Tuckerization

Tuckerization (or tuckerism) refers to the act of using a person's name for a fictional entity in a story as an in-joke. The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer and editor, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories. Tuckerization is generally for wink-and-nod homages: characters with suspiciously similar names or features, or in the case of Star Wars, often the actors portraying the characters. It should not be confused with the direct inclusion of real people in fiction, a form of story that is usually called biographical fiction when it is the main focus. The following is a list of instances of tuckerization within the Star Wars franchise.

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