When the original trilogy was shot, the plan was for those events to be much older than they ended up being. Then 20 years passed and the plan changed when it came time to actually write and shoot the prequal trilogy. IIRC the Clone Wars was supposed to have been a thing that started like 100+ years before A New Hope was set. Jedi, with their connection to the force, were able to live significantly longer so even though Obi-wan and Vader/Anakin appeared to be around 60 years old they would have actually been much older than they appeared. Part of why Luke would be so surprised that Obi-wan fought in the clone wars, like wow, that was SO long ago. Also, the Jedi were supposed to be a pretty secretive sect of basically monks working behind the scenes, not be super public with a temple at the capital and constantly showing up to any major conflict in the galaxy as envoy’s of the government to negotiate peace… But then things change IRL and suddenly the clone wars were happening when Luke was born, so like, 16-18 years ago and now Luke looks like a complete moron.
As for the people saying the Jedi were such a tiny portion of the population, most people probably never met one and therefore it makes sense they are forgotten about in the span of a human barely clawing his way out of adolescence… They were a small population comparatively, but they are kinda made integral to the running of the galaxy in the prequals. Almost like major politicians. People might not have met one, but they’d have to live under a rock and not consume ANY galactic media or news to not know of their existence.
It’d be like if 1/4 of all senators or members of parliament or whatever all over Earth all carried swords 24/7 and could jump 30 feet straight up or levitate things with their minds. And they have existed and been a part of world governments for several hundred years. And they turn up anywhere there is major conflict and deflect machine gun fire with their swords and “negotiate peace”. And they all disappeared in 2010. And almost nobody now in 2026 has heard of them or believes they really existed or really could jump 30 feet. That’d be a really tough propaganda and censorship campaign to pull off since the majority of the population can still remember watching it live on TV.
I mean, imagine if Colin Powell had stopped the second plane on 9/11 by chopping a wing off the plane with his sword, and then levitated it safely to the ground with his mind - and it was caught by news cameras from every station live broadcast to the world. And then in 2026 people say they don’t believe he existed, or if he did exist he couldn’t do those things.
Yea, those people would exist (obvious from the flat earth movement) but they would generally be regarded as crackpots to the general public.
When the original trilogy was shot, the plan was for those events to be much older than they ended up being. Then 20 years passed and the plan changed when it came time to actually write and shoot the prequal trilogy. IIRC the Clone Wars was supposed to have been a thing that started like 100+ years before A New Hope was set. Jedi, with their connection to the force, were able to live significantly longer so even though Obi-wan and Vader/Anakin appeared to be around 60 years old they would have actually been much older than they appeared. Part of why Luke would be so surprised that Obi-wan fought in the clone wars, like wow, that was SO long ago. Also, the Jedi were supposed to be a pretty secretive sect of basically monks working behind the scenes, not be super public with a temple at the capital and constantly showing up to any major conflict in the galaxy as envoy’s of the government to negotiate peace… But then things change IRL and suddenly the clone wars were happening when Luke was born, so like, 16-18 years ago and now Luke looks like a complete moron.
As for the people saying the Jedi were such a tiny portion of the population, most people probably never met one and therefore it makes sense they are forgotten about in the span of a human barely clawing his way out of adolescence… They were a small population comparatively, but they are kinda made integral to the running of the galaxy in the prequals. Almost like major politicians. People might not have met one, but they’d have to live under a rock and not consume ANY galactic media or news to not know of their existence.
It’d be like if 1/4 of all senators or members of parliament or whatever all over Earth all carried swords 24/7 and could jump 30 feet straight up or levitate things with their minds. And they have existed and been a part of world governments for several hundred years. And they turn up anywhere there is major conflict and deflect machine gun fire with their swords and “negotiate peace”. And they all disappeared in 2010. And almost nobody now in 2026 has heard of them or believes they really existed or really could jump 30 feet. That’d be a really tough propaganda and censorship campaign to pull off since the majority of the population can still remember watching it live on TV.
I mean, imagine if Colin Powell had stopped the second plane on 9/11 by chopping a wing off the plane with his sword, and then levitated it safely to the ground with his mind - and it was caught by news cameras from every station live broadcast to the world. And then in 2026 people say they don’t believe he existed, or if he did exist he couldn’t do those things.
Yea, those people would exist (obvious from the flat earth movement) but they would generally be regarded as crackpots to the general public.