From: jodie.mcconnie@bigpond.com   
      
   "RichZ"  wrote in message   
   news:Z6WdnXoXh5M58DTUnZ2dnUVZ_o-WnZ2d@powerusenet.com...   
   > This is my first post to this newsgroup, so I do not know if this point   
   > has been previously brought up but it has been in the back of my mind).   
   > Episode III ends with the birth of Luke Skywalker, which occurs 16 yrs   
   > before the start of Episode IV.  In Episode III, Obi Wan Kenobi appears to   
   > be in his mid-30's, which would make him around 50 in Episode IV. Episode   
   > IV implies that he is much older, and he looks to be in his 70's.  Has   
   > this ever been discussed or explained?  Thanks   
      
   Hello and welcome to AFS.   
      
   From the AFS FAQ:   
      
   3.J - What time period do the films cover and what are the ages of the major   
   characters?   
      
   Using the first movie released, Episode IV, as the starting point the   
   chronology of the movies goes thus:   
      
   TPM -32   
   AOTC -22   
   ROTS -19   
   ANH 0   
   ESB +3   
   ROTJ +4   
      
   According to the novelization of TPM Anakin was 9 years old; Padmé was 14;   
   Obi-Wan was 25 and Qui-Gon was 60. This makes Anakin 45 at the time of his   
   death in ROTJ and Obi-Wan 57 at the time of his death in ANH. In ANH Luke   
   and Leia were 19 and Han was, according to the novelization, "perhaps five   
   years older than Luke, perhaps a dozen."   
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