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From: stan@teltone.UUCP
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Subject: Re: "Parsec" as a unit of time
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 12:16:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  2 12:16:32 1983
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In the Star Wars book written by George Lucas, the term parsec is not
used.  (I believe the writing of the book preceded the making of the
movie, though maybe the book was published after the movie.)
The exact term I don't remember, but it was something like 'Time Units'
(no b.s. here).

My point is that the use of parsec was probably the result of the
script writer(s) wanting to make the dialog more colorful, and so the
writer(s) just pulled some astronomy term out of a hat and used it.
To a layman, 'parsec' does seem to be a term involving time units.

So don't direct to much antagonism at George Lucas for this boner.
By the way, for a big Star Wars fan the book might be worth reading.
I believe the original script is based on the book, and also all the
original filming was also, but some of it was lost during editing.
Those who listened to the Star Wars radio series will find that the
content of that series and the book are almost identical (and also
gives a slightly more complete story than the movie).