The burning question of our time.

[Sylass]

I had to google "Tony Stark" because I had no idea who he might be.
Well, I googled...and voted for Han Solo 3 seconds later.

[Lothlanathorian]

It still makes sense, Kessel is surrounded (and I'm going completely by memory here) by lots of black holes (The Maw?) and as such cutting as close as possible to shave down the distance required during the Kessel run would indeed let Solo boast about doing it in under '12 parsecs'.

It's like me saying 'I got to Tesco and back and only did 6 miles'.

Making it make sense 20 years later doesn't count

[Burnthem]

To be fair I'm pretty sure Lucas got it wrong, but inadvertently also got it right.

[Freak Ona Leash]

Making it make sense 20 years later doesn't count

You just described the vast majority of Star Wars background ever.

[Lothlanathorian]

You just described the vast majority of Star Wars background ever.

Oh, I know...I know

[Freak Ona Leash]

Oh, I know...I know

Whenever anyone complains about Black Library background, or the quality of their literature, I just think "Let me sing to you the song of my people"...I mean, "Just look at Star Wars or something, mang..."