OT: Star Wars and parsecs [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:44:05 -0700, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

> Gary Kurtz at SunCon 77 explained that it was a test to see if Obi-Wan
> knew what he was doing; supposedly, Obi-Wan's expression indicated that
> he knew Solo was feeding him shit.

Why the hell would the pilot care whether the passengers knew what a 
parsec was? Did Concorde pilots quiz their passengers what Mach 1 means?

Especially a pirate like Solo, who really only cared about one question: 
"can the passenger pay?".


> I think Lucas didn't have a clue, myself; it's not credible that
> citizens of a starfaring civilization who deliberately set out to hire a
> starship wouldn't know the difference between time and distance. Occam's
> razor says Lucas screwed up and doesn't want to admit it.

For sure.


-- 
Steven