At what point in the Star Wars timeline did this character become a parent?
Judging from Luke and Leia's birth, procreation in the Star Wars universe works basically as we'd expect on Earth (but with robot midwives). Having now learned that...
Rey, I am your grandfather
-- Darth Sidious
...I'm puzzled as to when they procreated. I don't recall seeing evidence of them even having a prior relationship nor having a family. It's also a bit hard for me to imagine this character finding a partner, having sex(*), parenting, etc.
Question: At what point in the Star Wars timeline did this character become a parent?
I'm perplexed as to where it fits into the Star Wars timeline, especially:
Did pre-resurrection or post-resurrection Darth Sidious become a parent?
(*) Apologies for the mental image.
Best Answer
When we first see
Sheev Palpatine
In The Phantom Menace, he is already old enough (50ish) to have had a family, so not impossible for him for having one or more childs.
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What is the timeline for Star Wars?
Star Wars: Episode I \u2013 The Phantom Menace comes first on the narrative timeline followed by Star Wars: Episode II \u2013 Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III \u2013 Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV \u2013 A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V \u2013 The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI \u2013 Return of the Jedi, Star ...How many years passed between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope?
So Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (opens in new tab), which takes place 19 years ahead of Star Wars: A New Hope (opens in new tab), is set 19 years Before the Battle of Yavin (in 19 BBY). Meanwhile, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab) takes place 34 years After the Battle of Yavin (in 34 ABY).Star Wars: The Complete Canon Timeline (2022)
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[This discusses events in older Star Wars movies without spoiler space. Spoiler space is used for The Rise of Skywalker spoilers.]
When was Rey born?
From Wookiepedia, I'm piecing this together:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary states that Rey is nineteen years old during the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, which is dated to 34 ABY by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Therefore it can be deduced that Rey was born in 15 ABY = 19 BSI.
15 ABY
Using Wookiepedia's terminology, 15 ABY = 19 BSI = 19 years before the Starkiller Incident, i.e., 13 years before e.g. the Starkiller base was destroyed.
Let's subtract say 30 years, to estimate when her parents were born.
Thus it's probably a reasonable guess that Rey's parents were born somewhere around 50 BSI. It likely Rey and her parents and grandparents are all humans. Wookiepedia has a useful timetable which lists:
53 BSI: End of the Clone Wars and transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.
This is probably in the ballpark (maybe +/- 15 years) of when...
...Rey's father was born. So pre-resurrection Darth Sidious had a son, Rey's father.
So it probably happened somewhere during the prequel trilogy.
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