hitchens@ut-sally.UUCP (Ron Hitchens) (12/15/83)
When I saw Star Wars the first time (in '75) I also noticed the parsec slip. I mentioned this to my math teacher (who had already seen it three times), he had an interesting explanantion for the use of distance measurments over velocity. The Milleneum Falcon uses Hyperdrive, faster than light, this type of propulsion naturally works by distorting space to move you from one point to another. This means that the more hyper your drive is, the shorter the apparent distance from A to B. Well, it's an idea anyway. I don't think Lucas and any other scriptwriters involved had such subtleties in mind, more likely it was just a tongue-in-cheek move to see how many people would notice (and how many years later they would still be discussing it). May the Force be with you. Ron Hitchens <I'm pretty sure I've got my death ray in here somewhere>
eich@uiuccsb.UUCP (12/18/83)
#R:ut-sally:-63200:uiuccsb:10100015:000:86 uiuccsb!eich Dec 17 12:52:00 1983 You must've got in line pretty early; Star Wars opened Memorial day weekend in 1977.