I didn’t know what a parsec even was, the first dozen times I saw A New Hope. Even now, I’m happy to let the line slide, although it does make me laugh. Not because of the line itself, but the fact that Lucas got caught with his pants down, and instead of laughing it off he and other writers bent over backwards to insist that he didn’t make a mistake.
My favorite part of a movie is the part where you have to read a wiki and listen to a commentary so that one slightly questionable line makes sense.
It doesn’t have to make sense, you could just treat it as technobabble and enjoy the rest of the movie without worries.
Right! He’s either [wiki explanation], or he’s trying to impress a naïve farm boy with bullshit.
I didn’t know what a parsec even was, the first dozen times I saw A New Hope. Even now, I’m happy to let the line slide, although it does make me laugh. Not because of the line itself, but the fact that Lucas got caught with his pants down, and instead of laughing it off he and other writers bent over backwards to insist that he didn’t make a mistake.
It’s fine George! Nobody’s perfect!