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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Dec 2015

    Unashamed of inanity, #TheForceAwakens repeats the Millennium Falcon boast of completing the Kessel Run in "under 12 parsecs"

    10:55 AM - 21 Dec 2015
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      2. Disciple - Gaming Curios‏ @DiscipleGames 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson they went so fast they decreased the fundamental distance of the Kessel Run

        4 replies 4 retweets 61 likes
      3. Disciple - Gaming Curios‏ @DiscipleGames 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @DiscipleGames

        .@neiltyson it's all... relative?

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      2. on my world we say good journey‏ @chochacho 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson It was explained as a shortcut through a black hole cluster.

        3 replies 2 retweets 73 likes
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      1. Kyle Jack‏ @kylejack 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Words change. Parsecs had a different meaning a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

        0 replies 3 retweets 44 likes
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      1. Bower Power‏ @So_Truculent 21 Dec 2015
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        @neiltyson I bet they didn't even build a functioning x-wing for the movie either

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      2. Alex Kantrowitz‏Verified account @Kantrowitz 21 Dec 2015
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        @neiltyson unfollow

        4 replies 3 retweets 57 likes
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      2. г๏๒єгՇ๏ คɭรเภค‏ @ralsina 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson standard explanation is that it was a contest of precision navigation, not speed.

        1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. Brian Malow‏ @sciencecomedian 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ralsina

        @ralsina @neiltyson But the conversation is about whether it's a fast ship. Not a great navigator. :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. г๏๒єгՇ๏ คɭรเภค‏ @ralsina 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sciencecomedian

        @sciencecomedian @neiltyson and Han Solo is a conman, so he would happily change subject to suit himself :-)

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Dieghoul‏ @Monodi 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I’m sure they are doing this just to upset you now.

        0 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
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      2. Dave Wiskus‏Verified account @dwiskus 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson The Kessel Run is clearly explained in the EU as being an obstacle course I mean come on maybe pick up a book once in a while.

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Tom "Tom" Harrington‏ @atomicbird 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @dwiskus

        @dwiskus @neiltyson EU? I didn't know the Kessel run was different in Europe.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. The Right Honorable Jay Robert Graves Jr. Esquire.‏ @skabber 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @atomicbird

        @atomicbird @dwiskus @neiltyson are Parsecs metric or standard?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Ben Chatelain‏ @phatblat 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @skabber

        @skabber @atomicbird @dwiskus @neiltyson IMPERIAL!!!

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. Dave Hogg‏Verified account @stareagle 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson That's been explained 100 times - he took a dangerous shortcut. Are you actively *trying* to alienate people?

        2 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
      3. Tremendously big and tremendously wet‏ @Robbie_gr 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @stareagle

        @Stareagle @neiltyson looks like you're wrong Davepic.twitter.com/URrZhxkaXE

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Dave Hogg‏Verified account @stareagle 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Robbie_gr

        @Robbie_gr @neiltyson Is that the actual script?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Tremendously big and tremendously wet‏ @Robbie_gr 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @stareagle

        @Stareagle @neiltyson yes http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dave Hogg‏Verified account @stareagle 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Robbie_gr

        @Robbie_gr @neiltyson OK. So they've known the correct science all along, and it was Han BS'ing. Why would he have stopped doing it?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Tremendously big and tremendously wet‏ @Robbie_gr 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @stareagle

        @Stareagle @neiltyson stopped what? BSing? That whole scene is him being a hotshot trying to sell his services.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Dave Hogg‏Verified account @stareagle 21 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Robbie_gr

        @Robbie_gr @neiltyson Stopping being a hotshot who exaggerates his accomplishments. If it has become a legend, he's not going to stop it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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