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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bond, James Bond: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [qb] I don't think you can use Empire as any sort of basis of speed, since the Empire chased the Falcon from Hoth to Anoat. Unless you are suggesting that they chased the ship for weeks. Never mind the fact that the Falcon went from Hoth to Anoat to Bespin without the aid of a hyperdrive. And regarding Han's comments about ".5 past lightspeed", I'd really take anything he was saying with a pinch of salt, considering the "Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs" comment. (And yes, I know the novelists and whatnot have gone to great lengths to explain that. But I prefer the simplest explanation - that he was bullshitting.) Even if we assume that he meant it could outrun cruisers in normal space, it doesn't put in too good a showing when chased by SD in ANH and Empire, does it? [QUOTE]Originally posted by Bond, James Bond: [qb] At the end of The Empire Strikes Back, they show the Falcon rendezvousing with the Rebel fleet way off the ecliptic of the galaxy. It must still be in the galaxy because Vader says "What of the reports of the Rebel fleet massing at Sollust?". Maybe Sollust is way off the ecliptic.[/qb][/QUOTE]How do we know that the Rebel Fleet was at Sollust at the end of Empire? They had ages to fly somewhere else. Never mind that the "fleet" consisted of one frigate, a handful of fighters, and some transports. A pretty piss poor fleet by any stretch of the imagination. And I really, really, really hope you're not trying to explain that galaxy model we see at the end of Empire. Because there's no way at all they could be THAT far out from the galaxy and still be seeing stars. Never mind the fact that the Falcon appears to fly [i]behind[/i] the galaxy-like object. [/qb][/QUOTE]You gave 3 examples in this post alone stating how Lucas is an idiot in regards to interstellar travel yet somehow I'm in the wrong for claiming that he intended the big "galaxy model" (even you called it that) at the end of The Empire Strikes Back to actually be the galaxy? Maybe, just maybe, he screwed the pooch on this one? Just a thought. Maybe they aren't at Sollust since they did have plenty of time to go elsewhere, but I distinctly got the impression at the end of Empire that that is supposed to be the galaxy. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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