The mandalorian [Spoilers]

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I think the time between the PT and OT should have been longer than 18 years myself. It's never felt like a long enough time for me.

It was 19 years between RotS and ANH.

The Galactic Empire was proclaimed in 19 BBY and it fell 23 years later in 4 ABY.

Anakin Skywalker was born on 41 BBY; he was 9 years old when Qui Gon found him, 19 years old at the start of the Clone wars, 22 years old when he fell to the Dark Side and Luke/ Leia were born, and was 45 when he died.

Canonically Obi Wan was 16 years older making him 38 when he duelled Vader on Mustafar, and 57 years old when we meet him again on Tatooine.

Alec Guinness was 63 years old when he portrayed 57 year old Obi Wan so it wasn't that far beyond the pale.

 

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Wait; hang on.

I'm forgetting year Zero there (0 ABY), which makes Vader 46 when he died, and the Galactic Empire persisted for 24 years and not 23.

 

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You can't compare apparent ages when it involves two different species. Or blame the animators for wanting to make a teenage girl look tougher and rougher than the norm for her looking older than she may really be. Besides, maybe she got some plastic surgery or botox before her appearance on The Mandalorian. lol

Ashoka seemed to age at standard Human rates so far though, from a girl of roughly 13 to a girl of roughly 17 years by the end of the Clone wars. She was apparently born on 36 BBY, making her 17 as at the time of Order 66, and a woman in her early 30's in Rebels.

Most sources have Togruta with a roughly 80 year lifespan so that's pretty identical to Humans.

 

[Zardnaar]

Speculation.

Episode 5 is written and directed by Filoni.

Ahsoka and the Clone Wars/Rebel tie ins are his baby.

So Ahsokas live action debut......

 

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Speculation.

Episode 5 is written and directed by Filoni.

Ahsoka and the Clone Wars/Rebel tie ins are his baby.

So Ahsokas live action debut......

Fo sho.

It was left with the Mando with her name and the Planet shes on.

 

[Khelon Testudo]

Humans and the like might still have average life-spans similar to us, but given the size of the galaxy, number of planets and huge range of different environments and medical technologies, the range of life-spans and ageing rates must be way wider than those on earth. Maybe Tattooine is bad for your health, maybe poor Kenobi had an accelerated clone in his ancestry? Anyway, it's Star Wars. Finding holes in Star Wars logic is as inevitable as finding holes in Swiss cheese.

 

[Zardnaar]

Humans and the like might still have average life-spans similar to us, but given the size of the galaxy, number of planets and huge range of different environments and medical technologies, the range of life-spans and ageing rates must be way wider than those on earth. Maybe Tattooine is bad for your health, maybe poor Kenobi had an accelerated clone in his ancestry? Anyway, it's Star Wars. Finding holes in Star Wars logic is as inevitable as finding holes in Swiss cheese.

In the old EU humans lived a bit longer and/or better health.

Bacta and cybnetic replacements.

Even in the movies they can stick your brain in a jar.

 

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Humans and the like might still have average life-spans similar to us, but given the size of the galaxy, number of planets and huge range of different environments and medical technologies, the range of life-spans and ageing rates must be way wider than those on earth.

Doesn't seem to be the case though. We know for a fact that Luke and Leia were barely in their 50's when they both died from basically over exertion.

Both actors were a few years older than their screen characters though. Fisher was 21 and Hamill was 26 when they both played 19 year old twins in ANH.

Humans in the Galaxy far far away seem to age (and die) at the same rate as we do now.

Medical tech isnt really that advanced either. Certainly cloning is a thing, but replacement limbs and organs are mainly via cybernetics (which is quite advanced). Bacta is the main form of cellular healing, and it still leaves scars, doesnt actually regenerate anything (although it soothes pain and speeds the healing process up dramatically) and is far from perfect.

Its not like Star Trek levels of medical tech where cancers, viruses and bacterial infections are thing of the past, and cells can be easily regenerated, bones knit back together, and wounds closed off painlessly with a handheld device, and the human lifespan is close to 200 years.

 

[MarkB]

Humans and the like might still have average life-spans similar to us, but given the size of the galaxy, number of planets and huge range of different environments and medical technologies, the range of life-spans and ageing rates must be way wider than those on earth. Maybe Tattooine is bad for your health, maybe poor Kenobi had an accelerated clone in his ancestry? Anyway, it's Star Wars. Finding holes in Star Wars logic is as inevitable as finding holes in Swiss cheese.

Exactly. Mandalorian humans may simply have longer lifespans than we do. The galaxy in Star Wars has been populated by humans for tens of thousands of years - people growing up on different worlds are going to have adapted in different ways, even assuming that all the people who look human in the Star Wars universe do actually have a common ancestry, which may not be the case.

 

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