Talk:Star Swirl the Bearded/@comment-25590302-20141028040156/@comment-10390252-20141028093422

The movie is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt (in arguably his best ever role) and Cate Blanchett. This film is actually based on the back-story of Myrrdin Emrys (Merlin Ambrosius), the wizard of the Arthurian legends, which is about a thousand years older.

That said, Star Swirl is a ponyfied Merlin and probably has lots of Dumbledore and Gandalf in his too. In all probability, he's a standard model Inconceivably Ancient Wise Wizard who has had his hand... er... hoof in every major event of Equestrian history from before the beginning.

I'll say this much - It would not surprise me in the slightest if he is involved in current events in Equestria. Being older even than the Princesses, I have no doubt his magic is strong and subtle enough to hide even from them as long as he wishes to.