anakin skywalker in NJO

I got the 32 years thing off the back of the DVD cover. And the 9-10 is sensible becasue it's 10 years difference, so he HAS to be at least 19-20. Plus, no 6-7 year old talks and acts like that.

Dooku was like 80 something...Palpatine was in his 90s or so by ROTJ.

Anakin's Age Timeline! Gasp!

- TPM - 9-10 years old

- AOTC - 19-20 years old

- ROTS - 22-23 years old

- ANH - 41-42 years old

- ESB - 43-44 years old

- ROTJ - 44-45 years old

I could be mistaken about the jump between ANH and ESB.

First off, I didn't say 6 or 7. I said 6-8.Also, the kid that plays young Annie WAS 7 whan they bagan filming, and turned 8 during production.

Your close, it's three years in between them. And it's 18 years in between ROTS and ANH. That I'm certain of.

Yeah, it was 3yrs between ANH and ESB. And Palp had the advantages of clones and consciousness transfering(Dark EmpireTPB).

19yrs between ROTS and ANH. But close.

23+19=42, so I was dead-on. But yeah, ESB and ROTJ were one off, I always confuse it between 2 and 3 years difference. So Vader was 44-45 in ESB, 45-46 in ROTJ.

Anakin being 9 in TPM was a popular number, has been since 1999.

Originally posted by fallenjedi
Yeah, it was 3yrs between ANH and ESB. And Palp had the advantages of clones and consciousness transfering(Dark EmpireTPB).

Not clone troopers. Clones of himself in secret cloning vats on Bith, as well as a few that were spread throughout the galaxy, just in case.

Oh, them.

Ya gotta hand to him, he was pretty smart.

Palpatine didn't use the clones until after he kicked the bucket at the end of ROTJ. And that was Byss.

He is likely in his late 50's by TPM, making him in his late 60's by AOTC, so he was around the late 60's or early 70's by ROTS. Add about 20 years to that, plus the nearly 5 years between ANH and ROTJ, and we have the nearly 100-year-old twisted Emperor.

In Dark Empire, Palpatine says he kicked the bucket once already, but that completely messes with continuity, so Lucasfilm came in and said he was just trying to convince Luke he couldn't be killed.

Let's say Palps was 57 by TPM, add 43 years (time in between to Dark Empire) he'd be 100 by the time he comes back with the Eclipse.

See what I'm wondering is: How can they say it messes with continuity when he said he'd learned how to not die, then he even takes the steps to ensure that he'd be able to do it via cloning? Seemes to me that these events hold alot better than... say, Anakin bieng the SW's version of Christ.

Yeah you're right about Byss. Been awile since I'v read DE. Bith is where Sy Snootles and the rest of the cantina players are from.

Or was SY with Max Rebo at Jabba's?

Bith is the species of the cantina players, they come from Clak'Dor IV or VI.

Sy was with the Max Rebo band. Figrin D'an was the Modal Nodes cantina players.

Tangible, good call. But, then again, only his spirit is that old. *shrug*

Damn. I'm impressed. Is that from memory, or do you have a reference guide handy?

Memory. I have no life.

Sorry to hear it. I'll trade you any day of the week.

Originally posted by Captain REX
Palpatine didn't use the clones until after he kicked the bucket at the end of ROTJ. And that was Byss.

He is likely in his late 50's by TPM, making him in his late 60's by AOTC, so he was around the late 60's or early 70's by ROTS. Add about 20 years to that, plus the nearly 5 years between ANH and ROTJ, and we have the nearly 100-year-old twisted Emperor.

In Dark Empire, Palpatine says he kicked the bucket once already, but that completely messes with continuity, so Lucasfilm came in and said he was just trying to convince Luke he couldn't be killed.

Hm. I though he was 65 by ROTS. Meaning that by ROTJ he'd be, oh, 84 or so, around Dooku's age in ROTS.

Then again, there is the common fan theory that he is an ancient being himself, and that it was his facade as Palpatine that was melted away by his powerful lightning, not his true face.

And the Dark Empire series should never have occured. Completely takes away the meaning of Anakin's last act, his sacrifice. And just the fact that someone should completely cheat death, not once, but twice, is maybe even three times, is just stupid. Even worse is that he comes back with power that can destroy a star fleet.