[[Image:Kessel run.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Han Solo]] sets a new record for the Kessel Run.]]
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The '''Kessel Run''' was a route used by smugglers to move [[glitterstim]] [[spice]] from [[Kessel]] to an area south of the [[Si'Klaata Cluster]]. [[Han Solo]] claimed that his ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve [[parsec]]s".
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The parsec is a unit of distance. Solo was not referring directly to hisship's speed when he made this claim. In fact, he was referringto the shorter route hewasable to travel by skirting the nearby [[The Maw|Maw]] [[black hole]] cluster,thusmakingtheruninunder the standarddistance.However,parsecrelatestotimeinthatashorterdistanceequalsashortertime(accordingtothe relativty theory time can be mesured with the sameunitsaslengthbecausetimeisjustthe 4th space dimension).
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The '''KesselRun''' was an18-parsec route usedby[[smuggler]]s to move [[glitterstim]] [[spice]] from[[Kessel]]toanareasouthof the [[Si'KlaataCluster]]withoutgettingcaughtbythe[[Empire|Imperial]]shipsguardingthemovementofspicefromKessel'smines.Worldsalong the KesselRunincluded[[Fwillsving]],[[Randa]],[[Rion]],andpossibly[[Zerm]].
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It took travellers in real space around [[The Maw]] leading them to an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called [[The Pit]] which was an asteroid cluster enceased in a nebula arm making sensors as well as pilots go virtually blind. Thus there was a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, would crash into an asteroid.
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[[Han Solo]] claimed that his ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve [[parsec]]s."
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The parsec is 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 [[The Maw|Maw]] [[black hole]] cluster, thus making the run in under the standard distance. However, parsec relates to time in that a shorter distance equals a shorter time at the same speed. By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs. The smuggler, [[BoShek]], actually beat Solo's record in his ship, <i>[[Infinity]]</i>, but without cargo to weigh him down.
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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In the [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''A New Hope'' novelization]], Han says "standard time units" rather than "parsecs".
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In the [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''A New Hope'' novelization]], Han says "standard time units" rather than "parsecs". Therefore, the Kessel Run is most likely a [[retcon]] to explain [[George Lucas]]'s confusion of time and distance units.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novel)]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Droids: The Kalarba Adventures]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Droids: The Kalarba Adventures]]'' {{mo}}
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*''[[The Hutt Gambit]]''
*''[[Rebel Dawn]]''
*''[[Rebel Dawn]]''
*''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' {{1stm}}
It took travellers in real space around The Maw leading them to an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called The Pit which was an asteroid cluster enceased in a nebula arm making sensors as well as pilots go virtually blind. Thus there was a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, would crash into an asteroid.
Han Solo claimed that his Millennium Falcon "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs."
The parsec is 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 Mawblack hole cluster, thus making the run in under the standard distance. However, parsec relates to time in that a shorter distance equals a shorter time at the same speed. By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs. The smuggler, BoShek, actually beat Solo's record in his ship, Infinity, but without cargo to weigh him down.
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Behind the scenes
In the A New Hope novelization, Han says "standard time units" rather than "parsecs". Therefore, the Kessel Run is most likely a retcon to explain George Lucas's confusion of time and distance units.
