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Like the Leia getting force powers out of nowhere in space. Sheesh.

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[โ€“] VitoCorleone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh wait, but Vader is younger than Padme!

[โ€“] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By a significant amount. She was an adult queen when he was 7.

[โ€“] theKalash@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She was supposed to be like 15 in Episode I.

[โ€“] MNByChoice@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Oh. It came out in 1999, and Ms. Portman was born in 1981 (actress and character can be different ages, plus it was filmed prior to release and I have no idea how old she was). I read the character as way older, so that is on me.

[โ€“] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were like six years apart, Naboo just puts people in power as preteens.