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Post #1410812

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theprequelsrule
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Implied starting date of the Empire from OT dialogue
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Date created
16-Feb-2021, 2:18 PM

Resurrecting this thread!

So pre-1978:

  1. Do we have an idea of when the Clone Wars took place, how many there were, who were the parties involved?

  2. Who are The Sith?

  3. Who is Darth Vader? What role does he have in The Empire?

I will speculate a little.

First, it seems that the Clone Wars were intended to happen before The Empire was formed and that Obi-Wan is really, really old. In the novelization of Star Wars Luke is astonished that Obi-wan fought in them (“But that was so long ago!”). So Obi is actually older than he looks. He looks say 65, but maybe is like 85.

Luke’s (unnamed) father was probably a peer of Vaders. Both Vader and Daddy Skywalker were maybe half of Obi-wans age.

There is no notion that Obi-wan was responsible for Vader’s fall.