Do you age faster in Tatooine?

If you're young, and healthy, and eat well, the effects should be slowed down. Obi-Wan was around 38 when he arrived on Tatooine, so the aging was much quicker. As for Owen and Beru Lars, they were there their entire lives.
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Why did Obi-Wan age so fast on Tatooine?

Returning the original point: Obi-Wan has aged so badly because he's using a mass-scale Jedi illusion or mind-trick (or something similar) to block Vader from sensing Luke and himself on Tatooine.
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How long is a day on Tatooine?

Tatooine's average day lasts 23 standard hours, and its year consumes 304 local days.
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What's so special about Tatooine?

It is the home planet of the protagonist of the Star Wars Trilogy, Luke Skywalker, and also of his father, Anakin Skywalker. It is also the planet where Obi-Wan Kenobi takes up residence in to watch over Luke during his exile following the events of Order 66 and Anakin's fall to the dark side.
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How old is Obi-Wan in Episode 1?

In Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, set 32 years before A New Hope, a 25-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi appears as the Padawan apprentice of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson).
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Why Obi-Wan AGED So Fast on Tatooine



Is Han Solo older than Anakin?

If Han is 18 in Solo and Anakin is 12, that puts six years between the pair. Let's say that Anakin is about 19 when Luke and Leia are born, which would make Han 25 at the time of the twins' birth. By the time everyone meets in A New Hope, when Luke and Leia are around 18 years old, Han would be 43.
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How old is Anakin 2?

*According to sources published at the time the prequels came out, Anakin was 20 in Episode II, but 9 in Episode I, which took place ten years earlier.
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Why did Vader never go to Tatooine?

Obi-Wan knew Darth Vader would never willingly go to Tatooine, because the desert world held too many bad memories for him.
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Is Tatooine hot?

Tatooine is usually very hot during the day and cold at night. During the day the temperature can get as hot as 130°F! Tatooine is also known for its brutal sandstorms.
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Why did Tatooine dry up?

Tatooine is a desert planet in a binary star system. It once had large oceans full of marine based life and a world-spanning jungle, but this biosphere was destroyed when the myopic Rakata razed the planet, drying up its riverbeds and boiling away its oceans.
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Does it ever rain on Tatooine?

Due to the absence of surface water, those who lived on Tatooine had to draw moisture through the dry air. Rain was incredibly rare on Tatooine, coming once a year, decade, or century.
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What was the average temperature on Tatooine?

When C-3PO and R2-D2 crash landed on Tatooine, 3PO's internal thermostat registered a temperature at 42 degrees standard. The daytime temperature on Hoth was -32° standard.
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When did Tatooine dry up?

In 11 BBY, Tatooine is struck with a drought that makes water an even more precious commodity than usual.
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Why did Obi-Wan not recognize r2d2?

R2-D2 was always assigned to Anakin, not Obi-Wan. If Obi-Wan did recognize R2-D2 but did not want Luke to know, this would explain why Obi-Wan called R2-D2 his “little friend” while Luke was still unconscious.
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Why couldnt Vader sense Leia?

Leia was not using the Force or was currently Force-sensitive during her confrontation with Vader. She began training as a Jedi years later. All these reasons prove my point: Vader didn't know Leia was his daughter, and felt no presence of the Force in her, as she was not currently strong with the Force.
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How much older than Anakin is Obi-Wan?

going from the Star Wars Wiki, Luke was born in 19BBY, Obi-Wan in 57BBY and Anakin in 41.9BBY, IV takes place in 0BBY therefore it can be assumed that Luke is 19, Obi-Wan is 57, and Anakin is 41 at those times.
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Are Tusken Raiders human?

Biology and appearance. A'Sharad Hett stated, while on a mission to Aargonar with Anakin Skywalker, that Tusken Raiders were biologically incompatible with Humans. This implies that Tusken Raiders were a non-Human species.
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How do Jawas look like?

Other notable features included their glowing yellow eyes, small stature and high pitched, quickly spoken language called Jawaese. Through the study of corpses and skeletal remains, Baobab xenobiologists discovered that Jawas appeared to be gaunt, rodent-like creatures, with shrunken faces and yellow eyes.
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Why does Vader not recognize C-3PO?

Perhaps, Darth Vader just figures that this is another protocol droid and not C-3PO. Obviously, C-3PO does not recognize Vader because his memory was wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith. What are your possible explanations for this hole in the Star Wars plot?
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Does Anakin hate sand?

And that's when Anakin responds with these iconic lines: “I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating — and it gets everywhere.”
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Why does Anakin have a scar over his eye?

Origins of the Scar

In the comic, Anakin fights a lightsaber duel with Count Dooku's apprentice, Asajj Ventress. She eventually gets the upper hand but decides to show off her precision. Instead of killing him, she swipes the tip of her lightsaber over his right eye.
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Was Obi Wan a virgin?

Gandalf the Grey Jedi Knight

Obi Wan died a virgin. Qui Gon died because the multitude of STD's he'd contracted slowed his reflexes down.
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What age is Chewbacca?

Chewbacca, a 200-year-old wookiee, becomes a young Han Solo's companion after they both escape Imperial captivity on Mimban. After a series of adventures on Vandor and Kessel, Chewbacca embarks on the smuggling trade, serving as Han's co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon for the rest of Han's life.
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Is Darth plagueis Anakin's father?

In Legends it's pretty much confirmed that Anakin was born of the Force as a reaction to Plagueis and Palpatine growing stronger in the dark side, however the reason for his conception is much less clear in Canon.
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