On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:44:05 -0700, Ivan Van Laningham wrote: > Gary Kurtz at SunCon 77 explained that it was a test to see if Obi-Wan > knew what he was doing; supposedly, Obi-Wan's expression indicated that > he knew Solo was feeding him shit.
Why the hell would the pilot care whether the passengers knew what a parsec was? Did Concorde pilots quiz their passengers what Mach 1 means? Especially a pirate like Solo, who really only cared about one question: "can the passenger pay?". > I think Lucas didn't have a clue, myself; it's not credible that > citizens of a starfaring civilization who deliberately set out to hire a > starship wouldn't know the difference between time and distance. Occam's > razor says Lucas screwed up and doesn't want to admit it. For sure. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
