I wonder why you have to email the request before February 16th, 2015? Is that when they're planning on formally announcing it via the press? Curious.

I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

I wouldn't be surprised if they never end up using the name. It could very well be that they needed a name for the draft they were working on in the summer and since then they've revised the script to a point where she no longer needs a one. We'll see..

I'd post my entry if I knew someone else couldn't use it lol.

I am not opposed them naming the LotGK. Although it will make her just the slightest bit less mysterious. Naming characters doesn't bug me, as much of a purist I am. Keeping to the book is at the top of the list.

There are few changes I can tolerate or even appreciate, such as Glozelle and Prunaprismia in the Prince Caspian film, or even Gael in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader film (may it be forgotten). B

If SC turns into another formulated, Hollywood, Lord of the Rings emulation (I love LotR, but let Narnia be Narnia), I will be sorely disappointing.

I digressed quiet a bit. But I submitted Yilan. It is Turkish for snake.

It appears there's still no word on the results of this sweepstakes, but the recent rumors about The Silver Chair script have got me thinking... does anyone have any ideas as to why they felt that the script required the LotGK to have a name?

Usually being on a first-name basis implies more of a personal, informal connection between characters than the interactions that we see in the book. Maybe the flashback where she meets Rilian is going to be so extensive that it will include them exchanging names? (Honestly, I just don't see how that would be required in the scene and therefore the script.) Or here's a random thought: is it possible that the LotGK is going to temporarily join the questing trio as a mysterious traveling companion or something? I'm rather puzzled.

Well according too the sweepstakes page they what to add a name because

Being known only as The Lady of the Green Kirtle doesn’t make for easy dialog.

So i guess that's all we have too go on.

Good point, narnia fan 7! I had forgotten that they'd included that reason for needing a name. It's been so many months.

Still—and maybe it's just because I don't know much about scriptwriting—I find it a little strange that the dialogue would require a name, based on the scenes where the LotGK appears in the book. Rilian always calls her "my lady" or "my queen," if I remember correctly, and Puddleglum and the kids just said "madam" and "you" in reference to her during her last scene.

That being said, if the questing trio ended up talking about the LotGK after meeting her (perhaps when arguing about whether or not to follow her advice and seek out hot baths at Harfang), I can imagine how the dialogue could feel clunky if she's referred to as "the lady in green" or something. That might be why they felt the need to give her a name, even if we're only going on the scenes where she appears or is discussed in the book.

Still—and maybe it's just because I don't know much about scriptwriting—I find it a little strange that the dialogue would require a name, based on the scenes where the LotGK appears in the book. Rilian always calls her "my lady" or "my queen," if I remember correctly, and Puddleglum and the kids just said "madam" and "you" in reference to her during her last scene.

I know what you mean. They wouldn't need to address her by name - the BBC did just fine without a name for her. Was "Jadis" really used that much in dialogue in LWW? She was more often called "the witch," "the White Witch," "your highness," etc. I think it is normal in fair tales for characters not to be named. Lewis choose not to give her a name and we should wonder why. Was so she would be more mysterious? Was it to be a sort of a warning that someone who was supposedly being open chose not to give a name but only a title? I guess none of that really matters since they decided to give her a name. I wonder when we will hear what it is or if anyone won the contest.

Was "Jadis" really used that much in dialogue in LWW? She was more often called "the witch," "the White Witch," "your highness," etc.

If I recall correctly, the White Witch was only ever referred to as Jadis twice in LWW: when Peter reads the notice left by Maugrim at Tumnus's cave and when the Dwarf is announcing her arrival at Aslan's Camp. This is largely why I've been so puzzled by the idea that the script needed a name for the LotGK.

I realize that the alliterative "White Witch" is much more snappy to say than "the Lady of the Green Kirtle" and that it could sound awkward and a little stilted when spoken by schoolchildren, but why not just call her the Green Lady half of the time? Maybe they think that a mysterious, color-related name makes her seem too much like the White Witch, and they're hoping to stave off the audience's suspicion for a while by giving her an actual name. Or maybe they think that if the LotGK appears to be more open with the questing trio and tells them her personal name, the audience will be more sympathetic toward Jill and Eustace when they decide to trust her and go to Harfang on her recommendation. Who knows for sure?

EDIT: About two and a half weeks from now, a whole year will have passed since the sweepstakes were announced. Maybe they'll release the results around that time? *crosses fingers and hopes*

It's 2016 and still no word on the Lady's name. It would concern me more if there was no Narnia news, but since there has been, then I'm ok with waiting longer.

Just saw this tweet from scriptwriter David Magee answering a fan's question about what name had been chosen for the LotGK and if it had been any of the names suggested during the Narnia.com sweepstakes:

We have not given her a name as of yet and might not use any name in the dialogue.

So... maybe this is good news for fans who were opposed to her being given a name? (In the immortal words of Mike Wazowksi...) It seems like at this point there's a fighting chance that the name won't appear in the film, but since he says dialogue specifically, I'm wondering if they'll have the name appear in the credits instead. Perhaps so they can fulfill the obligation of naming her created by the sweepstakes? I can't remember if the sweepstakes rules said anything about that or not.

Interesting since I've been wondering whatever happened with that sweepstakes for some time now!

I'd almost forgotten about the naming sweepstakes. I didn't really like the idea of giving the Lotgk a name so I'm glad it sounds like they might not be giving her a name after all.

I'm wondering if they'll have the name appear in the credits instead. Perhaps so they can fulfill the obligation of naming her created by the sweepstakes? I can't remember if the sweepstakes rules said anything about that or not.

The sweepstakes page has been taken down. but If I'm remembering it right the rules only said that the name would be uesd in the script.