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. > > 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.
Indeed, that is precisely what I would have said. Any after-the-fact explanation of why the error was present (but not corrected or pointed out in the movie) is just so much rationalization. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 18 N 121 57 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis So little time, so little to do. -- Oscar Levant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
