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Get Over It Geek: Brian Malow on the Bad Science in Star Wars (video, comedy)
December 6th, 2010
My buddy Brian Malow doing a bit on the bad science, specifically the misuse of the term “parsec,” in the movie Star Wars.
I do a version of this rant when I teach intro astronomy, but he’s a little funnier than me. OK, a lot funnier. Definitely worth 3-4 minutes of your time.
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Eh. It’s easily explained by issues of time. The Kessel Run is a time limited race. It makes sense in the context, since the Millenium Falcon is (at least, according to Han Solo) one of the fastest ships in the galaxy.
But you’ve already heard that, I imagine.
Yeah, I have. Retcon all you want, Fan Boys, but George Lucas didn’t know a parsec from his butt in 1977! And he was unlucky enough for Star Wars to become super famous and make billions so everyone would notice! Too bad for him!
All Lucas had to hear about was the Lemans race in Europe. It’s a 24 hour car race – whoever goes the furthest wins. It’s not unbelievable that Lucas had heard of it. However the timepart thing in the book looks very damning along with Lucas’ wall of silence.Maybe we’ll have to wait for a tell all book by him to finally settle the truth.
Alan Dean Foster came up with the time parts thing, not Lucas. I’m just saying.