Movie Science: Doing the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs
July 13, 2015
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as posted by the channelIn Star Wars: A New Hope, Han Solo brags that his ship made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs. In this video, I examine that statement in detail using both real-world and FICTIONAL physics!
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