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why this was in alt.traditional.witchcraft i have no idea, but...
someone posted an explanation for why, in Star Wars, Han Solo talks about being able to do the Kessel run in "less than 12 parsecs". a parsec is indeed a measure of distance, not of time. but the explanation they gave was that that system or area included a number of black holes. thus, in being closer to or farther from them, it would be possible to do the same "run" in a shorter or longer net distance (like adding up zig-zag segments), and what Han was saying was that his ship and he as a pilot were bad-ass enough to be able to shave it really close.
is this actually canon, or is this some kind of made-up explanation to account for what was just an incorrect use of an astronomical term?
someone posted an explanation for why, in Star Wars, Han Solo talks about being able to do the Kessel run in "less than 12 parsecs". a parsec is indeed a measure of distance, not of time. but the explanation they gave was that that system or area included a number of black holes. thus, in being closer to or farther from them, it would be possible to do the same "run" in a shorter or longer net distance (like adding up zig-zag segments), and what Han was saying was that his ship and he as a pilot were bad-ass enough to be able to shave it really close.
is this actually canon, or is this some kind of made-up explanation to account for what was just an incorrect use of an astronomical term?
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Date: Jun. 14th, 2003 02:43 pm (UTC)From:there is hella shit in space, and none of it you want to hit while in hyperspace as you tend to go away if you do
usually you plot a course so that you easily avoid these objects, but it will take you longer, both in time and distance, but if you wanna be badass, or not enough rations, you can try to plot a more straight course, narrowly missing stuff, but shaving time and distance
but you gotta be sure in your calculations, or you may go splat, or end up somewhere completely different
:)