Re: ROTS



In article <UlPgf.810$fO5.741@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Guest"
<n0gar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> > In article <hVrgf.78798$qk4.49030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "SpammersDie" <xx@xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> "Anybody" <anybody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > In article <Xilgf.1020$Ba6.650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Guest"
> >> > <n0gar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Anybody" <anybody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> >> >
> >> >> > As I just said, he LOOKED older then he really was because of the
> >> >> > injuries, but he wasn't the same as as Ben at all.
> >> >>
> >> >> I guess that is your 'fanboy' excuse? He LOOKED about the same age as
> >> >> Kenobi with the mask off(regardless of injuries as we can tell an
> >> >> injury
> >> >> from old age!) AND after he had come back to being good at the end of
> >> >> the
> >> >> original ROTJ. Either you are too young to have seen the original or
> >> >> you
> >> >> forgot?
> >> >
> >> > It's not a "fanyboy excuse" - it's the proper answer.
> >> >
> >> > As someone else has given a quote for, we already knew Anakin was
> >> > younger than Ben.
> >>
> >> All we knew was that Obi-Wan said "A young Jedi named Darth Vader who was
> >> a
> >> pupil of mine.." Back in 1977, I was foolish enough to believe Obi-Wan so
> >> I
> >> pictured DV as a young kid - much like he's portrayed in ROTS.
> >>
> >> By 1983, we already knew that Obi-Wan lied about lots of things so it's
> >> not
> >> at all far-fetched to believe he also misrepresented DV's age as well in
> >> order to keep Luke thinking of Anakin and DV as two separate people.
> >>
> >> All that remains established is that Obi-Wan trained DV to be a Jedi.
> >> That
> >> does not establish that Obi-Wan was older than DV. Given that in 1983, we
> >> had no knowledge of the typical age that Jedi began training, it was
> >> quite
> >> conceivable that Obi-Wan and DV were contemporaries and Obi-Wan was the
> >> trainer due to experience, not age.
> >>
> >> What we *did* know in 1983 was what Anakin looked like physically, or at
> >> least that he projected himself as a Sebastian Shaw lookalike at the
> >> Endor
> >> roast. And that projection was no 45 year old. You can't blame people for
> >> relying on their own eyes and perception over anything that liar Obi-Wan
> >> says.
> >
> > We also know that Anakin wore the Vader suit because he had massive
> > injuries and couldn't survive without it, therefore it's extremely
> > likely that he looks older than he really is.
>
> Like the man wrote, at the end of ROTJ we see what Anakin looks like without
> injuries and he was around 55-60 years old.

It was still the same Anakin, only the physical scars were missing. Now
that has been replaced by Hayden as the younger Anakin ... which makes
almot no sense at all. :-(
.