I know the movies retconned this badly, but measuring the “speed” of a hyperspace capable ship with distance makes a lot of sense…
At the direct “normal” space distances these ships travel, on conventional drives, going from one galaxy to the next would take more than a human lifetime. The maximum velocity of the ship makes a, well let’s not say negligible, but rather immaterial, difference in the time it takes for the ship to arrive. A hyperspace drive effectively brings two points in space closer together. The “faster” the drive is, the closer it brings those two points, and thus the MF’s impressive run is a measure of distance instead of speed.
I know the movies retconned this badly, but measuring the “speed” of a hyperspace capable ship with distance makes a lot of sense…
At the direct “normal” space distances these ships travel, on conventional drives, going from one galaxy to the next would take more than a human lifetime. The maximum velocity of the ship makes a, well let’s not say negligible, but rather immaterial, difference in the time it takes for the ship to arrive. A hyperspace drive effectively brings two points in space closer together. The “faster” the drive is, the closer it brings those two points, and thus the MF’s impressive run is a measure of distance instead of speed.
I read that as “the mother fucker’s impressive run” and not “the Millenium Falcon’s impressive run”
Why not both?