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Keeper of the Holocron's Blog

by: Leland Y Chee

date posted: Sep 13, 2005 4:24 PM | updated: Aug 22, 2006 11:34 AM

Major Character Birth Years

List of approximate year of birth for major characters.

-896 Yoda
~ -600 Jabba the Hutt
~ -200 Chewbacca
-102 Count Dooku
-92 Qui-Gon Jinn
-82 Palpatine [47BrS:8:11]
-72 Mace Windu
-66 Jango Fett
-57 Obi-Wan Kenobi
-46 Padm� Amidala
-41.9 Anakin Skywalker
-32 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace [3:4:14]
-31.5 Boba Fett
-31 Lando Calrissian
-29 Han Solo
-22 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones [13:5:21]
-21 Wedge Antilles
-19 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith [16:5:23]
-19 Luke Skywalker & Princess Leia (Luke born first)
-18 Corran Horn
-18 Mara Jade Skywalker
0 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
3 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
4 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
9 Jaina & Jacen Solo (Jaina born first)
10 Anakin Solo
26.5 Ben Skywalker

Event Timeline and Character Age Discussion thread

http://blogs.starwars.com/holocron/13

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	Master Devwi Star Wars News & Opinions
date Posted: Sep 13, 2005 9:16 PM Cool! Thanks Tasty Taste!

	Rogueish W.I.E.R.D.
date Posted: Sep 14, 2005 12:38 PM Man, you missed out Wuher!

	Joser Kyind Joser Kyind's Jedi Holocron
date Posted: Sep 14, 2005 6:26 PM Umm...I remember the opening of Vector Prime making it clear that Mara was older than Luke and Leia. I distinctly remember Leia's surprise that a woman older than her would be wanting to have children. I could have misread, but I'm pretty sure on this one.

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Sep 16, 2005 3:10 PM Cool entry ! It's actually the first time I've ever read Lando's exact age ... Palpatine's and Mace's were mentioned more or less in 'The Insider's Guide', but now we know for sure. What about the age of following characters ? - Darth Maul - Nute Gunray - Tarkin - Piett - Bail Organa

	vaderofdarth523 Thoughts of a Sith Lord
date Posted: Sep 17, 2005 6:26 PM I just have to say two things. Palpatine is old!!!

	The2ndquest Star Wars Literature
date Posted: Sep 18, 2005 11:53 PM Two others of note, I believe these are correct: -57 Quinlan Vos -48 Aayla Secura

janlomona
Smugglers Rants

date Posted: Sep 25, 2005 8:36 AM

That is a very cool list to have access too, I know in my own star wars library I probably have most of these details but this is very handy.
I run my own website, Lightsabre, and it's very database-based (given the nature of your job, if you ever have a spare five minutes, maybe you could drift over there and take a look, let me know what you think). We've been writing stories and doing art since 1982, so it's a pretty big database (1060 original characters, all with their own entries, appearances and details).
Anyway, very cool blog, I'll be back soon!

Leland Y Chee
Keeper of the Holocron's Blog

date Posted: Oct 07, 2005 10:58 PM

I've added a few specific in-universe dates established in Insider #84. 47BrS stands for "47 years before the Re-Synchronization." The Re-Synch took place at 35 BBY. This in-universe dating system is nearly the same as our earth-bound 12-month calendar listed year:month:date. I say nearly, because we decided to keep the idea of 368 days per year established in the West End Games RPG, which used a 10-month calendar. The 12 months of the 12-month in-universe calendar have never been given names.

	JMMC
date Posted: Oct 12, 2005 10:09 AM According to Wizards of the Coast's first SW roleplaying game rulebook (p. 245), Mara Jade is 45 when the Yuuzhan Vong invade, so if you do that math, that's 20 BBY. Just being helpful!

	Rainbow Droideka Aren't you a little short for an egg?
date Posted: Oct 23, 2005 9:42 PM I am curious...I realize that Mara's age has been a subject of debate in the past. Is this -18 date the new official one, or is it an error? And is that date for Jango Fett correct? For some reason I had it as -68. I could move this to the Character Age and Timeline discussion thread if you'd rather....

	The Dark Moose Moose Poodoo
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:11 PM whoah...Qui-Gon is older than Palpatine? Dooku is older than Palpatine? Am I reading that correctly? DM out

Leland Y Chee
Keeper of the Holocron's Blog

date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:30 PM

Yes. Palpatine's age is actually close to actor Ian McDiarmid's age at the time of the filming of Ep I (early 50s). Qui-Gon's age is from the backstory created for the character (though it differs markedly from actor Liam Neeson's actual age.) It makes sense that Dooku would be older than Qui-Gon since he was his Master (actor Christopher Lee's age when filming Ep II nearly matches the age of his character).

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