Star Wars Pronunciation Guide: 150+ Names With Audio

Quick Answer: How Do You Pronounce Star Wars Names?

Most Star Wars names follow three rules: doubled letters are one sustained sound, hyphens are syllable breaks (never pauses), and stress usually lands on the first or middle syllable. The four most-searched names are Ahsoka (Ah-SOH-kah), Grogu (GROH-goo), Revan (REV-ən), and Coruscant (KORE-uh-sant).

The 20 Most-Searched Star Wars Pronunciations

Name	Say It	IPA	Common Mistake
Ahsoka Tano	Ah-SOH-kah TAH-noh	/əˈsoʊkə ˈtɑːnoʊ/	Ah-HOSE-ka
Grogu	GROH-goo	/ˈɡroʊɡuː/	GROG-oo
Darth Revan	Darth REV-ən	/ˈrɛvən/	ree-VAN
Darth Sidious	Darth SID-ee-əs	/ˈsɪdiəs/	sy-DEE-us
Saesee Tiin	SAY-see TEEN	/ˈseɪsi tiːn/	say-EE-see TIE-in
Mustafar	MUSS-tah-far	/ˈmʌstəfɑːr/	moo-STAH-far
Ahch-To	AHK-toh	/ˈɑːktoʊ/	ATCH-toe
Plo Koon	PLOH KOON	/ploʊ kuːn/	Plow Coon
Ki-Adi-Mundi	KEE-AH-dee MUN-dee	/kiːˈɑːdi ˈmʌndi/	ky-AD-ee
Yuuzhan Vong	YOO-zhan VONG	/ˈjuːʒɑːn vɒŋ/	yoo-YOO-zan
Togruta	toh-GROO-tah	/toʊˈɡruːtə/	TOG-roo-ta
Zabrak	ZAY-brak	/ˈzeɪbræk/	ZAB-rak
Bo-Katan Kryze	BOH-KAT-an KRYTE-zay	/ˈkraɪtseɪ/	Krize (one syllable)
Mos Eisley	MOSS EYEZ-lee	/mɒs ˈaɪzli/	moss EES-lee
Beskar	BESS-kar	/ˈbɛskɑːr/	BEE-skar
Darth Vader	Darth VAY-der	/ˈveɪdər/	VAH-der (Dutch)
Darth Maul	Darth MAWL	/mɔːl/	Mah-OOL
Leia Organa	LAY-uh or-GAH-nuh	/ˈleɪə ɔːrˈɡɑːnə/	LEE-uh
Qymaen jai Sheelal	KY-mayn jy SHEE-lahl	/ˈkaɪmeɪn/	kwy-MAYN
Coruscant	KORE-uh-sant	/ˈkɔːrəsænt/	kor-USS-kant

Tap any name in our Star Wars name generator to hear it read aloud — the audio engine in this guide is the same one that powers the generator.

Why Star Wars Names Are So Hard to Pronounce

George Lucas, Dave Filoni, and the legions of writers who followed them have always picked names for sound before spelling. That’s brilliant for worldbuilding — Tatooine, Mustafar, and Mon Mothma all feel alien — but it leaves fans stranded between film audio and book spelling. Is it “Greevus” or “Grievus”? “Sigh-foh” or “See-foh”? You can be a lifelong fan and still mispronounce a character you’ve loved for decades.

This guide collects 150+ of the most commonly mispronounced Star Wars names — characters, species, planets, ships, weapons, and slang — with three things every entry needs:

1. IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for accuracy
2. Phonetic respelling (KORE-uh-sant) for at-a-glance reading
3. Syllable stress marked in CAPS

Every name here is also wired into our Star Wars name pronunciation tool, which uses the Web Speech API to read names aloud at 0.75x speed. Tap any generated name to hear it.

How to Read This Guide

We use a simplified IPA scheme. If linguistics aren’t your thing, just read the CAPS = stressed syllable version:

• GREE-vəs means “stress the GREE, then say ‘vus'”
• /ˈɡriːvəs/ is the same thing in proper IPA
• ə = the schwa sound, the “uh” in “sofa”
• ː = long vowel (hold it slightly longer)

A reliable rule: when you see a double letter in Star Wars naming (Wookiee, Yavin IV), it almost always represents a single sustained sound, not two beats.

