Bespin 8,482 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 A New Hope is set 19 years after Revenge of the Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Obi-Wan was born 57 BBY, so he was 38 during ROTS (19 BBY), is 48 at the time of this show (9 BBY), and 57 when he died in ANH Anakin was born 41 BBY, so he was 22 during ROTS (19 BBY), is 32 at the time of this show (9 BBY), 41 in ANH, and died at age 44 in ROTJ Luke and Leia were born 19 BBY, so are 10 at the time of this show, 19 in ANH, and 53 in the sequel trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,482 Posted March 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2022 I was born in 1974, so I was 31 during ROTS, 48 at the time of this show and 3 when ANH was released. Smeltington, eitam, ins and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I was born in 1993, so I was 12 during ROTS, 28 at the time of this show and, well, -16 during A New Hope. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rollin' down highway 41 Smeltington 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I agree with the above.posts its the article of DH that has jt wrong. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Journalism ain't what it used to be JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Math is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Jay said: Obi-Wan was born 57 BBY, so he was 38 during ROTS (19 BBY), is 48 at the time of this show (9 BBY), and 57 when he died in ANH Anakin was born 41 BBY, so he was 22 during ROTS (19 BBY), is 32 at the time of this show (9 BBY), 41 in ANH, and died at age 44 in ROTJ Luke and Leia were born 19 BBY, so are 10 at the time of this show, 19 in ANH, and 53 in the sequel trilogy Definately lucas screwed it up when he set kenobis age in tpm at 25. He wanted him to be a learner... But he could not be older... Or he would look like the last of the class.... He should have been a casual knight of 40 or so. In fact anyway, in rots he looks over 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Alec Guiness was 62 when ANH was filmed, and looks like someone in his 60s for sure, not 57...I guess you could say the harsh Tatooine suns aged him lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Jay said: Alec Guiness was 62 when ANH was filmed, and looks like someone in his 60s for sure, not 57...I guess you could say the harsh Tatooine suns aged him lol Tbh Alec Guiness himself didn't age too well. He looks easily late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 The desert sun (two desert suns) would not be kind to anyone's skin. I can easily see McGregor ageing into Guinness in 10 years under those conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Mmm yes i supose that alec guiness looked older than he was. I think at some point luke and leia were 20 even... So you have the 2-3 years difference. Definately the 70s sixty years are not the 2022 sixty. More like eighties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I think the whole thing got screwed up when Lucas insisted that we see Luke and Leia being born in Episode III. Then that forces there to be only 20 years between 3 and 4, when they already established Obi-Wan as 25 or so in TPM and Anakin in his early 20s in the subsequent two movies. Then you're stuck with 50 year old but also elderly Obi-Wan, and the super imposing dark father Darth Vader dying at 45 but being played by a 70 year old man when he takes his helmet off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Well luke and leia had to be created before anakin and obi wan duel.... If they were created later... Anakin would not be the father.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Conceived, yes, but the duel could have been later. I don't think, outside of the iconic nature that needed to be in the movie of the Vader suit, Vader had to have his suit within a day or so of turning to the dark side. Same thing with Padme dying. The extremely strong implication in Return of the Jedi is Leia knew her mother. If it's just a "the force made her remember" thing, then wouldn't Luke have "remembered" her to some point too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Regarding padme yeah she should have died in hidding on alderaan years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I mean, I get that Lucas wanted to show you everything he could before there were never going to be Star Wars movies ever again, but it ended up making things a little messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 14 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said: Regarding padme yeah she should have died in hidding on alderaan years later. I believe Lucas went into scripting Revenge of the Sith thinking that's how he'll conclude it. On 29/03/2022 at 9:23 AM, Luke Skywalker said: Mmm yes i supose that alec guiness looked older than he was. He wasn't: In 1976, Obi-Wan was concieved-of as much older - and the Empire's rise to power having happened much, much further back in the past. In 1976, Vader wasn't even a burn victim: there was no duel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenturnedblue 372 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 12 hours ago, SilverTrumpet said: Conceived, yes, but the duel could have been later In an alternate universe, Luke and Leia could have already been born by the time ROTS starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Chen G. said: the Empire's rise to power having happened much, much further back in the past - in 1976. A year before the premiere of the movie? Chen G. and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,369 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 It actually would be a great topic for a thesis how Star Wars deals with the concept of time. The weired count down at the end of episode 4 and episode 7. What is the duration of the events of The Empire Strikes Back? Why are almost all species except humans have such a big life span. The growth acceleration for the clones. The return of dead characters as sprits or surviving deadly injuries. All under the timely aspect of experience and development and age in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 5 hours ago, greenturnedblue said: In an alternate universe, Luke and Leia could have already been born by the time ROTS starts There are interviews of Lucas from the time of the classic trilogy where he's talking about the prequel trilogy, saying that at the end of it, Luke would be a four-year-old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 4 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Why are almost all species except humans have such a big life span. When I was looking up this whole time idea regarding when Luke and Leia were born compared to Obi-Wan being 50 and looking 80, I think before the Disney canon change Qui-Gon was in something like his mid-80s in TPM, Dooku was like 120 or something, Mace Windu was in his 70s or something. Meaning all the humans looked a certain age to us but they were actually much older, probably the sci-fi explanation for medical technology advancing so people live longer. Look up some of these characters on Wookiepedia and compared their birth years in legends to in canon, it's interesting. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, SilverTrumpet said: When I was looking up this whole time idea regarding when Luke and Leia were born compared to Obi-Wan being 50 and looking 80, I think before the Disney canon change Qui-Gon was in something like his mid-80s in TPM, Dooku was like 120 or something, Mace Windu was in his 70s or something. Meaning all the humans looked a certain age to us but they were actually much older, probably the sci-fi explanation for medical technology advancing so people live longer. Look up some of these characters on Wookiepedia and compared their birth years in legends to in canon, it's interesting. I kept meaning to post something to this effect. It’s a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. They only look human. There’s no reason they need to have lifespans that are anything like ours. