Yes. It was a stupid thing the old EU did to retcon what was much more naturally (and at least one marked-up copy of the script says so) a shady smuggler trying to get one over on what he presumed were a couple of rubes. The old EU was infamous for taking every line completely seriously, turning every idle turn of phrase into a galaxy-wide convention, and ascribing galactic importance to every extra or creature that anyone noticed.
The fact that Solo doubled down on it was a mistake.
I thought it was because Obi-Wan knew Han was boasting about a supposed lie about the Falcon, not that he was trying to lie about what a parsec was.
You would think Luke would also know what a parsec was during that scene as he’s a pilot. That seems like it would be more basic knowledge there than it would be here on Earth.
My gut still tells me Lucas didn’t know or care. The novelization back in the day says “standard time units” instead of parsecs… which would indicate it was an error in the script.
Yes. It was a stupid thing the old EU did to retcon what was much more naturally (and at least one marked-up copy of the script says so) a shady smuggler trying to get one over on what he presumed were a couple of rubes. The old EU was infamous for taking every line completely seriously, turning every idle turn of phrase into a galaxy-wide convention, and ascribing galactic importance to every extra or creature that anyone noticed.
The fact that Solo doubled down on it was a mistake.
You can even see Obi-Wan give Han a kind of, “What do you think we are, idiots?” look after he says the line,
I thought it was because Obi-Wan knew Han was boasting about a supposed lie about the Falcon, not that he was trying to lie about what a parsec was.
You would think Luke would also know what a parsec was during that scene as he’s a pilot. That seems like it would be more basic knowledge there than it would be here on Earth.
My gut still tells me Lucas didn’t know or care. The novelization back in the day says “standard time units” instead of parsecs… which would indicate it was an error in the script.
its funny how “never tell me the odds” turned into all corellians hating odds
yet han solo also calls lukes death star shot “one in a million”