Star Wars questions

[pariah-1972]

The one thing i never understood was how Anakin was able to age so fastly between the first and second prequels where everyone else only aged a little bit.

Anakin in the first movie was only 6 or 7 years old and in the second he was at least 18 or 19 now obviously there was a significant time lapse between the two and it could have been explained away by Anakin's high Midi Chlorian count but it was never explained.

[Vidocq]

The one thing i never understood was how Anakin was able to age so fastly between the first and second prequels where everyone else only aged a little bit.

Anakin in the first movie was only 6 or 7 years old and in the second he was at least 18 or 19 now obviously there was a significant time lapse between the two and it could have been explained away by Anakin's high Midi Chlorian count but it was never explained.

It was explained. Anakin tells Obi Wan that he hasn't seen Leia in 10 years in Ep 2. Anakin was 9 in Ep 1 (Padme was 12) and 19 in Ep 2 (Padme 22).

[Pro]

I think the biggest unanswered question is: What were the Sith revenging?

Darth Maul's only line was "Soon we will have revenge". For what? You'd think a movie called "Revenge of the Sith" might clear things up, but never did.

Short Star Wars history:

25000 years before the movies the Rakata Infinite Empire loses control of its assets and crumbles into nothingness after their species is infected by a virus. Their slaves, the humans, the wookiees and many more are free.
They invent hyperdrives that do not rely on the Force like the Rakata ships used to and explore space.
Groups of mystics who have been studying the Force come together on Tython. But a war breaks out between the followers of Ashla and Bogan (later known as the light and dark side). The Bogan followers are dark Jedi. They are banished and end up on Korriban where they mingle with the primitive native race: the Sith.
Over the course of many years the Sith grow a powerful empire.
Meanwhile the Republic slowly grows itself. Explorers travel into unknown space and run into Korriban and the first real Sith war starts. There are a number of galactic conflicts stemming from this initial war and at some point the Sith race is wiped out entirely by the Jedi order (yes they committed genocide). By that time however the Sith race is not synonymous with the Sith Order anymore and the dark side cult survives.
Around 1000 years before the movie Bane betrays the Brotherhood of Kaan, because he sees them as betrayers of the Sith philosophy. All of Kaan's Sith and tons of Jedi die in the final conflict on Ruusan and Bane institutes the Rule of Two.

Siduous and Maul are referring to vengeance on the Jedi order who has hunted down and attempted to extinguish the Sith Order for over 25000 years:"The Jedi are relentless. If they are not all destroyed, there will be civil war without end".

[Pro]

I dunno, having Sidious order the army using a made-up alias makes the Jedi and the Republic's decision to use this all-too-convenient Clone Army even more far-fetched than it already is.

It was Palpatine who ordered Sifo-Dyas to place the order for the clone army. Jedi masters don't have the galactic capital to order a clone army. He then had Dooku kill Sifo-Dyas after having Dooku erase any information from the Jedi archives before he leaves to join the dark side openly.

[pariah-1972]

It was explained. Anakin tells Obi Wan that he hasn't seen Leia in 10 years in Ep 2. Anakin was 9 in Ep 1 (Padme was 12) and 19 in Ep 2 (Padme 22).

But Padme looked and acted a lot older than 12 in the first movie.

[Vidocq]

But Padme looked and acted a lot older than 12 in the first movie.

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[Ziggy Stardust]

If the Jedi do not support emotional attachment and even separate children from their parents at a young age to help with this, why do they get paired up with an adult teacher who, for all intents and purposes, takes on that very role for the Padawan learners?

Qui Gon and Obi Wan's apparent feelings for each other were not only very father/son in nature, but also obviously ran deep. IIRC, Obi Wan's emotional attachment to Qui Gon ran so deep, his rage from Qui Gon falling to Darth maul led him to nearly Dark Side levels of anger.

[keilthetarheel]

I never quite got how did Leia remembered Padme being sad in Return of the Jedi when she died soon after giving birth to her and Luke.

Because Lucas f**ked up a lot of the continuity with the prequels

[pariah-1972]

I never quite got how did Leia remembered Padme being sad in Return of the Jedi when she died soon after giving birth to her and Luke.

It's possible that so many people have told her that her mother was sad and so that's what she thinks of when she thinks of her mother?

[carabas]

So.... Yoda's species is 'Yoda's Species'...

Lots of thought must have gone into that one. Personally, I think he's what Hobbits eventually evolve into.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Because Lucas f**ked up a lot of the continuity with the prequels

Unless Leia is misremembering her "mom" as her adoptive one?

[David Walton]

Unless Leia is misremembering her "mom" as her adoptive one?

That's the only rational explanation, but it still doesn't work well with ROTJ, which takes it for granted that Leia is remembering their mother. I also think the idea of their mother being torn Luke and dying of depression later in life makes more sense. But then you have to get around the fact that Darth Vader's wife is a pretty noteworthy figure, in that she's a queen and mother to Leia. And now I'm wondering why Vader never sensed his connection with Leia....

[ChrisIII]

The Republic's wars with the Sith appear in many media, such as the KOTOR games/comics (and the upcoming MMO), the Darth Bane novels and comics, and the Tales of the Jedi comic saga.


The history of the Sith and Jedi is very complicated when it comes to the Expanded Universe. However for just the movies-based on dialogue and Lucas's own notes-Lucas I think intended for the Sith were the rulers of the galaxy who were overthrown, and the Republic created after that.

[Vidocq]

Because Lucas f**ked up a lot of the continuity with the prequels

It was just that as far as I could see though. Admitidly that is a very big thing to over see but everything else fitted nicely into the other movies.

It's possible that so many people have told her that her mother was sad and so that's what she thinks of when she thinks of her mother?

This explanation is as good as any.

So.... Yoda's species is 'Yoda's Species'...

Lots of thought must have gone into that one. Personally, I think he's what Hobbits eventually evolve into.

I heard there was supposed to be a big event or whatever where Yoda's species was to be an important plot point but the project was cancelled and they never got around to it.

[keilthetarheel]

It was just that as far as I could see though. Admitidly that is a very big thing to over see but everything else fitted nicely into the other movies.

Naw, there were loads of others. Such as R2 being a critical element throughout the prequels even though Ben in the original movies seems to have no memory of R2 and barely acknowledges R2