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To: T.B. Yoits

“You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.” – Han Solo


27 posted on 04/09/2026 9:05:51 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

“Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, boy.” - Han Solo


28 posted on 04/09/2026 9:08:33 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I still can’t quite understand why, of the millions of words out there, they decided to use “parsecs?”

A parsec is a unit of distance.

So they could have said “It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 miles.”


32 posted on 04/09/2026 9:14:01 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: T.B. Yoits

Elvis would have been a great Han Solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zo5Osn-_4


46 posted on 04/09/2026 9:47:28 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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