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The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast
Those epic battle scenes in space are awesome—and physically impossible. But hey, it’s more fun this way!
The sound of that massive Star Destroyer reminds us of a big ocean vessel passing close by—something we can relate to. If you watch the battle over the Death Star, those TIE fighters and X-wings are zipping around like it’s a WW II dogfight. Well, Mars is much farther away, so information traveling at the speed of light can take up to 20 minutes to arrive, depending on the positions of the planets.
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