star wars ep 1. Wait wait wait a minute

so they have a princess

who was elected

while a child.

what the hell?

 

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Wtflux!?

 

She went to really fancy schools and was just plain awesome at politics.

 

Well considering the alternative was her being old enough that Anakin could have been her son, I think her being somewhat young to be queen was the less creepy option...

 

Yeah that's really weird.

Those are all different links btw.

 

the point was more that she was elected when a child. IIRC she was 16 during episode 1, and had been queen for a few years at that point. Which means that they elected her when she was 12 or something.

 

Their counting in space years.

 

Well idk, what if she had sisters and brothers and then her mother died and she was elected amongst her sisters and brothers?

 

But in that case: why have terms?

 

Didn't it also have something to do with the Gungans or whatever? Can't remember. I read way to much wikis of to many different series lately.

 

We don't know if it referred to GSY or Nabooian years.

 

The blockade of Naboo was 32 years before the battle of Yavin and the destruction of the first Death Star. You do the math.

I so love my copy of the Star Wars Fact File.

 

I think it's safe to assume it's assume it's galactic standard years since everything else is in it.

 

Was the GSY established during the times of the Old Republic?

These are important things people!!

 

Technically, the <before yavin and >yavin thing happened during the empire. HOWEVER, it wasn't chosen as the new standard time until after Darth Sidious was killed along with the second Death Star. So I guess it's established during the New Republic?

 

Well, BBY and ABY was New Republic, but wasn't the Old Republic still using Coruscants years to tell time, just with a different year 0?

 

Yes, because that's were the Senate is/was. And I believe Palpetine kept using it because his palace was on that world. Not entirely sure.