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Dont think so, empire always was on the cutting edge... see
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Never understood that one. A parsec is a unit of distance, not time. I think Han was just BS-ing his way through the interview. Luke was naive enough to fall for that but Obi Wan should have called him on it.


"The Kessel Run was one of the most heavily-used routes in the Galactic Empire. Han Solo claimed that his Millennium Falcon "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs". A parsec was a unit of distance, not time. Solo was not referring directly to his ship's speed when he made this claim. Instead, he was referring to the shorter route he was able to travel by skirting the nearby Maw black hole cluster, thus making the run in under the standard distance. By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs."

- Kessel Run - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Hmm.. kind of makes sense?
 
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"The Kessel Run was one of the most heavily-used routes in the Galactic Empire. Han Solo claimed that his Millennium Falcon "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs". A parsec was a unit of distance, not time. Solo was not referring directly to his ship's speed when he made this claim. Instead, he was referring to the shorter route he was able to travel by skirting the nearby Maw black hole cluster, thus making the run in under the standard distance. By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs."

- Kessel Run - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Hmm.. kind of makes sense?

Actually he never finished the run as he dumped his load of spice when the imperial ship chased him. So he didn't do the run and why jabba put the bounty on his head. Even though it was jabba that informed the imperials of the shipment.

If i remember Lucas was asked why he used parsecs and he said because it sounded cool to say.
 
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