lando immersed himself back into the world of gambling. Eventually, he set up an exclusive casino catering to the elite of society on the wealthy planet of Canonic, in the city of Canto Bight.
That’s…that’s actually great.
Sounds very canonic to me
I wonder if he makes a deal with the First Order just before Finn arrives…
Not saying he’ll be in The Last Jedi, but there could be an Easter Egg in there with a reference to him.
He tried playing cards but his deal got worse all the time.
I really hope they don’t shoehorn Lando into the new trilogy. As great as he was, he was a secondary character and we don’t need to see a continuation of his storyline past Jedi on the big screen. However, I am looking forward to Donald Glover’s portrayal in the Han Solo movie.
I just can’t see them getting through the trilogy without some kind of reference to him. An Easter Egg at the very least.
It’s a small galaxy.
I’m still hoping we go back to Bespin in this new trilogy…if there is a funeral scene for Han or some kind of celebration of his life it would be terrible not to have Lando there in some capacity and it would be huge missed opportunity, hopefully Luke ends up on Bespin somehow in episode 9 to find the person who found his lightsaber and get his hand back 🙂
Does make you wonder what happened to Bespin.
He is confirmed to be in the Battlefront II campaign.
Han’s return to smuggling came quite a bit later. Bloodline explains that after a stint being involved with the New Republic, Han became involved in the racing circuit. It was only after Ben’s turn to the dark side (just a few years prior to TFA) that the rift between Han and Leia occurred and Han returned to his old profession.
Yes, you’re perfectly correct. The point I was trying to make was that the 3 main characters eventually reverted back to type.
Can I get a gin and cantonica please? 🙂
Or smoke some marijuonica.
While playing your harmonica
The owner of the Seattle Supersonicers lives on Cantonica…
Getting tie fighter vibes from it. Do we know if Cantonica is a first order affiliated?
I don’t think so. The dignitaries that appear in tuxedos seem to be either affiliated with the Republic or from neutral systems, but I’m not sure of course.
That speeder looks awesome!!
I will admit; that looks really cool. Not surprised, given how Looper had some cool, unique bits of technology and Rian Johnson loves those kinds of things. So, props. But the name Canto Bight; I love it.
It has a catchy ring to it and is much different in terms of setting. Even compared to Bepsin which I always envisioned as a miner’s city anyway. And plus, it isn’t ripping off another planet like Jakku, Starkiller Base or Takodana.
Now, if we can get some older planets, like Mustafar, Coruscant and even Kamino; that would be great. Not that I do not mind the OT worlds. I picture that Tattooine will make a reappearance and it should have been where Rey was from.
But still, a galaxy far far away. So why not embrace the old with the new?