dumac Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 how long does it take. i don't think they are going the speed of light just warping space and time so it should be pretty quick.
Boba Rhett Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 They're going out of normal space and going into hyperspace which I guess you can get around a lot faster in.
dumac Posted January 26, 2005 Author Posted January 26, 2005 Originally posted by Boba Rhett They're going out of normal space and going into hyperspace which I guess you can get around a lot faster in. so its like a different dimension or something? i always thought it was a wormhole or something
stingerhs Posted January 26, 2005 Posted January 26, 2005 well, if i got things straight, they still have to steer around planets and stars and the like, but i think that has to do more with gravity than actually running into a large hunk of rock or a large hunk of fusion reactions at faster than light. that still means that hyperspace still interacts with whatever dimension star wars is based in, though. anyways, i don't have much knowledge of star wars outside of a few novels, games, and the movies, so don't hold me to that.
dumac Posted January 26, 2005 Author Posted January 26, 2005 thats why they don't jump hyperspace when they are in an asteroid field. so who knows what it is and how do you steer something going the speed of light and what if an object floats in the way do you get blasted into little hyper pieces
stingerhs Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 actually, they don't make the jump in an asteroid field because they are still in "normal" space while they are accellerating into hyperspace. they could easily hit something during the accelleration phase that way.
Prime Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Hyperspace is a parallel dimension where mass in our dimension projects "shadows". Distances in our universe can be covered more quickly by travelling through it, although the mass shadows in hyperspace must be taken into consideration when travelling through it. Thus the need to plot a course. Hyperdrives are rated on a class system where there is a time multiplier (x1, x2, and so on) to discribe how long it takes to get from A to B. Apparently there is a standard time required to travel a certain distance. A x1 hyperdrive can travel from A to B in the standard time. A x2 hyperdrive would take twice as long. When Han says, "she'll make .5 past lightspeed," he is refering to the fact that the Falcon has a class x0.5 hyperdrive, which is one of the fastest possible and highly illegal. So, the Falcon can get from A to B in half the time it would for a x1 hyperdrive. Thus the claim that it is the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. Hyperspace is also the place where us fanboys and geeks hang out.
Shok_Tinoktin Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 its not just that the Falcon moves faster through hyperspace, it is more the fact that it is capable of doing better calculations, and thus plotting a much shorter course. Hence the reason he bragged about how many parsecs he made the Kessel run in, rather than the number of hours or whatever time unit.
stingerhs Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 thanx for clearing things up prime. now for all those that aren't familer with sci-fi stuff to start posting questions.
dumac Posted January 27, 2005 Author Posted January 27, 2005 Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin its not just that the Falcon moves faster through hyperspace, it is more the fact that it is capable of doing better calculations, and thus plotting a much shorter course. Hence the reason he bragged about how many parsecs he made the Kessel run in, rather than the number of hours or whatever time unit. why haven't i realised any of this. btw what is the ebon hawks hyperspace class
Shok_Tinoktin Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Originally posted by dumac why haven't i realised any of this. I think GL talks about it on the OT DVD.
Xenocidal Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Any1 notice how if you went faster than the speed of light you would A) transform into ether (curtesy of Albert Einsteins TOR) and B) if you crashed into a speck of dust there would be a neat little hole in the ship.
Guest Saturnine Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin I think GL talks about it on the OT DVD. What is OT DVD?
deathdisco Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 OT = original trilogy (Episodes IV-V-VI)
Guest Saturnine Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Well, actually it's not the original trilogy that is on DVD, but anywayyyy, I just realized that I have missed quite alot of stuff on bonus disc.
JediConsularAD Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 you get a 2h 30m long documentary about star wars on the bonus dvd
deathdisco Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Originally posted by Saturnine Well, actually it's not the original trilogy that is on DVD, but anywayyyy, I just realized that I have missed quite alot of stuff on bonus disc. Unfortunately that's probably the only version of that trilogy we will ever get on DVD:mad: Not that I mind what has been changed too much but I'd still buy an "untouched" version on DVD.
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