Tier 1: The Names Everyone Gets Wrong

How do you pronounce Ahsoka Tano? — Ah-SOH-kah TAH-no /əˈsoʊkə ˈtɑːnoʊ/

The single most-mispronounced name in modern Star Wars. There is no ‘H’ sound between “Ah” and “Soka.” It’s not Ah-HOSE-ka. Dave Filoni based the rhythm on the Hopi name “Ahote,” and Ashley Eckstein delivers it consistently across The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Ahsoka, as does Rosario Dawson in live action. Stress on the middle syllable, long “oh,” soft final “kah.” Her species is pronounced toh-GROO-tah — see our Togruta names guide.

How do you pronounce Grogu? — GROH-goo /ˈɡroʊɡuː/

Two syllables, stress on the first. “Groh” rhymes with “grow” and “gu” is a clean long “oo.” It is not “GROG-oo,” and the g’s are both hard. Before The Mandalorian season two revealed his name, fans said “Baby Yoda” — which is why so many people meet the spelling in print before ever hearing it spoken. Din Djarin’s name is DIN juh-REEN ../../dɪn/index.html dʒəˈriːn/.

How do you pronounce Darth Revan? — Darth REV-ən ../../dɑːrθ/index.html ˈrɛvən/

Stress the first syllable, short “e” as in “rev.” KOTOR players have argued “ree-VAN” for two decades, but The Old Republic cinematics and BioWare’s own voice direction use REV-ən. For more on the era, see our KOTOR names guide.

How do you pronounce Darth Sidious? — Darth SID-ee-əs /ˈsɪdiəs/

Three syllables, stress on the first, soft “s” at the start. The name is built from “insidious,” which is the fastest way to remember it. Palpatine is PAL-puh-teen /ˈpælpətiːn/, three syllables, stress on the first.

General Grievous — GREE-vəs /ˈɡriːvəs/

Two syllables, not three. The “ie” makes a long “ee,” and the ending is a soft “vus” — identical to the English word “grievous.” Many fans add a hidden syllable (“gree-vee-us”) that does not exist in the official pronunciation. His Kaleesh birth name, Qymaen jai Sheelal, is KY-mayn jy SHEE-lahl.

Sabacc — Sah-BAK ../../səˈbæk/index.html

The card game Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon in. The double-c is a single hard “k” — not “ss.” Stress on the second syllable. Solo: A Star Wars Story pronounces it this way throughout.

Sifo-Dyas — SEE-foh DYE-əs /ˈsiːfoʊ ˈdaɪəs/

Four syllables, not three. “Dyas” is two syllables: DYE-us, not the Spanish surname “Diaz.” The original script intentionally hid this name as a near-homophone for “Sido-Dyas” / Darth Sidious — a clue Obi-Wan never caught.

Coruscant — KORE-uh-sant /ˈkɔːrəsænt/

The galactic capital. The “sc” is a soft “s” (like “scene”), not a “sk.” Three syllables, stress firmly on the first. Most fans say “kor-USS-kant”; the films say “KORE-uh-sant.”

Sith and Jedi — SITH ../../sɪθ/index.html and JED-eye /ˈdʒɛdaɪ/

Sith is one syllable, rhymes with “myth,” with the voiceless “th” of “thin” (never the “th” of “this”). Jedi is two syllables: a hard “J,” short “e,” and a long “eye” ending — JED-eye, not “JED-ee.”

Tier 2: Characters You Hear All the Time

Han Solo — Hahn SOH-loh ../../hɑːn/index.html ˈsoʊloʊ/

“Hahn” rhymes with “Khan,” not with “man.” Harrison Ford never wavers on this.

Leia Organa — LAY-uh or-GAH-nuh /ˈleɪə ɔːrˈɡɑːnə/

“LAY-uh,” not “LEE-uh.” Two syllables. Organa stresses the middle: or-GAH-nuh.

Anakin Skywalker — AN-uh-kin SKY-wawk-ər /ˈænəkɪn/

Three syllables in Anakin with a short “a” as in “anagram,” stress on the first. Not “AY-nuh-kin,” not “ah-NAH-kin.”

Darth Vader — Darth VAY-dər ../../dɑːrθ/index.html ˈveɪdər/

Long “ay” in the first syllable. The Dutch word vader (“father”) is said VAH-der, and that etymology is real — but every English-language film, show, and game uses VAY-der.

