How many years are in between ep III and IV?!

i would go with sidious1's timeline. and as far as not looking your age, i'm 26 and was carded for a R movie just last year. does that mean that i'm now not believable as a 26 year old?? so what, so obi wan looks like he's 60 in ANH and may in fact only be 55. i got a better question, do all people look the same at 55? no i don't think so, so who is to say what a person "should look like" at 55 as opposed to 60. STOP READING INTO IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

also, i would hate to see jackman in the anakin role and GL should definitely write EP III. you want a good example of how to kill a series by switching things up, look to the batman series. the first one was awesome, second one was ok. they both had the same look and feel to them though because tim burton did them both. then look at the last two, they are absolutely terrible. when direction or even writing changes, those new people interject their own philosophies and persona's. think what star wars would be like if tim burton directed it. does anyone want to see GL not do EP III now?

 

It's all a matter of math, people!

TPM is 30 years before ANH(just check the back cover to the movie)
We know that AOTC is 10 after TPM which leaves twenty years for Lucas to work with. Lucas has said that Ep. III will be about 2 to 3 years after AOTC which leaves 18 to 17 years between Ep.III and ANH.

just think!

Twi Ton

P.S.
At one time I had figured the age of the main characters for all the movies but I can't find the notes!

 

Excuse me but in TPM, obi wan was like 18 and in ANH luke and leia were like 30 each. at least their actors were

 

Sorry people but I made a slight error in my timeline:-

ROTJ = 1 year after ANH should read:-

ROTJ = 4 years after ANH.

I thank you...again.

 

One year after ESB would have worked too.

 

I've always heard it to be this way.

TPM: -32 years
AOTC: -22 years
III: -20 years
ANH: 0 years
ESB: 4 years
ROTJ: 4.5 years

If Lucas wants to, he could make the time gap between Episode 3 and A NEW HOPE, 25 years. There would be no continuity error what so ever because never in the movie is time passing ever stated with the exception of AOTC, where 10 years have passed.

Not only have Owen, Obi-wan and Beru aged horribly, but so have Yoda, Palpatine and Anakin.

 

Alec Guinness was about 61 at the time ANH was filmed. If ANH is 32 years after TPM the Obi-Wan would be about 57. The harsh conditions of the desert would easily account for him looking about 4 years older.

 

Originally posted by AK_Buzz
Excuse me but in TPM, obi wan was like 18 and in ANH luke and leia were like 30 each. at least their actors were

No. Obi-Wan was 25 in TPM while Ewan McGregor was approximately the same age during filming. And during the filming of
ANH, Hamill and Fisher were between 23-24 and 18-19 respectively.

Source: www.imdb.com

 

So, that makes Anakin about 47 or so when he dies in ROTJ?

 

How can ROTJ be 1 year after ANH? I think you need to re-think your math. I Always thought luke was 16 in ANH. He whined like he was! I think that ep III is 10 years after AOTC. only because when Obi -Wan is on the clone planet they mention that if they need more clones it will take time. It's a reach, but its possible. That way Obi wan will be 45 in ep III and in ANH he will be 61 (45+16). and Anakin/Darth Vader will be 28 in Ep III and 44 in ANH that makes more sense (age wise).

 

Anakin was about 45 in ROTJ.

 

well since ANH and ROTJ span less than 10 years, its still possible for Vader to be roughly 44-49 throughout the OT.

 

Originally posted by jdini76
I Always thought luke was 16 in ANH. He whined like he was! I think that ep III is 10 years after AOTC. only because when Obi -Wan is on the clone planet they mention that if they need more clones it will take time. It's a reach, but its possible. That way Obi wan will be 45 in ep III and in ANH he will be 61 (45+16). and Anakin/Darth Vader will be 28 in Ep III and 44 in ANH that makes more sense (age wise).

Sorry. Luke was not 16 in ANH. He was between 18-20. And whinyness doesn't mean anything as far as age is concerned. My little brother is far far more whiny than Luke ever was and he's 20.

And it has been stated that Ep. III is 3 years after AOTC.

From the Just the Facts thread in this forum:
http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=8421110&replies=28

Nov 009, 2002; LucasFilm UK was giving a small presentation to the Penguin Group, UK:

"...Episode III is going to be the biggest thing ever, partly because of it being 'real time'." When asked "You mean it will only cover 2 hours of Star Wars time?", she replied, "No. What I mean is that when Episode III opens in May 2005, the Clone Wars will be just finishing as the film opens. The Clone Wars last for three years. So the Clone Wars are happening now."

So Obi-Wan will be 38 in Ep. III and in his late 50's in ANH(I'd estimate it at 57). Anakin will be 22 in Ep. III and about 41 in ANH. There's no age discrepancy there. The difference between 57 & 61 and 41 & 45 is minuscule. Its not necessary to try to stretch the timeline to make the ages fit.

 

20 years between epp 3 and 4

 

Not that it really matters anyway, but Hamill and Fisher were both 18 when they filmed ANH.

 

Where did you find out how old Luke and Leia are?

 

Here's how it is:


TPM = 32 years before ANH.

AotC = 10 years after TPM/22 years before ANH.

Episode III = 2 years after AotC/20 years before ANH.

ANH = 20 years after Episode III/3 years before TESB.

TESB = 3 years after ANH/1 year before RotJ.

RotJ = 1 year after TESB.

 

I'm not arguing the math or the ages. I am only noting that if Obi-Wan was 57 in ANH, then he did lead a rough life. That is a very old looking 57 (Was Guiness a little older than Obi-Wan was supposed to be?). Looks more like late 60's or early 70's.

 

He did indeed lead a rough life. He also spent 20 years on Tatooine, which is a tad bit different than the luxurious Coruscant. Most people who live on Tatooine don't age too well, if you'll notice.


Just look at 40ish-year-old Owen and Beru.

 

According to Sidious1's "official" timeline, ROTJ takes place before ESB. Check it out.

 

You mean the one that he corrected four posts later?

 

Yeah, the blistering hot suns and sand-filled winds can do wonders for the complexion (and not in a good way, either )

Also, Obi-Wan has to deal with Anakin's failure, which he seems to blame on himself, and living with that sort of weight could make him look older.

I thought Luke and Leia were 20 in ANH, but I've heard 18 as well . . .

 

Well, it still isn't official. Lucas' official timeline, which is stated in the books is:
TPM
(10 years)
AOTC
(2 years)
Ep. III
(20 years)
ANH
(3 years)
ESB
(1 year)
ROTJ

 

This is a neat little topic that can't really be solved--but it can't really cause continuity errors either.
The reason for this is that in the Star Wars galaxy years are measured by Coruscant's revolution--their standard year. However, it would make more sense that people living on Tatooine count their years by Tatooinian revolutions. But then how do you compare ages between people on different planets?
It seems to me that in Star Wars, time intervals can be confusing where it isn't found in official government information (which would obviously use the standard year). I bet that people have to remember time intervals in at least two ways: in terms of Coruscant and in terms of the planet they're then on. Thus all forms of continuity error can really be reconciled if certain characters spent time (at least several months by the local calendar) in another system and tabulated their own age with the nonstandard year in mind.
However, I believe that by the standard GFFA year it is most always accepted as:
TPM--32 years BSW4
AOTC--22 years BSW4
EPIII--20-18(?) years BSW4
ANH--0 years
TESB--3 years ASW4
ROTJ--4 years ASW4

 

it's interesting that the point from which most (all?) people measure the timeline is still the first release (episode iv). instead of saying that ANH is 22 (or so) years after TPM, people say that TPM is 22 (or so) years before ANH.

this proves that the series is really about luke, not anakin's 'fall and redemption'.