Appendix:Star Wars derivations

Main category: Terms derived from Star Wars by language

These are terms noted for being coined from the Star Wars series, but used outside this context.

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Main category: English terms derived from Star Wars

Darth Vader: A powerful individual or force, particularly one that is seen as malevolent, dominating and threatening.
Death Star: (slang) The Saturnian moon Iapetus; (slang) A hypothetical object in a long-period orbit around the sun that periodically sends destructive showers of asteroids on a collision path with the Earth.; (slang) (US) An overweight person.; (slang) (US) space-based beam-weapon defense platforms proposed for SDI
droid: An intelligent robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.
Force: A mystical source of energy.
Hutt: An (almost) immobily obese person.
Jedi: A fictional order of beings who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
Jedi Master: A respectful and humorous way of addressing a person who is expert in a particular field.
Jedi mind trick: Any set of verbal routines intended to influence people, usually without their knowledge.
lightsaber: A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light, found in speculative fiction.
may the Force be with you: (idiomatic) Used to wish someone luck with a difficult endeavor.
MTFBWY: (text messaging) Initialism of may the Force be with you.
Princess Leia: The fictional character Princess Leia from the Star Wars series.
Star Wars: Strategic Defense Initiative.
UTSL: (Internet) Initialism of Use the Source, Luke.
Yoda: A wise person.

Main category: Finnish terms derived from Star Wars

Main category: Hungarian terms derived from Star Wars

Main category: Portuguese terms derived from Star Wars

lado azul da Força: (humorous) The set of people who have manly characteristics, specially heterosexual men and homosexual women.
lado rosa da Força: (humorous) The set of people who have womanly characteristics, specially heterosexual women and homosexual men.

Main category: Thai terms derived from Star Wars