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Millennium Falcon Bed May Not Look Like Much, But She's Got It Where It Counts
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Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson 12/16/09

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hey now, it takes me WAY longer than 12 parsecs! Reply

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Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055 12/14/09

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...once again, io9ers, you prove to me that, if I take a nap, there are no comments left to say.

TEACHES ME TO SLEEP
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Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven 12/14/09

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Wow, baby. Did millions of voices cry out in pleasure for you, too? Reply

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Image of atrus123 atrus123 12/14/09

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Reading through all the comments, I must say, I'm impressed with just how many Star Wars euphemisms for sex (aka: hide the Wookie) you all have come up with. Reply

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Image of JrsyDevil's Advocate® JrsyDevil's Advocate® 12/14/09

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This was also featured on Gizmodo and for those of you who don't venture over to that sister-site often I would like to share this stellar comment with you from weatherman:

"The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction..."
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Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle 12/14/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Star Wars Kama Sutra. The best book never written. Reply
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Image of PBV PBV 12/14/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: That's impossible, even for a computer. Reply
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Image of Anekanta - Fedaykin Anekanta - Fedaykin 12/14/09

@PBV: Sometimes, you just have to turn off your computer and feel the force! oh yeah... Reply

Image of etho etho 12/14/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®:

Oh my god now I will never be able to see that scene without thinking of anal sex. You are a horrible person. Also, thank you, that is awesome.
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Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon 12/14/09

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: That's the line that launched a thousand Solo/Skywalker fan fics. Reply

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Makes perfect sense. Millennium Falcon was said to have been inspired by a burger and an olive. Reply

Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@Pessimippopotamus: I was thinking a six-pack and some bong hits, but yeah. Reply

Image of Pessimippopotamus lost another star at a Gawker blog that he doesn't comment in Pessimippopotamus lost another star at a Gawker blog that he doesn't comment in 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: Who's to say that it wasn't all of the above? Reply

Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@Pessimippopotamus:
YODA: Duuude, your hand did you ever really look at?
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Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: they call em fingers but i've never seen em fing Reply

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Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer 12/14/09

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Did someone win this in a card game? Reply

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Image of Shiryu Shiryu 12/14/09

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Those are definitely the droids I'm looking for. Reply

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Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate 12/14/09

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Hopefully, the sexy time comments will be more like:

"You know, sometimes I amaze even myself."

Rather than:

"What an incredible smell you’ve discovered!"

Or

"Had a slight weapons malfunction, but everything's perfectly alright now. We're fine, we're all fine, here, now, thank you. How are you?"
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Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@ManchuCandidate: I would just like to mention at this time that I am exceedingly scruffy looking. Reply

Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: But do you herd nerfs? Reply

Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus 12/14/09

@ManchuCandidate: "Sister! So, you've got a twin sister!"

"I'm afraid our furry companion has gone and done something... rather rash."

"Back door, huh?"
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Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Nerfs, legos, weebles, furbys; I'll herd anything. I'm a freak like that and you love it. Reply

Image of PistachioWildebeest PistachioWildebeest 12/14/09

@ManchuCandidate:

"Look at the size of that thing!"

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."

"Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?"

"Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?"
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Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate 12/14/09

@PistachioWildebeest:
"Look at the size of that thing!"

Hopefully they'll say it with awe instead of laughter.
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Image of Chimaera Chimaera 12/14/09

@ManchuCandidate: "The hyperdrive motivator has been knocked out. It's impossible to go to lightspeed!"

"They told me they fixed it! I trusted them! It's NOT MY FAULT!"

"Great, kid. Don't get cocky. "
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Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon 12/14/09

@Chimaera: "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

"It didn't go in. It just impacted on the surface."
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Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

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I'm not going to be that guy and point out that a parsec is a unit of distance not time (although it really is). I'm more interested in what exactly the Kessel Run is.

I notice that we have a few io9ers who attend North Carolina State University (Go, Wolfpack!), where Dr. Kessel is the co-director of the Creative Writing program. Have any of you fine upstanding students actually seen John Kessel run? Is he especially quick and nimble? Or perhaps the Kessel Run involves an elaborate and bizarre gait not unlike those employed by the Ministry of Silly Walks.

We at io9 demand answers.
Let the Truth about the Kessel Run finally be revealed!

#johnkesselrun
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Edited by Grey_Area at 12/14/09 10:29 AM

Image of k386 k386 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: While I agree that a parsec is a unit of distance, and that line has always annoyed me, there are situations in which it makes sense.

Such as navigating around a gravitational anomaly, where it would be bragging rights to shave off the distance travelled. Buzzing the event horizon.. hot shit
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Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: Be not afraid, for lo, I have the answers!

In one of the many, many EU books it is revealed that the Kessel Run is a planet with lots of black holes nearby. The faster the ship, the closer you can go to the black holes and the shorter the trip is.

