-On [20080207 22:09], Reedick, Andrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Errr... didn't one of the novels explain it away by describing the >kessel run as a region of space warped by black holes or other objects? >Bragging rights for crossing such a field thus centered on shortest >distance instead of time.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kessel_Run Han Solo claimed that his Millennium Falcon "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." The parsec is a unit of distance, not time. Solo was not referring directly to his ship's speed when he made this claim. Instead, he was referring to the shorter route he was able to travel by skirting the nearby Maw black hole cluster, thus making the run in under the standard distance. However, parsec relates to time in that a shorter distance equals a shorter time at the same speed. By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs. In the A New Hope novelization, Han says "standard time units" rather than "parsecs". Therefore, the reduced distance of Solo's Kessel Run is most likely a retcon to explain George Lucas's confusion of time and distance units. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ A place for everything, and everything in its place... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
