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Re:My Fully Optimized Life Allows Me Ample Time to Optimize ... by cardiffspaceman on Saturday April 01, 2017 @07:36PM (#14014801)
> it's just fan rationalization

FWIW I had found a source[1] that said George Lucas gave this rationalization on the Blu Ray commentary track. I found it by a search on "12 parsec Kessel run". Is this a retcon-level waving away of a groaner after the fact or what GL was actually thinking when he typed the line?

[1] http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kessel_Run

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Re:My Fully Optimized Life Allows Me Ample Time to Optimize ... by Cpoll on Sunday April 02, 2017 @12:32PM (#14017715)
> Is this a retcon-level waving away of a groaner

That would be my guess, considering that it's a bit too hard-sci-fi of an explanation to fit in with the space opera writing of Star Wars.

It doesn't really matter, I guess, because the commentary would make it canon. Today I leaned; thanks :)

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