You talking about the “Han was bragging” explanation or the “traveling through a network of black holes and navigating by the shortest route” explanation?
It looks like a small round planetoid without a discernable host planet to be orbiting. That’s the point being made here. Technically, it’s only a moon if there’s a host planet to orbit. Otherwise, it’s some other word.
If there’s any gravity to detect, it would be different depending upon distance from exterior, layout of things like large hangar bays versus densely packed living quarters and heavy bulkheads in security, etc. But artificial gravity presumes the ability to negate the natural gravity distortions.
Depends upon the technology and how it works. Is it a single field source point, or is it something layered within the decks and adjustable at a local room or even panel level? I would surmise the latter, which would allow, for instance, turning it off in one room for zero g combat training (or sex), or changing orientation in different rooms just for grins. Have to be careful with that, though, as someone opens a door and carelessly steps into a room and falls 3 stories because gravity is to the left. Anywhere else I would trust safety interlocks and whatnot to mitigate that, but this is a vehicle with huge gaping chasms spanned by narrow walkways without any railings at all, etc, so I’m not sure I trust their version of OSHA.
Wow, great find. Still doesn’t prove Lucas knew he was abusing the word parsec, but it does lend plausible deniability in that he likely didn’t care, it just increases the obviousness of the misinformation.
It doesn’t look to me like it’s centered at the south pole, more like the lines of force are parallel to the north-south axis. That would support Irishman’s contention that the artificial gravity is applied at individual decks rather than a single point affecting the whole station.
“Gravity plating” was Star Trek’s way to get around why people aren’t floating around the Enterprise (or even inside the little shuttlecrafts). Basically magic floor tiles that produce 1G. Simple. Works best if the Star Wars universe has a similar magic floor tile.
Anti-grav in Star Wars is, apparently, incredible cheap and compact. Compact enough that you can build one into a two-seater groundcar, and cheap enough that even a dirt-poor son (well, nephew) of a moisture farmer can afford one.
I’m guessing artificial gravity is pretty much the same thing as anti gravity.
That is a good find–although the fact that it’s headed “Episode IV” and “A New Hope,” neither of which were even thought of on January 15, 1976, makes me a bit skeptical as to how authentic it is.
I do wonder if “obvious misinformation” means, “That’s not what a parsec is,” or simply “No ship can go that fast; you’re bullshitting me and we both know it.”
To me, Alec Guinness’s eyeroll has always read as not a reaction to a misuse of the word “parsec,” but just as a reaction to hearing a blowhard bragging about his totally bitchin’ ride.
