#obviously they are still the same age but age is relative to society. presumably leia has passed through more milestones than luke has

[nicolos]

help!!! i have just discovered that wookieepedia lists day-lengths and year-lengths for a bunch of planets and that alderaan and tatooine are, of course, included. and that these day lengths and year lengths vary rather wildly from the galactic standard (aka 24 hrs / 365 days).

tatooine has a really long day - 34 hours. they have 2 suns. nights are short. it sounds like pure hell, but it makes sense. it’s also close to its suns and makes a full revolution every 304 days. checks out.

so. alderaan has a rly short day, only 18 hours. sure, i buy it. it’s got a standard year - 364 days. fine.

except the thing is that because of the way years are measured on those planets, despite luke and leia having been born literal minutes apart and being 19 standard years of age... leia is considered 25 years old on alderaan... and luke is... on tatooine... 16..................

#star wars #luke skywalker #leia organa #i am just imagining how that went #at some point in the rebel base #'oh how old are you' 'im 16' 'oh wow that's young to be a rebel pilot' 'how old are you your highness?' '25' #and then they discover that they are TWINS. imagine??? #han vc you're almost 10 years apart #luke and leia: well we WERE both born right before empire day ? #obviously they are still the same age but age is relative to society. presumably leia has passed through more milestones than luke has #anyway i have so many questions about how this even works lmao. do u just count your age in standard years or does everyone just have 2 ages #oh man this means in owk the show era leia is like 13 and luke is 8 #though leia is most certainly not acting 13 #8yo luke i buy though. baby boy. baby #jui speaks