Summary

  • Star Wars is full of futuristic references, space travel, and science concepts
  • Many of these references are purely fictional, such as the sound of spaceship engines in space or laser beams from blasters
  • Sound cannot travel through space because there is no medium to transmit it; in space, there is essentially a vacuum or void with very little particles or matter, unlike air on Earth
  • Lightsabers are also impossible as the laser beam would be invisible and travel at the speed of light, and thus audiences wouldn’t be able to see it; also, lasers cannot be shot at someone and miss, as the light beam would disperse upon impact, meaning a combat situation involving lasers would be impossible
  • Finally, faster-than-light communication is untrue in the Star Wars universe;

By Rhett Allain

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