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Post #579304

Author
xhonzi
Parent topic
Star Wars Mythos: Mid-Eighties to Mid-Nineties
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Date created
29-May-2012, 2:31 PM

Star Wars Purist said:

The Empire was 40 years old by the time of "Star Wars". 

 

I have a maths problem with that.  Luke is ~18 in ANH, meaning he was sired probably ~19 years prior.  Meaning that Anakin was not Darth Vader ~19 years prior to ANH.

So if the Empire was ~21 years old when Anakin became Vader... what's the story?

And how does "Your father's light saber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire." make any sense?

What claims that the Empire was around for 40 years at the time of ANH?  Especially since they dissolve the Senate halfway into ANH?