A Name for Star Wars Fans

"Star Trek" fans are 'Trekkies' or 'Trekkers'. "Doctor Who" fans are 'Whovians'. "Firefly"/"Serenity" fans are 'Browncoats'. But for nearly 40 years, "Star Wars" fans are 'Star Wars fans'. We don't have a name for our fandom -- at least, one that has caught on yet. We've had one for 10 years now that works really good, but not enough people know about it.

In the May 13, 2005, edition of the "Heart of the City" comic strip, Heart's friends Dean and Anu want her to go with them to the midnight showing of "Revenge of the Sith". Anu suggests that Heart tells her mother she wants to do it for a school project. Heart responds, "'SWEEKS: The Study of a Bizarre Phenomenon.' I like it!" Anu asks Dean, "What's a "SWEEK"? Dean replies, looking angry, "'Star Wars Geek'."

"SWEEK" is the perfect name for Star Wars fans, because we are Star Wars geeks! And, a trip to urbandictionary.com says that 'sweek' is a slang term for 'cool', so if we wanted to pretend that we geeks are hip, we can say that being a "SWEEK" is 'sweek'!

So come on! We've gone 38 years without having a fandom name, and an accurate and appropriate name has been around for ten years (to the day)! Let's proudly start referring to ourselves as "SWEEKs"!!!