Thus, 12 parsecs = really really close to the black holes.
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Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@k386: It could mean flying in a very challenging configuration --like backwards with the cargo bay open and the pilot dancing on the hull in an EVA suit. Try doing that for 372 trillion km.

Yeah, "Ghost Fiding the Falcon"... I like that.
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Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: See, but that's boring.
Just like a bunch of black holes to suck the fun out of everything.
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Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles 12/14/09

@Grey_Area: Stupid black holes. They ruin EVERYTHING. What have they done for me lately, besides hold the universe together? Reply

Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area 12/14/09

Still waiting to hear about John Kessel's long-distance running ability.

This just in: Jon Courtenay Grimwood has won the Silver for Shot Put in the Pan Asian Games. Next up, it's off to New Zealand for Charles Stross and David D. Levine in the 200m Hurdles.
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Image of TemporalOutLaw TemporalOutLaw 12/14/09

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I dont't mean to sound forward, but does it come with the Hoth Leia?

What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?
-the Emperor from Robot Chicken
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Image of allium allium 12/14/09

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So it wasn't enough that Darth Vader built C-3PO and Chewbacca saved Yoda. Now Jar-Jar is riding around in the Millennium Falcon with what appears to be Paddington Bear after a facelift.

Does everybody have to know everybody?
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Image of aubreyf aubreyf 12/14/09

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Also, -1 for allowing Jar Jar anywhere near the cockpit. Reply

Image of cletar cletar 12/14/09

@aubreyf: no, no, it's ok. it's moments before angry Han throws him out the airlock. Reply

Image of aubreyf aubreyf 12/14/09

@cletar: "Get off my freighter!" *shove* Reply

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Image of Barnabus Barnabus 12/14/09

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Needs more Mynocks.

Also, the bed is cool, but the real achievement here is finding a girl willing to dress up as Hoth Leia.
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Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo 12/14/09

@Barnabus: Probably easier than finding one to dress up as slave Leia. Reply

Image of evildead1971 evildead1971 12/14/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: @Barnabus: getting a girl to dress like hoth leia, bonus. getting a girl to dress like slave leia, bonus... in my pants Reply

Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer 12/14/09

@evildead1971: That's the dude's sister. Reply

Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole 12/14/09

@Barnabus: Hah kind of a sexism fail here. As far as I can tell the Hoth Leia is the creator of the bed Kayla Kromer. Not some woman that the creator, which you seem to assume is a guy, found to pose as a garnish. Reply

Image of Chimaera Chimaera 12/14/09

@IraeNicole: Reply

Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon 12/14/09

@Barnabus: I always wanted to dress as Hoth Leia, but I could never get my hair long enough. :( Reply

Image of Barnabus Barnabus 12/14/09

@IraeNicole: Yep, ya got me. I never imagined anyone who designed a Millennium Falcon bed, let alone one with a built-in sheath for a keyboard, could be (male OR female) as attractive as Hoth Leia there. You can add stereotyping of Star Wars fans to my list of infractions.

I'm off to comb the Sweet-Tarts out of my beard and think about what I've done.
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Image of evildead1971 evildead1971 12/14/09

@Hamslicer: in a galaxy far far away, they never heard of incest Reply

Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer 12/14/09

@evildead1971: Rebel Scum. Reply

Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer 12/14/09

@IraeNicole: Barnabus didn't say guy or girl. Hah! (even though I did. -admits sheepishly-) Reply

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Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles 12/14/09

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I think the important questions here are unanswered.

Questions like "is that microsuede on the body?" and "how much did it cost to build?" and "will it fit in my bedroom?"
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Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon 12/14/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: You can buy a (king size) round memory foam mattress and box-spring set for around $4,000 and for a few hundred more get a round bed spread/sheet set and hand paint the Millennium Falcon on it.

Why, yes, I would really like one too.
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Image of Belabras Belabras 12/14/09

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That's no moon baby! Reply

Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer 12/14/09

@Belabras: That's a thermal exhaust port. Reply

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Image of aubreyf aubreyf 12/14/09

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More like parsex, amirite? Reply

Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner 12/14/09

@aubreyf: you are delightful. Reply

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Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex 12/14/09

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One case where finishing in 12 parsecs is a bad thing.

(I'm sorry I had to.)
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Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb 12/14/09

@EdificeComplex: You know, the thing that always annoyed me was that parsec is a measure of distance, not of time.

Of course, there's a canonical explanation for that.

[starwars.wikia.com]
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Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo 12/14/09

@Aurangzeb: If by "canonical explanation" you mean "pseudo-scientific retcon to cover our ignorance" then yes, I agree. There is an explanation. Reply

Image of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb 12/14/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: That's exactly what I meant! Well said, Doc. Reply

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