![]() Solo has solved a problem with the Kessel Run: because space is unimaginably big and the Millennium Falcon is insignificant by comparison, the chances of a small ship colliding with celestial objects such as asteroids is low (probably near zero). As crime lord Dryden Vos says, to deliver the coaxium in time, "You'd need an incredibly fast ship and a brilliant pilot." ![]() That cargo is kept cool in canisters and must reach a refinery before it gets too warm and explodes. In the film, Han and crew don't smuggle spice, but a raw material for hyperspace fuel called ' coaxium', which is stored in vaults under the mines. The Millennium Falcon jumps to hyperspace in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' LucasfilmĪccording to the new canon revealed in Solo, the Kessel Run is normally 20 parsecs long and the mines are now controlled by an organization of drug dealers, the Pyke Syndicate. The multi-holed Maw from the Legends continuity became obsolete. Only the main movies (episodes I to IX) and TV series like Clone Wars and Rebels survived Disney's purge. One upshot of this strategy is it turns Han Solo into a time traveller.īut after the Star Wars franchise was sold to Disney, almost everything from the Expanded Universe was erased from the official canon and became part of an alternate 'Legends' timeline. ![]() That's possible thanks to a trick of Einstein's general theory of relativity, as the enormous mass of black holes cause spacetime to bend so that, between any two points, a ship would follow a curved path. This would typically take 18 parsecs - to avoid falling into the Maw's gravity wells - but with a sturdy ship like the Millennium Falcon and a daring captain like Han, a smuggler could skirt close to the edges of the Maw and cut the distance down to 12 parsecs. Taking certain interstellar roads reduces the risk of being caught red-handed by an Imperial patrol.Īccording to Star Wars: The Essential Atlas and the Solo novels, the road to Kessel involved navigating a cluster of black holes known as 'the Maw'. The Kessel Run is a route used by smugglers to transport an illicit substance called 'spice' from mines on the planet Kessel through a region of space belonging to the Galactic Empire. Han says 12, and Chewie protests and Han shakes his hand back and forth and says “Not if you round down.The Millenium Falcon above the planet Kessel in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Lucasfilm At least, that’s what it sounds like if you pay attention to the exchange between Chewie and Han toward the end of the movie. ![]() And, the Falcon makes the Kessel Run in 13 parsecs. Second, Han instructs Beckett to pop a drop of raw hyperspace fuel into the engine, which will give the Falcon an extra boost.Īll in all, this explanation is totally feels like some Star Trek-level technobabble, but it all works out just great. Because she’s an awesome and advanced droid, 元 is able to plot a shorter - and more dangerous - course through the maw. Han decides they’re going to take a route that is much less safe, which is only possible for two reasons.įirst, at this point, the Falcon is actually being piloted by Han, but navigated by the brain of 元-37. Lando says that the Kessel Run takes “20 parsecs” but he’s talking about the safe route. In the movie, we learn that “the Kessel Run” just means navigating a spaceship through a series of crazy gravity wells, while trying to avoid space-bourn monsters lurking in the routes that aren’t designated as safe. In Solo, after years of confusion, we finally learn why Han boasted about a measurement of distance rather than time to complete a trip through outer space. Spoilers head for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Was it 12 parsecs or 13? Turns out Rey was probably right and Han is lying…a little bit. That’s right, Solo has retroactively validated Rey’s confusion about the Millennium Falcon’s Kessel Run record. One of the funniest moments in Solo: A Star Wars Story also foreshadows a funny moment in The Force Awakens.
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