ah…just checked and it is the second edition where I saw that 112 year for 3p0 , I was mistaken about it’s placement in the book ,There’s no mention of it in the entry for C-3PO, but there’s a timeline in the front of the book that says:
112 BSW4 (before SW Ep4): C-3PO activated.
Ah, right. I’d completely forgotten about that section. Funny how they didn’t mention it in Threepio’s entry as well.
it also has:
35 BSW4: Clone Wars ended. And issue 17 of the original Marvel comic hinted at Owen and Ben being brothers too , as did the ROTJ novelization .
I’ve read the novelization, but I never thought about the suggestion in SW #17. I’m assuming you’re referring to the “you let a brother leave without saying good-bye” line from Beru to Owen? I always just assumed they were referring to Anakin, but I guess Ben’s a possibility also. Though a few panels later Luke asks Beru about what happened between Owen and “my father”, so I think Goodwin was probably thinking of “Anakin”. Seems like everyone in the late 70’s & early 80’s was just trying to guess how everything was connected. I’ve always wondered if Lucas was as involved with the ROTJ novelization as he was with the SW novelization, or if he at that point didn’t care and just approved of the book in general. Lucas obviously changed a lot of his lore-ideas between ROTJ and TPM, so either is possible.