He was the best strapilot in the galaxy

I hope they make it believable though...not like the trade federation space battle in Ep 1

well we definately see how good he is in ANH. Of all the fighters Vader engaged, I think Luke was the only survivor

vader just made it look easy

Is it just me, or does it seem like Han isn't so special with his piloting...Yeah, they say its hard to go through an asteroid field...but look at how well Obi-Wan did when he was being shot at with missiles and blaster fire and seismic charges, while having to dodge the blown off rock pieces in Episode II...and he HATES flying!

yeah, but han doesnt have to use the force.

thus, he rules

Eh screw Han. He's a cool guy but I bet Anakin could make the Kessel Run in waaay less than 12 parsecs...whatever that means.

yeah...i thought a parsec was a unit of measurement for distance and not speed. so how is that impressive?

if thats true...thats like saying "havent you heard of my car? its the car that made it to the supermarket in under 3 miles"....hmmm

just thinking of padme saying that geonisis is "less than a parsec away"

i find it confusing...

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Originally posted by PVS
yeah...i thought a parsec was a unit of measurement for distance and not speed. so how is that impressive?

if thats true...thats like saying "havent you heard of my car? its the car that made it to the supermarket in under 3 miles"....hmmm

just thinking of padme saying that geonisis is "less than a parsec away"

i find it confusing...

Yeah, if a parsec is measurement, it must be a stupid race. "Get to this point, but we won't tell you how, just get there. We'll judge it by the distance you took, not the time."

Now...although I don't read the books, ever, have never read a Star Wars book and most likely never will...I heard something about the Kessel Run being where you go as close to a black hole or something as you can without bailing out or getting sucked in...so it would make sense if Han made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, saying that the ship is fast enough to elude even the pull from a black hole, and that he's a skilled pilot enough to be able to fly out of that...but idk what the real canon says on the subject. All I know is that its a cool line lol

12 parsec,s was how far from the maw he was. very close to the event horizon of the black hole cluster. any closer and you will be sucked in and crushed. No Fate is correct it does denote a a measurable amount ofspeed to be able to break free from the gravitational pull of the Maw.

In retrospect I must retract my last reply because upon a closer boservation of the question I realized a mistake in my thinking.

To make the Kessel run one would normaly fly well outside the gravitational pull of the Maw which would increase the distance trveled greatly. Han skirted the edge of the maw so closely that he made the run in less distance than anyone before. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line........ This then does denote a measure of speed to be able break free from the Maw.

okay I agree with everyone on that one for now may force be with you.

well nonetheless the spelling mistake 😄

i am expecting a series of dogfights so long that should redeem kenobi's statement. Or at least a major dog fight; and who knows maybe the dooku vs. anakin duel will climax with a dogfight in outer space after they test eachother once again on the lightsaber.

All that violence. What can't we all just get along. 😉

Originally posted by queeq
All that violence. What can't we all just get along. 😉

because what was once good must become evil.........

Oh?

Ive heard that Solo had a smile 12 Parsecs wide, so I would say its a measure of distance 🙂

Originally posted by PVS

if thats true...thats like saying "havent you heard of my car? its the car that made it to the supermarket in under 3 miles"....hmmm

LMAO!!

Parsec is a time unit. Depends which one though, an old debate. Is Solo talking about the Standard Parsec or the Correllian Parsec?

and are you referring to an african swallow or a european swallow?