How did Anakin mature so quickly?

There's only been a three year difference between the 2nd and 3rd movie but he seems like a totally different person. I don't see that big of a change in myself in a span of three years. WTF. It just goes to show that there is a big chronological problem with the prequels. Obi wan is at least 60 in ANH, Vader in turn should be 50, luke is 20 then anakin should be 30 in ROTS.

 

Exactly. War does change a person, especially seeing some of the action Anakin did. Showing Anakin going from a cocky, headstrong young Jedi to a muscled up, scarred, confident general with a badass robotic arm seemed visually a perfect way to show his specific character growth. To me, that was the whole POINT Lucas was trying to convey. Anakin has matured greatly sine AOTC.

 

Its like Alan Ladd said: War Is Hell! Anakin has face three years of war and has grown up as a result.

 

lol I didn't see much maturity, just more whining and crying. If anything he became more immature and delusional.

Dude put on some muscle though, which is normal for that age period.

 

In 3 years of war and a lot of missions for the Jedi council and the Republic, he got much more experience. He didn't seem a lot older than AOTC but you can pretty good see that he is more mature in some aspects of his life. But not in all aspects and not as much as he thought. So, I dont think theres some kind of inconsistence with Anakin in the prequels. The progression of his life and his fall in the dark side is basiclly well presented in the Prequels, in my point of view.

 

Anakin matured? ok maybe a little bit but he was still whiny and all "why me" in ROTS

 

How did Anakin mature so quickly?

DNA of a frog.

 

20,000 Midichlorians had to mean SOME-thing...

And since they surely didn't help him in combat, perhaps they helped him mature.

 

Anakin is more mature in some aspects. He is more responsable as well. That's in part why he is a Jedi Knight and not a Padawan anymore in ROTS. But he still dont a undertsand a lot of things and have to keep learning how to being a very good Jedi Knight and how handle his emotions and that's a real challenge for him.

 

I agree with the original poster that Obi Wan's age is off in ANH...he should look more like Qui Gon did in TPM than a senior citizen IMO

 

Maybe Obi-Wan or Mace finally gave him a spanking and that motivated him to whine less.

 

Qui-Gon lived in an immaculately clean apartment complex with probably above-par nutrition; Obi-Wan spent his semiretirement living in an non air-conditioned mud shack in the middle of the desert and probably ate twigs three meals a day. He's also 10 years older than Qui-Gon was in TPM. Of course they don't look the same.

 

Actually, Obi-Wan was 3 years younger in ANH than Qui-Gon was in TPM.

Qui-Gon was 60, Obi-Wan was 57.

 

I'd still say the difference in living conditions explains any disparity in appearance.

Also-Liam Neeson was 47 when he played Qui-Gon; Alec Guiness was in his early 60s for ANH. There's the rest of the difference.

 

Also, weather in general in a desert ages people quite abit-I'm in Iraq right now and we get dust storms about weekly.

 

I like the idea of Tatooine's environment making Obi-Wan look older. We know he also cut back on using the Force a bit to keep his presence hidden, maybe he wasn't doing his daily exercises/meditations to sustain his vitality. It's been said that the Force can keep you young, which is part of the explanation for Qui-Gon's relatively youthful appearance and abilities.

Obi-Wan's appearance in ANH has never bothered me, though.

 

Anakin did mature. The war made him have to mature alot. For example when he, Obi-wan, and Palpatine were running down the hallway of the Invisible Handand the ray shields trapped them: Anakin recommended patience until Artoo could come and deactivate the shields. The Anakin of AOTC would've immediately used his lighsaber gouging it into the floor or ceiling to destroy the shield emitters himself. Before the duel with Dooku in ROTS he has the patience to attack in coordination with Obi-wan where when in AOTC Obi-wan raises the same plan, but Anakin disregards the strategy and charges straight for him only to get blasted by Sith-lightning and pass out for a moment forcing Obi-wan to duel Dooku alone.

Clearly his experience being a general in the Clone Wars has taught him the value of patience and strategy. Of course the one area he most needed maturity in: the acceptance of loss, he failed to acheive by ROTS and Palpatine exploits that flaw in him to turn him to the darkside.

 

And why did you expect Anakin to act completely mature at the age of 22, when the other Jedi characters had not completely mature?

 

How did Anakin mature so quickly between Episodes 2 and 3? Well, there is something out there that explains what happened between those movies. It's called The Clone Wars, y'see, and it's playing on TV...

 

So, just because you don't change in 3 years, does that mean other people can't change too? I can say that I've changed in 3 years. What now?