(Or in this case, they'll die trying.) His route cuts out nearly 6 parsecs from the journey, going straight past the Maw. The path Han takes to get out is a far more straightforward run directly to Savareen, still through the Maelstrom so the Imperial Forces won't follow.

This is why having 元-37's navigation system was so important to make it through. The Pit's gasses and clusters make it so sensors and pilots both go virtually blind. The path leads around the area known as 'The Maw' (which as viewers learn is a gravity well), through the area of space known as 'The Pit,' an asteroid cluster encased in a nebula arm, which fans see the Falcon take on their way into Kessel. The 18-parsec version of the route is not easy. So what was Han talking about? Was he just snowing Obi-Wan and Luke, thinking them too green to understand the jargon? (No, seriously, this is one of the more popular theories.)Īs for the regular Kessel Run, normal ships who knew the smuggler's path through the Maelstrom regularly run an 18-parsec route, which translates to about 59 lightyears. It's like someone saying 'I made it up the Jersey Turnpike in less than an hour.'*īut 'parsec' is a measure of distance. It sounds like Han is boasting about a unit of time. Scientifically speaking, this line makes no sense. When Han snaps at Obi-Wan his ship, the Millennium Falcon, is famous, he says the following line: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. So what's so controversial about the Kessel Run fans have been debating it for decades? There's a couple of things, but it basically boiled down to the use of the word 'parsec.' Now Solo debunked the Kessel Run theory that has been plaguing fans for 40+ years.

But one detail of Han Solo's life which was never settled: The Kessel Run. Originally, Han Solo's story was revealed in novels and comics which were known as the 'Expanded Universe.' Some of these had been released as far back at 1977 and had been settled fact until Disney erased it all, shifting those writings to the 'Legends' category, in order to clear the decks for their own version. Solo: A Star Wars Story effectively rewrote segments of the Star Wars canon.

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