how old were harrison as han mark as luke and carrie as liea in the last movie
  
 
  
  
    im pretty sure leia was 19 when they started filming ANH, harrison was 28, and mark was 23ish
  
 
  
  
    then in last film she probably was 31 and han 40 luke 35 
 
 
 is that correct ?
  
 
  
  
    go check out THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (
http://www.imdb.com) ... you can search for each actor, see their birthdate, then do the math from when the movies came out.
  
 
  
  
    Return of the Jedi was released in 1983
 
 Harrison Ford was born in 1942, so he was 41
 Mark Hamill was born in 1951 , so he was 32
 Carrie Fisher was born in 1956, so she was 27
 
 
 as for the characters...
 
 Han was 33 and Luke & Leia were 24 in ROTJ
  
 
  
  
    ok adillin thanks ill probably do it later lol :)
  
 
  
  
    ohh i get it, you meant how old wer han leia and luke, not harry, mark, and carrie
  
 
  
  
    All in there twenties except for leia
  
 
  
  
    Ehm, that is not biological possible, even in Star Wars. :) 
 
 Considering Luke and Leia are twins thye gotta be the same age.
 
 Unless you ment "all in their 20's, except Han".
 
 
 :)
  
 
  
  
    The ages of the actors and the characters they play don't match. That's a given, even for the Original Trilogy.
 
 Also, each movie wasn't made in one year (except ROTJ, I hear) so the actors aged some from start to finish. Well they always age, but I mean a few years.
 
 
 Sides, I don't think George had the whole brother-sister thing figured out in 1977. Remember he was still having them kissing and releasing trailors talking about them being "in love." Unless he's some perv, I think he didn't have it planned...
 
 
 Plus, the ages of the characters are never stated on screen, we can only surmise based on other factors. They really come from the official literature, which, as we know, can change if Lucas changes his mind.
  
 
  
  
    Or, he wanted to throw people off thinking that Leia and Luke was siblings :)
 
 He went to great lenghts to keep alot of the great revelations from public, and even most of the people working on the films, eyes.
  
 
  
  
    I saw on an official Star Wars site that Luke and Liea were 18 in ANH so ESB they are 21 because it is rumured that ESB is 3 years after ANH. How old they are in RTJ, is unknown to me.
  
 
  
  
    That would make them 22 in RotJ as it takes place 1 year after.
 
 
 
 Timeline:
 TPM: -31 BBY
 AotC: -21 BBY
 RotS: -19 BBY
 ANH: 0
 ESB: 3 ABY
 RotJ: 4 ABY
 
 
 Roughly. :D
 
 
 EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add:
 BBY: Before Battle of Yavin
 ABY: After Battle of Yavin
 
 :D
  
 
  
  
    I get what the A and the B is for before the BY, but what does the BY stand for?
  
 
  
  
    Originally posted by Jan Gaarni 
 That would make them 22 in RotJ as it takes place 1 year after.
 
 
 
 Timeline:
 TPM: -31 BBY
 AotC: -21 BBY
 RotS: -19 BBY
 ANH: 0
 ESB: 3 ABY
 RotJ: 4 ABY
 
 
 Roughly. :D
 
 
 EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add:
 BBY: Before Battle of Yavin
 ABY: After Battle of Yavin
 
 :D 
 
 Yeah this is what I thought too, and Han would be 31 then.
  
 
  
  
    why is the battle of yavin the focal point? surely episode 3 would have made more sense in dividing the eras
  
 
  
  
    Originally posted by Leper Messiah 
 why is the battle of yavin the focal point? surely episode 3 would have made more sense in dividing the eras 
 
 The Battle of Yavin was the turning point in the Civil War and Palpatine's rule.
 
 Before Battle of Yavin
 
 Stormtroopers >>> Rebels
 
 After Battle of Yavin
 
 Rebels >>> Stormtroopers
 
 Well either that, or because it was in the first-made SW movie. :D
  
 
  
  
    Because it was the first SW movie that was made. :) 
 
 And because noone knew exactly when the Empire came to power.