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.
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. Metta, Ivan On Feb 7, 2008 1:05 PM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-02-06, Gary Duzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 2008-02-06, Reedick, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> One demerit has been marked against your geek card for missing > >>> an obvious science pun. Additionally, your membership to the > >>> Star Trek Lifestyle Adventure Club has been put on > >>> probationary status for the next twelve parsecs. > >> > >>Ouch. Two demerits for using the distance unit "parsec" in a > >>context where a quantity of time was required. > > > > No demerits for Andrew; it is a Star Wars reference, which is > > quite on topic for this subthread. > > > > http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kessel_Run > > Silly me. > > I wonder if George Lucas intended it as a joke or if he thought > a parsec was a unit of time. > > -- > Grant Edwards grante Yow! Clear the laundromat!! > at This whirl-o-matic just had > visi.com a nuclear meltdown!! > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
