Patrick St. Jean wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Joel Schumacher wrote:
> > > > [not parsec - that's a measure of distance, Hans Solo]
> >
> > When asked whether his ship (coincidentally named the "Millenium" Falcon)
> > was fast, Han Solo replied something like "she made the Kessel run in 12
> > parsecs, is that fast enough for you?" Being that:
> > velocity = distance / time
> > Saying it did the Kessel run (a distance) in 12 parsecs, parsecs must
> > be a unit of time. To say parsecs is a distance would be like somebody
> > asking is your car fast? "Well, it made a trip from Dallas to Houston
> > in 240 miles - That fast enough for you?"
>
> Off topic, I know, but I'm going to nit...
>
> In one of the books, they explain that the Kessel run is a test to see the
> volume of space (what a parsec is, it's a cubic light-year) a smuggler
> needs to rendesvous with a bunch of other ships (heading in all different
> directions) to drop off smuggled goods. A fast ship would do it in less
> volume of space...
>
> Ack!
> Pat
>
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Check with the IMDB (www.imbd.com) the internet movie data base. you will find a
reference to that under goofs. You will also find discussion ending in a statement
from George Lucas that may not have been a mistake, yes a parsec is a measurement
of space not time. That was to point out that, "Han didn't always know what he was
talking about".
Morgan Dracos
(Morgan &
Santigo at the movies, Flamebearer)
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