Darth Maul — Darth MAWL ../../mɔːl/index.html

One syllable, rhyming with “ball.” Never stretched into two.

Padmé — PAHD-may /ˈpɑːdmeɪ/

The accent on the é is real — it makes a long “ay” sound. Not “pad-mee.”

Qui-Gon Jinn — KWY-gon JIN /ˈkwaɪɡɒn dʒɪn/

“Kwy” rhymes with “sky.” One syllable per word in the first name.

Mace Windu — MAYSS WIN-doo ../../meɪs/index.html ˈwɪnduː/

Windu ends with a long “oo,” not “you.”

Bail Organa — BAYL or-GAH-nuh ../../beɪl/index.html ɔːrˈɡɑːnə/

“Bail” rhymes with “rail,” not “ball.”

Lando Calrissian — LAN-doh kal-RIS-ee-ən /ˈlændoʊ kælˈrɪsiən/

Four syllables in Calrissian: kal-RIS-ee-an. Stress on the second.

Poe Dameron — POH DAM-er-ən ../../poʊ/index.html ˈdæmərən/

“Poe” rhymes with “toe.” Dameron is three syllables, stress on the first.

Kylo Ren — KY-loh REN /ˈkaɪloʊ rɛn/

“Ky” rhymes with “sky,” not “key.”

Rey — RAY ../../reɪ/index.html

One syllable. Simple as it gets.

Finn — FIN ../../fɪn/index.html

Also one syllable. Both Rey and Finn were chosen by Abrams specifically because they’re impossible to mispronounce.

Grogu — GROH-goo /ˈɡroʊɡuː/ and Din Djarin — DIN juh-REEN ../../dɪn/index.html dʒəˈriːn/

The “Dj” in Djarin is a soft “j” as in “jar,” and the stress lands on the second syllable: juh-REEN. For the naming rules behind Mandalorian clans, see our Mandalorian names guide.

Bo-Katan Kryze — BOH-KAT-an KRYTE-zay ../../boʊ/index.html ˈkætən ˈkraɪtseɪ/

Kryze is two syllables. The “y” is long, and the final “e” is voiced — KRYTE-zay, not “Krize.”

Cad Bane — KAD BAYN ../../kæd/index.html beɪn/

Both names are single syllables. “Cad” rhymes with “bad,” “Bane” rhymes with “rain.”

Asajj Ventress — Ah-SAJ VEN-tress /əˈsædʒ ˈvɛntrɛs/

The double-j is a single soft “j.” Stress on the second syllable of Asajj, the first of Ventress.

Aayla Secura — AY-lah seh-KYOOR-ah /ˈeɪlə sɛˈkjʊərə/

The double-a is one long “ay.” Secura stresses the middle syllable with a “kyoo” sound.

Kit Fisto — KIT FISS-toh ../../kɪt/index.html ˈfɪstoʊ/ and Nien Nunb — NEEN NUNB ../../niːn/index.html nʌnb/

Nien uses a long “ee,” and the “b” in Nunb is lightly voiced, not silent.

Black Krrsantan — ker-SAN-tan ../../kərˈsæntən/index.html

The rolled double-r is a single guttural “kr.” Three syllables, stress in the middle. He’s a Wookiee — see our Wookiee names guide.

Tier 3: Species Names

Species	Phonetic	IPA
Wookiee	WOO-kee	/ˈwʊki/
Twi’lek	TWEE-lek	/ˈtwiːlɛk/
Togruta	toh-GROO-tah	/toʊˈɡruːtə/
Zabrak	ZAY-brak	/ˈzeɪbræk/
Mirialan	meer-ee-AL-an	/mɪriˈælən/
Mon Calamari	MON kal-uh-MAR-ee	/mɒn kæləˈmɑːri/
Chiss	CHISS	/tʃɪs/
Rodian	ROH-dee-ən	/ˈroʊdiən/
Trandoshan	tran-DOH-shən	/trænˈdoʊʃən/
Bothan	BOH-thən	/ˈboʊθən/
Nautolan	NAW-toh-lən	/ˈnɔːtoʊlən/
Kel Dor	KEL DOR	/kɛl dɔːr/
Kaminoan	kam-in-OH-ən	/kæmɪˈnoʊən/
Geonosian	jee-oh-NOH-zhən	/dʒiːoʊˈnoʊʒən/
Mandalorian	man-duh-LOR-ee-ən	/mændəˈlɔːriən/
Hutt	HUTT	/hʌt/
Ewok	EE-wok	/ˈiːwɒk/
Jawa	JAH-wah	/ˈdʒɑːwɑː/
Gungan	GUN-gən	/ˈɡʌŋɡən/
Quarren	KWAR-ən	/ˈkwɑːrən/
Yuuzhan Vong	YOO-zhan VONG	/ˈjuːʒɑːn vɒŋ/
Kaleesh	kah-LEESH	/kəˈliːʃ/
Nightsister	NYTE-sis-tər	/ˈnaɪtsɪstər/