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Or maybe just accept that the entire chronology of the series shifted wildly as the different entries were made and the backstory reimagined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 According to A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition (1994), Anakin Skywalker was born in the year 55 BBY, and by Star Wars Encyclopedia (1998) this was changed to 41 BBY. Episode I is set at a point in the timeline which had long been established as the END of the Clone Wars. Obviously at some point in the creative process Anakin Skywalker was in his 20s in Episode I, and I imagine the centerpiece planet was originally Alderaan rather than Naboo. Episode II could have then been essentially RotS without Order 66, and Episode III could have advanced forward a few years and been about Darth Vader hunting down the Jedi (hopefully characters we cared about from the previous two films). By the way, both the 1994 and 1998 timeline have Obi-Wan Kenobi’s birth year as 60 BBY. This makes Ewan MacGregor 28 in TPM (exactly the actor’s age) and Alec Guinness 60 in SW (just 3 years off the actor’s age). Not sure why this was retconned. greenturnedblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,963 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Premiere date change to May 27th. 2 episode premiere Smart move. Now we have Obi-Wan on fridays and Ms. Marvel on wednesdays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hell yeah, Friday premieres are where it’s at! The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I hope they go back to all the D+ shows premiering on Fridays, I've still not gotten used to the Wednesday schedule. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van_Etten 111 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Some info on the writing credits for the first 5 episodes and it's seems the overall length for each is 60 minutes. https://directories.wga.org/project/1221058/obi-wan-kenobi/ Other episodes still on Wednesdays. Quote Instead of just one episode, however, fans will be treated to the first two installments at launch, with subsequent episodes debuting each Wednesday. https://www.starwars.com/news/obi-wan-kenobi-may-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I much prefer the Wednesday airdates. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,863 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Jay said: I much prefer the Wednesday airdates. Oh well Episodes after the premier will be Wednesdays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Oh I missed that, thanks! Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 5 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Premiere date change to May 27th. 2 episode premiere Smart move. Now we have Obi-Wan on fridays and Ms. Marvel on wednesdays A couple extra weeks to find a composer for this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 It's 2 days, not 2 weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Crap! Evidently, I cannot read. 2 more days for Williams to compose the whole score. Brando and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 It's plenty of time for Disney to bring Powell in, perhaps with Batu's help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I do wonder why the delay of just 2 days, missing out on the 45th anniversary tie in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pellaeon 593 Posted March 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2022 I told you to forget it. Tom, Brando and Manakin Skywalker 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 26 minutes ago, Pellaeon said: I told you to forget it. That wizard's just a crazy old man. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenturnedblue 372 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I do wonder why the delay of just 2 days, missing out on the 45th anniversary tie in They could have even left the first episode on wednesday, and the second on friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Except there's likely a specific reason why they had to delay the premiere date. Airing a second episode is only to make up for the delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 But what could it possibly be that requires only 2 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Maybe it's because of the Emmys? The next ceremony honors episodes aired from June 1, 2021 - May 31, 2022. So maybe they wanted to have two episodes eligible instead of just one? That doesn't really explain the shift to Friday, though, they still could have aired one on that day and one on Friday. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Maybe they just wanted to generate additional buzz and speculation, have all the nerds make a hundred videos about 2 days of delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Maybe they didn't want to air it the day right before the Star Wars Celebration event this year, which starts on May 26th and goes until the 29th. Now it airs during the event. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 31/3/2022 at 4:13 PM, Tom said: A couple extra weeks to find a composer for this thing. Natalie Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,963 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 That would be a cool choice. It is really weird that for such a big project with so much anticipation a composer isn't announced. I think 2 things are the case here: - They don't want to overshadow the fact that Williams is writing the theme for Obi-Wan. A character he has scored for, for over 45 years. It's a big deal and Star Wars fan are going nuts over the fact that there is another Williams theme for Star Wars. - They'll wait to announce a composer until May the 4th. Either because it's a big name, because Williams did more than just a theme, or just because it'll fit because it's Star Wars day. If they announce a composer before May, I think it is because they didn't have a composer up to that point. Otherwise it probably would've been announced already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattris 416 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 01/04/2022 at 12:02 AM, Cerebral Cortex said: Maybe they didn't want to air it the day right before the Star Wars Celebration event this year, which starts on May 26th and goes until the 29th. Now it airs during the event. Premiering the first two episodes during Star Wars Celebration strikes me as very odd. To avoid spoilers, the attendees will either have to watch ~90 minutes of show that morning before arriving at the event... or watch the episodes at the event on their phones. (I suppose it's possible that Disney will somehow present the show at the event.) The original premiere date was announced not that long ago (the second week of February). Why would the date be changed by two days to make watching the show inconvenient for Celebration attendees, many of whom will have travelled from out of town? The timing of the show's premiere will also take the attention away from the content and announcements from Celebration, even for the fans who don't attend. Something doesn't smell right. Could it be an April Fool's joke... or another Ewan McGregor lie*? * The actor admitted to lying for years about not knowing if he would return to play Obi-Wan Kenobi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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