Talk:890: Etymology - Revision history

Ncpenguin at 01:45, 24 May 2022

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172.68.58.53 at 18:28, 15 November 2018

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Elaverick: Explanation of why the Falcon is the fastest ship in the galaxy (TLDR; it isn't)

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Explanation of why the Falcon is the fastest ship in the galaxy (TLDR; it isn't)

162.158.69.100 at 17:39, 24 October 2016

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162.158.69.100 at 17:38, 24 October 2016

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108.162.221.246 at 22:08, 22 April 2015

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Tryc at 16:45, 23 July 2013

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184.66.160.91 at 19:21, 16 July 2013

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	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)		Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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		+	:Honestly, I have to laugh (not at you), as your explanation is very much correct, but the whole situation is ridiculous. What started as a throw-away one-liner brag that seemingly misused an astronomical term has turned into a minor point of debate that was eventually resolved by a film centered around that one line.[[User:Ncpenguin\|Ncpenguin]] ([[User talk:Ncpenguin\|talk]]) 01:45, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

	This same sort of thing also comes up when you think about the names of many rebel/alliance fighters. The Star Wars universe does not use our alphabet. You can probably justify the X-wing since an X is a pretty common symbol outside of being a letter, but one must wonder about all those other letter-wings, like the Y, A, B, H, etc. Fighters shaped after letters that don't seem to exist in Star Wars. {{unsigned ip\|172.68.58.53}}		This same sort of thing also comes up when you think about the names of many rebel/alliance fighters. The Star Wars universe does not use our alphabet. You can probably justify the X-wing since an X is a pretty common symbol outside of being a letter, but one must wonder about all those other letter-wings, like the Y, A, B, H, etc. Fighters shaped after letters that don't seem to exist in Star Wars. {{unsigned ip\|172.68.58.53}}

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 The same place as the Falcon....  gambling with people like Lando?  (Also Falconry, by whatever name, was practiced in Mesopotamia and by the Bedouin in arguably at least partially desert-planet-like areas.  It's quite possible that the ancestral 'Falcons' or equivalent translator-microbe-referenced creatures originated ''on'' Tatooine.  A long, long time later, in a galaxy (and planet) much, much less far away (basically, here... and now) our Earth falcons are at least one branch of descendents.)  Now, no doubts "Millenium" refers to the Imperial (previously Republican) standard years, but it begs the question of what the length and nature of the Tattooine 'year' is, given it's a binary-star orbitter, eh? ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 16:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
+:I think you meant to say; "<i>raises</i> the question" :P [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 10:01, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 He won the ship from Lando, that guy owned his own city. Military ships carry much more equipment and are less manoeuvrable. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 :Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability.  If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car.  The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.

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	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)		Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

−	This same sort of thing also comes up when you think about the names of many rebel/alliance fighters. The Star Wars universe does not use our alphabet. You can probably justify the X-wing since an X is a pretty common symbol outside of being a letter, but one must wonder about all those other letter-wings, like the Y, A, B, H, etc. Fighters shaped after letters that don't seem to exist in Star Wars.	+	This same sort of thing also comes up when you think about the names of many rebel/alliance fighters. The Star Wars universe does not use our alphabet. You can probably justify the X-wing since an X is a pretty common symbol outside of being a letter, but one must wonder about all those other letter-wings, like the Y, A, B, H, etc. Fighters shaped after letters that don't seem to exist in Star Wars. {{unsigned ip\|172.68.58.53}}

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	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)		Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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		+	This same sort of thing also comes up when you think about the names of many rebel/alliance fighters. The Star Wars universe does not use our alphabet. You can probably justify the X-wing since an X is a pretty common symbol outside of being a letter, but one must wonder about all those other letter-wings, like the Y, A, B, H, etc. Fighters shaped after letters that don't seem to exist in Star Wars.

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 :Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability.  If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car.  The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.
 : Oh, and I think Lando did not yet run Cloud City when Han won the Falcon from him.  I recall Han being surprised to find out Lando had won Cloud City, in The Empire Strikes Back. [[User:Tryc|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc|talk]]) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim."  And Luke replies, "What's a duck?"  In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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	In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246\|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)		In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246\|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

−	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ~~[i]~~distance~~[/i]~~ possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)	+	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest ''distance'' possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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	In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246\|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)		In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246\|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs actually makes sense. The Kessel Run is a run that travels near a black hole, as well as multiple drops into and out of light speed. Therefore, the shorter the distance it took for a pilot to make the run, the faster the ship was (to negate the gravitational pull of the black hole) and the better the pilot was (to be able to maneuver the ship more tightly). So the Kessel Run was actually a race to do it in the shortest [i]distance[/i] possible, not the shortest time. 24 October 2016 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 17:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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	:Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability. If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car. The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.		:Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability. If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car. The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.
	: Oh, and I think Lando did not yet run Cloud City when Han won the Falcon from him. I recall Han being surprised to find out Lando had won Cloud City, in The Empire Strikes Back. [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)		: Oh, and I think Lando did not yet run Cloud City when Han won the Falcon from him. I recall Han being surprised to find out Lando had won Cloud City, in The Empire Strikes Back. [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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		+	In George Lucas' novelization of the first movie (which I have heard was ghosted by Alan Dean Foster), Obi-Wan remarks to Luke that "Even a duck must be taught how to swim." And Luke replies, "What's a duck?" In another place, Luke was thinking "about a dog he had once owned" right before another event (I believe it was a ship going into hyperspace). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.246\|108.162.221.246]] 22:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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	He won the ship from Lando, that guy owned his own city. Military ships carry much more equipment and are less manoeuvrable. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)		He won the ship from Lando, that guy owned his own city. Military ships carry much more equipment and are less manoeuvrable. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
		+	:Plus, most commercial and government ships have extra equipment for safety and reliability. If you take a car, strip everything out of it, and put a nitrous oxide injection system in it, it will be faster than any cop car. The cop car will be able to withstand an accident much better (they are often rated for 70-mph rear-end collisions) and will typically start every time the key is turned.
		+	: Oh, and I think Lando did not yet run Cloud City when Han won the Falcon from him. I recall Han being surprised to find out Lando had won Cloud City, in The Empire Strikes Back. [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

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	The same place as the Falcon.... gambling with people like Lando? (Also Falconry, by whatever name, was practiced in Mesopotamia and by the Bedouin in arguably at least partially desert-planet-like areas. It's quite possible that the ancestral 'Falcons' or equivalent translator-microbe-referenced creatures originated ''on'' Tatooine. A long, long time later, in a galaxy (and planet) much, much less far away (basically, here... and now) our Earth falcons are at least one branch of descendents.) Now, no doubts "Millenium" refers to the Imperial (previously Republican) standard years, but it begs the question of what the length and nature of the Tattooine 'year' is, given it's a binary-star orbitter, eh? ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144\|178.99.81.144]] 16:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)		The same place as the Falcon.... gambling with people like Lando? (Also Falconry, by whatever name, was practiced in Mesopotamia and by the Bedouin in arguably at least partially desert-planet-like areas. It's quite possible that the ancestral 'Falcons' or equivalent translator-microbe-referenced creatures originated ''on'' Tatooine. A long, long time later, in a galaxy (and planet) much, much less far away (basically, here... and now) our Earth falcons are at least one branch of descendents.) Now, no doubts "Millenium" refers to the Imperial (previously Republican) standard years, but it begs the question of what the length and nature of the Tattooine 'year' is, given it's a binary-star orbitter, eh? ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144\|178.99.81.144]] 16:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
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		+	He won the ship from Lando, that guy owned his own city. Military ships carry much more equipment and are less manoeuvrable. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)