Solo: A Star Wars Story - 10 Questions We Still Have

5. Will The "12 Parsecs" Problem Be Fixed?

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It's already known that Solo will feature Han's famous Kessel Run in some form, but will it also resolve the almost equally (in)famous nitpick, that Han's claim of competing the job in "less than 12 parsecs" makes no sense.

A parsec is a measurement of distance rather than time, causing Han's comment to wring false with fans with too much time on their hands for almost half-a-century. Will Solo finally rectify this scripting error, or at least explain it away?

Prediction: Given that Rogue One addressed the much whined-about Death Star exhaust port "plot hole", it would make a lot of sense for Solo to fix this long-standing niggle.

It's far more likely the movie will just make a joke about it and move on, though, because it's easy enough to explain Han's slip-up as a brain fart above all else.

If it flat-out isn't referenced at all, though, that would be pretty surprising.

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