For deeper dives into individual species, see our Wookiee names guide, Togruta names guide, Zabrak names guide, Twi’lek names guide, and Chiss names guide.

Tier 4: Planets and Locations

• Tatooine — TAT-oo-een /ˈtætuːiːn/ — three syllables, stress on the first
• Mos Eisley — MOSS EYEZ-lee ../../mɒs/index.html ˈaɪzli/ — long “eye,” not “ees”
• Naboo — Nah-BOO ../../nəˈbuː/index.html — stress on the second
• Kashyyyk — Kah-SHEEK ../../kəˈʃiːk/index.html — the triple-y is one long “ee”
• Mustafar — MUSS-tah-far /ˈmʌstəfɑːr/ — three syllables, stress on the first
• Geonosis — jee-oh-NO-sis ../../dʒiːoʊˈnoʊsɪs/index.html
• Kamino — Kah-MEE-noh ../../kəˈmiːnoʊ/index.html
• Mygeeto — my-GEE-toh ../../maɪˈɡiːtoʊ/index.html
• Felucia — Feh-LOO-shah ../../fəˈluːʃə/index.html
• Dagobah — DAG-oh-bah /ˈdæɡoʊbɑː/
• Dathomir — DATH-oh-meer /ˈdæθoʊmɪər/ — home of the Nightsisters
• Mandalore — MAN-duh-lor /ˈmændəlɔːr/
• Korriban / Moraband — KOR-ih-ban / MOR-uh-band
• Eriadu — EH-ree-ah-doo /ˈɛriɑːduː/ — Tarkin’s homeworld
• Endor — EN-dor /ˈɛndɔːr/
• Hoth — HOTH ../../hɒθ/index.html
• Bespin — BES-pin /ˈbɛspɪn/
• Yavin — YAH-vin /ˈjɑːvɪn/
• Crait — KRAYT ../../kreɪt/index.html
• Jakku — Jah-KOO ../../dʒəˈkuː/index.html
• Ahch-To — AHK-toh /ˈɑːktoʊ/ — the “ch” is a hard “k,” not “ch” as in “church”
• Ilum — EE-lum /ˈiːlʌm/
• Mortis — MOR-tiss /ˈmɔːrtɪs/
• Exegol — EX-eh-goll /ˈɛksɪɡɒl/

For naming new planets in your own stories, see our planet name ideas guide.

Tier 5: Ships, Creatures, Weapons, and Slang

• Sabacc — Sah-BAK
• Pazaak — Pah-ZAK (KOTOR card game)
• Beskar — BESS-kar /ˈbɛskɑːr/ (Mandalorian iron)
• Darksaber — DARK-say-bər — yes, “say-ber” not “sah-ber” in English
• Holocron — HOL-oh-kron
• Kyber — KY-bər (rhymes with “fiber”)
• Midi-chlorian — MID-ee KLOR-ee-ən (the “ch” is a hard “k”)
• Bantha — BAN-thah
• Tauntaun — TAWN-tawn — both syllables rhyme with “lawn”
• Rancor — RANG-kor /ˈræŋkɔːr/ — the “n” hardens into “ng”
• AT-AT — AT-AT (say the letters: “ay-tee ay-tee” is also canon-acceptable; crews in the films say “AT-AT” as two flat syllables)
• Executor — ig-ZEK-yoo-tər /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtər/ — Vader’s Super Star Destroyer
• Tibanna — Tih-BAN-ah
• Carbonite — KAR-bə-nyte
• Wroshyr (Wookiee tree) — WROH-sheer /ˈwroʊʃɪər/
• Nihil — NY-hil /ˈnaɪhɪl/ — the High Republic marauders

Tier 6: Deep Cuts for the Lore Fans

Plo Koon — PLOH KOON ../../ploʊ/index.html kuːn/

Both names are single syllables. “Plo” rhymes with “toe,” “Koon” rhymes with “moon.”

