Going from being in your 30s to 50s living a hard life in the desert wastes will do this, yes. Is anyone surprised?
Beru on the left is 16 (age of the actress, not of the character), Beru on the right is 57.
Age weirdness aside, I never realized how much young Beru looked like older Beru.
You think that aunt Beru transformation is normal? Yes I am surprised lol
Jar-Jar warned us. “The suns doin’ murder to meesa skin”
Not just the skin! We’ve known earth sun has immunosuppressive properties since the 1970s, and now it looks like damaged skin is fucking up your bod like a poorly cooled CPU slowly heat-stressing all the other components in your computer to death. The sun is not your friend on Earth, and they have three on Tatooine.
Not just the skin, but the immune system and the DNA, too.
But vitamin D
Vitamin Death
poorly cooled CPU slowly heat-stressing all the other components in your computer to death
The what now? Are you sure that’s even a thing?
The sun is not your friend on Earth
there wouldn’t even be life on Earth without the sun
That’s one of the things in TPM that makes the least sense to me. They’re on Tatooine, Jar-Jar is an aquatic creature. Why go into the desert?? Stay. On. The. Ship.
Of all the things, that’s your biggest complaint?
But he needed to step in the poop on Tatooine, that was his whole purpose there.
The Darth Jar Jar theory makes everything clear.
A lot of cocoa farmers have never tasted chocolate, so it tracks that in the terminal capitalism of the Galactic Empire, moisture farmers wouldn’t have access to moisture.
I watched that yesterday and I don’t have the heart to stop giving chocolate to my daughter, but I don’t know that I’ll be eating it any longer.
On my life I didn’t click the link but I know it’s that John Oliver episode and I’m scared to watch it because I love chocolate. I know that’s selfish but I don’t have a lot of just for me things I enjoy and I’m loathe to take one away.
That’s almost literally everything we consume in modern society. It all has costs that hurt someone along the way. Exploitation is a part of capitalism. Only you can draw your line in the sand.
Definitely do not watch it if you want to keep eating chocolate.
You should see some of the folks over there in Arizona
Can we take a moment to appreciate how spot-on that casting is, though?
I’m glad they gave Owen and Beru a little time to be brave badasses even though outmatched
Right? Owen and Beru’s noses look perfect.
They got nothing on folks from Key West, FL.
What if I told you… those actors are more or less all the correct ages, and if anything the younger cast is a bit older than it should be.
What if you told us that… Would that be in any way correct?
doesn’t tatooine have two suns? solar radiation wrecks skin.
They also have starships, so many droids they are considered junk, and fully working replacement limbs. I have to assume they can fix bad skin. I guess it’s like Patrick Stewart/Picard’s “in the future nobody cares if you’re bald”.
star wars isn’t a utopian society, though. lukes family can’t afford or won’t spend the money on a droid that could do all the work for them. or the might be supply issues on tatooine - they buy c3po and r2 off jawas, after all.
I guess it’s like Patrick Stewart/Picard’s “in the future nobody cares if you’re bald”.
Then why do all the ladies love Riker and his glorious hair?
Have you never lived in the Midwest? There’s not much to do.
By which I mean, this is more meth than weather
And there is a lot of weather!
Can confirm, from Midwest, lots of meth
Meth or alcohol. Cigarettes don’t help either.
Dont forget sunscreen kids, shit is crucial.
That’s why nobody is using it, they don’t want to wear sunscreen that’s made of shit.
19 years of Luke whining will do that to anybody.
Aaaaw, but I wanted to go to Toshi’s station to pick up some power converters
You can pay with your friend when your chores are done.
Repeat every day for 20 years.
He got it eventually.
Bwahahahaha!
Why does he have broccoli on his chest?
I think that’s a Doctor Who reference. Fifth Doctor, to be exact.
He’s the Joker he does what he wants.
Living the dream!
Spend 20 years in the desert and you’ll see it will have done a number on your skin!
These pictures are 18 years apart. Life in an impoverished place can age you quite a bit.
It’s also been pointed out before that they also somehow can’t produce good quality textiles either.
No, but if you want to make it rich in the Star Wars galaxy, be a cloak salesman. You will never go out of business selling cloaks in that galaxy.
If you impress Lando, you’re doubly set. Man never met a cloak he didn’t like.
Star Wars is an abject lesson on why you should not do prequels to long established IPs.
There has always been Starkadders on Cold Comfort Farm.
I love that book and the movie is not bad either. I keep trying to get people to read it, but they’re never interested.
There’s a book? :0
What’s that?
Don’t get high off your own supplies, duh.