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The effects in all the movies back this up. Ships entering or exiting hyperspace don't just pop in and out (from a third person viewpoint) but actually shoot o
by Jaruzel 8y ago
The effects in all the movies back this up. Ships entering or exiting hyperspace don't just pop in and out (from a third person viewpoint) but actually shoot off or slam in very very quickly. Which infers there's ramp up and down sub-light speeds at each end of the hyperspace journey.
likewise, in the cockpit of the Falcon, you see the star trails extend as she makes the makes the jump to lightspeed, before the hyperspace tunnel effect kicks in.
As I'm typing this, I'm now actually wondering how 'lightspeed == hyperspace' in the SW universe?
- gaius 8y agoI'm now actually wondering how 'lightspeed == hyperspace' in the SW universe? “Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy.” — Han Solo The terms seem to be used interchangeably.
- glaurung_ 8y agoComplete speculation here, but this is my guess: Once accelerated to/past light speed it is possible to "make the jump to hyperspace" which is like going through some sort of wormhole. This allows a ship to travel from point to point without traversing the space between. Maybe something like taking a straight line instead of following the curvature of space time (yes I know, a bunch of dead physicists just rolled over). This is how, if you don't think too hard, it makes sense that Han says he "made the Kessel run in 12 (13) parsecs," using a measure of distance, rather than speed/time to make his claim. Presumably all long distance space travel is done at roughly the speed of light, so what makes a difference is not how fast you go, but how much of a short cut you manage to make through hyperspace. Feel free to rip this to shreds:)