Originally posted by Darth Kreiger
Actually most people thought them to be a Legend, and in the Han Solo trilogy even thought them to be Legend, he was very much alive at the time of the Jedi, since he was about 30 years old at the Time of ANH. The date of the Prequel Trilogy somewhat messed it up
The PT never messed things up, the timeline of the entire saga is completely correct!
I believe authors from different SW-sources(be it EU or movie-related encyclopedia) completely messed up by coming up with dates of their own on something they´ve heard and just got it licensed at LucasLicensing.
This doesn´t mean GL had to give ears to his own company, he just went on with his story(thus timespan) as he saw fit(the PT).
In my experience GL never said something about Luke´s age or birthdate in the past(meaning around the making of the OT), let alone Han´s.
He mentioned something like `Luke´s about/almost twenty!´ or so I´ve read or seen in some documentary be it on dvd or paper!
Although this whole comment isn´t about the TOPIC, I just felt free to set things straight!
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