Futhork / Legends Futhork was a style of traditional , handwritten calligraphy used by the Human people of the planet Naboo . This informal writing system had been developed in response to the Futhark — the first Naboo alphabet , which derived from the Royal Script of Grizmallt . While Futhark was the official form , the reliance of all of its letters on ovals made it hard to read . This difficulty led to the creation of the more practical Futhork . The Futhork alphabet contained twenty - six characters , which were usually read from left to right . In that written form , words were distinguished by spaces . In the height of the New Republic , the use of the Futhork alphabet was already three and a half millennia old . Ancient legends were written in this informal script , including the tale of Veré and Set , two eternal lovers . In the last decades of the Galactic Republic , the art of writing in Futhork was still taught at school , and the six - year - old Ryoo Naberrie , niece of the famous Senator Padmé Amidala , was known to dislike this subject . At that time , even the farmers could write in both Aurebesh — the most universal written form of the Basic language — and Futhork fluently . The Associate Professor of Xenolinguistics Milanda Vorgan mentioned the Futhork in her paper " . " In this work , Vorgan suggested that the Naboo had perhaps been loathe to adopt other writing systems in an effort to barrier themselves from the greater galactic community . However , she illustrated that they did use more widely embraced systems such as Aurebesh in the computer displays of their starships . The wealthy citizens of Naboo sometimes wore embroidered clothes ornated with Futhork calligraphy . In the same vein , some engineers of the Theed Hangar like Simon Jabesq would label their duty helmet with their name in Futhork letters . Behind the scenes . Throughout various sources , the word " Futhork " has been spelled variously with or without an initial capital letter . The present article follows " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in using the capitalized form . Creation . The Futhork alphabet was created for the 1999 movie . It was developed as early as 1997 and was present in a drawing of Naboo helmets by concept artist Iain McCaig . In 2000 , the passcodes screen of the LucasArts video game " " featured all 26 letters , along with the question mark , the exclamation point and the ampersand . As a result , the mapping of the Futhork alphabet was known from this point on , but the first official transliteration table was not published until 2008 , with the release of " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In real life , was the name of a runic alphabet used in writing during the — a period spanning roughly the late 8th to 11th centuries . Examples in products . The mapping of Aurebesh , the most universal and well - known " Star Wars " alphabet , was only inspired by the inscriptions found in the original movies , and those texts cannot be translated directly . In the case of Futhork , a full symbol - to - letter correspondence seems to have been established from the beginning , since some readouts in this script can be transcribed into intelligible words . For example , the names " Iain , " " Simon , " and " Bernie Jabesq " appear on prop helmets . However , most of the Futhork inscriptions seen in " The Phantom Menace " either read as gibberish or feature names of people who were part of the movie ' s production staff , including " Warren Fu . " Likewise , in " " , the instances of Futhork used in starship computer monitors only displayed either gibberish or jocular , out - of - universe statements such as " Yo Warren . " Similarly , the 1999 interactive CD - ROM " " contains private jokes and allusions such as " Franck Fu is the best . " In the roleplaying game guide " Secrets of Naboo " , four brief Futhork inscriptions were included in the margins . However , they were used for decorative purpose only , and read as " impj , " " thk , " " uvqx , " and " jti . " On the other hand , in , the control panel of Senator Amidala ' s H - type Nubian yacht featured readable writings in Futhork that made perfect sense in context . Among the readable words are the names of Obi - Wan Kenobi , Coruscant , Geonosis , and Tatooine .