Saesee Tiin — SAY-see TEEN /ˈseɪsi tiːn/

The double-i in Tiin is a single long “ee.”

Even Piell — EE-vən PEEL /ˈiːvən piːl/

“Piell” is one syllable, rhymes with “peel.”

Yaddle — YAD-əl /ˈjædəl/

Yoda’s species female, voiced in Tales of the Jedi.

Ki-Adi-Mundi — KEE-AH-dee MUN-dee ../../kiːˈɑːdi/index.html ˈmʌndi/

Hyphens are spoken as syllable breaks, never pauses.

Dooku — DOO-koo /ˈduːkuː/

Both syllables long “oo.” Not “dook-yoo.”

Snoke — SNOHK ../../snoʊk/index.html

One syllable, rhymes with “joke.”

Tarkin — TAR-kin /ˈtɑːrkɪn/

Krennic — KREN-ik /ˈkrɛnɪk/

The double-n is a single “n” sound.

Jyn Erso — JIN ER-soh ../../dʒɪn/index.html ˈɜːrsoʊ/

Cassian Andor — KASS-ee-ən AN-dor /ˈkæsiən ˈændɔːr/

Andor is two syllables, stress on the first — the same as the series title.

Sabine Wren — Sah-BEEN REN ../../səˈbiːn/index.html rɛn/

Sabine rhymes with “machine,” not “marine.”

Ezra Bridger — EZ-rah BRIDGE-ər /ˈɛzrə ˈbrɪdʒər/

Kanan Jarrus — KAY-nən JAR-əs /ˈkeɪnən ˈdʒɑːrəs/

Hera Syndulla — HAIR-ah sin-DOO-lah /ˈhɛrə sɪnˈduːlə/

Thrawn — THRAWN /θrɔːn/

One syllable, voiceless “th.” Mitth’raw’nuruodo in full Chiss — see our Chiss naming guide.

Yuuzhan Vong — YOO-zhan VONG /ˈjuːʒɑːn vɒŋ/

The post-NJO invaders. “Zh” as in “treasure.”

Revan — REV-ən /ˈrɛvən/

Stress on the first syllable, even though many KOTOR players say “ree-VAN.”

Malgus — MAL-gəs /ˈmælɡəs/

Bastila Shan — Bas-TEE-la SHAN ../../bæsˈtiːlə/index.html ʃæn/

Stress on the middle syllable.

How We Built the Audio System

Every entry above is hooked into our pronunciation engine. The implementation is intentionally minimal:

const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(name); utterance.rate = 0.75; utterance.pitch = 1.0; const voice = voices.find(v => v.lang.startsWith(‘en’)); window.speechSynthesis.speak(utterance);

The 0.75x rate is the sweet spot — slow enough to hear syllable breaks, fast enough to sound natural. We never override pitch. The Web Speech API picks the user’s preferred English voice automatically, so the same name sounds correct whether you’re on Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

You can hear any of the 7M+ names our main generator produces with a single tap. The same engine reads the names in this guide.

Common Pronunciation Mistakes to Avoid

1. Adding hidden syllables — Grievous has two syllables, not three. Calrissian has four, not five.
2. Hardening soft consonants — Coruscant’s “sc” is soft. Midi-chlorian’s “ch” is hard.
3. Anglicizing alien sounds — Ahch-To’s “ch” is a German-style hard “k,” not English “church.”
4. Ignoring diacritics — Padmé’s é is doing real work.
5. Doubling double letters — Wookiee, Kashyyyk, Saesee, Tiin — every doubled vowel in Star Wars is one sustained sound, never two beats.
6. Guessing at hyphens — Ki-Adi-Mundi, Ahch-To, and Bo-Katan run straight through the hyphen with no pause.

Conclusion

The next time someone asks “is it Ahsoka or Ah-HOSE-ka?” you have the answer — and the audio. Bookmark this guide, hit the speaker icon on any name in our generator, and never second-guess a Star Wars pronunciation again.

For more on where these names come from, see our Star Wars name meanings guide, the character naming history, and the A–Z names index. May your tongue be ever swift, and your Sabacc ever lucky.

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