Why did George Lucas make Anakin younger than Padme?

Lucas said he made the decision to start Anakin at a younger age because that was his story, IGN reports.

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Why was Padme so much older than Anakin?

She had always behaved older than her age and had recently become the youngest Queen of Naboo, but she too was still fairly young in years. Padmé was born in the year 46 BBY on Naboo, and Anakin was born five years later, in the year 41 BBY. That makes Padmé five years older than Anakin.

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How old was Anakin when he reunited with Padme?

In Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Anakin was 19 years old when he was reunited with Padmé, and the two eventually began to show affection for one another.

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How much older was Leia than Anakin?

(Natalie Portman was 18 when the film came out.) Anakin Skywalker was nine. (Jake Lloyd was ten.) So, she's only five years older than him.

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Is Han Solo a lot older than Leia?

Fun facts also worth mentioning: Han Solo happens to be 10 years older than twins Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.

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Why does Leia seem older than Luke?

Leia's journey yields a time dilation of 62.6 days; however Luke experiences a time dilation of 700.8 days. The students concluded that Luke is therefore 1.75 years younger than Leia, possibly rendering them the first twins ever to have more than a year between their ages.

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Did Padmé actually love Anakin?

However, when they next met in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Anakin and Padmé's feelings for one another grew into something resembling love, and their wedding at the end of the film solidified their relationship as one of the most important romances in Star Wars history.

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How old was Palpatine when he died?

According to Wookieepedia, Emperor Palpatine was born in 84 B.B.Y. and died in 4 A.B.Y., which would make him around 88 years old at the time of his death. This makes him just a regular old man, rather than crazy old like 900-year-old Yoda.

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How old was Anakin when he killed the Younglings?

Anakin was nine years old at this time (He was born 41 BBY, and TPM takes place 32 BBY, this is true for both Canon and Legends). So, one would assume this means he was too old to become a youngling. The younglings Anakin killed in RotS had to of been around seven or eight years old.

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How old was Yoda when he died?

The second time Yoda mentions his long life is in Return of the Jedi, when he tells Luke, “When you reach 900 years old, you will not look as good as you will.” If we take Yoda at his word, that means the Jedi Master died at the ripe old age of 900.

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How old was Padmé when she died?

How Old Was Padmé When She Died In Revenge Of The Sith? The age difference between Anakin and Padmé was ultimately immaterial, given that Padmé's death at the end of the Star Wars prequels brings an end to her story at just 27 years old.

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Who is Anakin's dad?

Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force. He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.

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Did Anakin know Padme was pregnant?

While their affection had to remain hidden, the two kept in frequent contact, even throughout the Clone Wars. But despite this, Anakin found out that Padme was pregnant only a couple of weeks before the twins were born.

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What is the age difference between Darth Vader and Padme?

Anakin is 22 when he overthrows the Jedi Order and becomes Darth Vader, while Padmé is just 27 when she dies.

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Who killed Palpatine the first time?

He transforms the Galactic Republic into the Empire and declares himself Emperor, using Machiavellian manipulation to invoke martial law. Palpatine rules the galaxy for over two decades before Vader betrays and kills him to save his son, Luke Skywalker.

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Who did Palpatine fear?

If Qui-Gon had survived his fight against Darth Maul, he would have sensed Palpatine's evil, and Anakin wouldn't have become Darth Vader. Thus, while Qui-Gon was less powerful than Yoda, Palpatine feared him more.

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How did Palpatine have a son?

Emperor Palpatine's "son" was a strandcast cloned from his genetic template. Dathan was an artificially constructed strandcast from the genetic template of Sidious. and the lone specimen that lived through the cloning process.

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What is Padmé's mental illness?

At least partially, Padmé is experiencing a kind of Stockholm Syndrome or more specifically, the idea of equating affection with crime, a disorder known as hybristophilia.

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Who did Padmé get pregnant with?

Senator Padmé Amidala of the planet Naboo became pregnant during the Clone Wars with her husband, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, as the father. She gave birth to twins, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.

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Did Padmé cheat on Anakin?

Did Padme ever cheat on Anakin? No. As explained above, Padme did not cheat on Anakin with either Obi-Wan Kenobi or Rush Clovis.

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Why did Leia kiss Luke if she always knew?

Following the Wampa attack during the movie's opening scenes on Hoth; Leia, Han, and Chewie visit Luke in the infirmary. Leia is annoyed with Han, who insists she has feelings for him, so she kisses Luke to prove she doesn't. Presumably, the scene was simply meant to make Han jealous.

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Why did Leia kiss Luke if she knew they were siblings?

While Leia is denying Han's assertion that she has romantic feelings for Han, Leia kisses Luke passionately to demonstrate that Han "doesn't know everything about women" and to suggest that she has feelings for Luke instead.

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Why was Luke a Jedi and not Leia?

First, she admitted that she didn't really care about the Force. Thus, if she went with Luke, she would be doing it for the sake of being with Luke, not because she was following the will of the Force. However, more importantly, Leia refused to be a Jedi because Darth Vader's power had scared her.

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