rcb said:
i believe anakin was twenty, while padme was twenty four.

i think george was trying to go back to like a romeo and juliet or some type of shakespear in the movie. if you've read the novel for episode I, anakin says he's one day gonna marry padme. what the hell is that? that is the corniest line for a ten year old and i'm glad it wasn't in the movie.

I also agree with rcb that GL was going for the Romeo & Juliet style for their romance. Just listen to the dialogue and the way it is spoken in the fireplace scene. very Shakespearean in its tone.