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Old 10-20-07 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lamalex
Maybe he didn't mean it as time, maybe it's just a non-sequitur from the question of it being fast. I've never done the kessel run, but he could have meant that he made it through the whole thing in less than 2 parsecs, which is difficult because usually there's lots of avoiding of asteroids and such to do which increases distance significantly, so by doing it in such a short distance (relatively), he showed that he's a great pilot and the falcons agility/nimbleness.

just an idea, although, probably, it's just an error in the writing.
Refers to a distortion of space time in a gravity well, shortening both apparent distance and time.
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