The Forbes article said it is named after Star Wars space craft: http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/11/13/more-amazonian-announcements-aws-anoints-docker

The Forbes article said it is named after Star Wars space craft: http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/11/13/more-amazonian-announcements-aws-anoints-docker-and-makes-a-nod-towards-star-wars/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/11/13/more-amazoni... But I think it is simply named after the functional language feature. The core concept of this service is function.