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May. 27th, 2008 10:02 pmWell, to kick off the summer (since yesterday was Memorial Day) I've decided to bring One Path off of hiatus. Aruna concurs, which is a very good thing in my opinion, since I have about 20 new finished chapters and 20 other pages of material that will make it into later chapters. I'll be posting at least a chapter or two this evening, but first some notes and announcements.
I know it has been a while, and we apologize for the wait. Aruna7 and I both experienced internet troubles in the past few months, which made it difficult for me to take the various plot threads in my brain or on paper and organize them into chapters. I have also been spending a great deal of time and effort on my original series right now, so One Path has been written in spurts between other work, but not in any coherent order.
Much of the material I will be posting in this upcoming bunch of chapters has been partially written before now and had to be revamped, rearranged, and expanded upon to include other developments. I find it disconcerting for things to be endlessly edited and added to after posting, so I make a concerted effort to arrive at what we both consider the best, most inclusive and well thought out version of a sequence of events before sharing it online. We do not think that there are any discrepancies, but if something is off, please feel free to offer concrit.
We received some anonymous feedback a while ago in regard to the famous “Kessel Run in less than twelve parecs” line from ANH but I didn’t have a chance to respond. The reader writes:
I'm sure you've gotten this before, but I should explain what they mean by 12 parsecs. Kessel is surrounded by black holes (I'm sure you know this). What he's talking about is the route he took was so short, it's implying that it was very quick. No other ship would have had the power to cut the corner that close to the black holes.
We’re both aware that the scene has been retconned in the EU, however the choice to have Ani and Luke interpret the line as an attempt on Han’s part to mislead the Kenobis was intentional.
While we both respect the work of the EU writers, Aruna and I have somewhat different views on how much of the EU we regard as “canonical” in the sense that the EU explanation of an event is the only possibility and therefore needs to be strictly adhered to in One Path. This was a compromise between our two viewpoints. Our scene doesn’t address whether or not Han DID shave physical distance off the run by bringing the ship closer to The Maw. So, he very well may have done that if readers wish to interpret it that way. The Kenobi boys have no way of knowing about that. We don’t find it very likely that Han would offer an explanation to potential passengers while sitting in the cantina, and Chewie would think it was funny when someone was unimpressed with Han regardless of the situation.
There were several other attempts at “explaining” the line before it reached the EU and as an author I feel that the most likely one—that Han was bragging to impress people he perceived as ignorant—is supported by the original script and the camera work in the film which cuts back to Obi Wan’s expression:
HAN It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!
Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation.
The ANH novelization doesn’t use the word parsec at all, but rather Han says “standard time units,” so since the EU seems to be contradicting itself on the matter of exactly what the line refers to, I chose to use the source that made the most sense within the context of the story. Aruna fully supported my choice, and this scene was the result.
As always, we welcome and appreciate reader feedback, and we’d like to reassure everyone that very little happens in One Path without a great deal of thought and consideration of character motivations and canon material. This will be added to the main notes section, but I also wanted to post it here for the benefit of readers who may not see that.
I know it has been a while, and we apologize for the wait. Aruna7 and I both experienced internet troubles in the past few months, which made it difficult for me to take the various plot threads in my brain or on paper and organize them into chapters. I have also been spending a great deal of time and effort on my original series right now, so One Path has been written in spurts between other work, but not in any coherent order.
Much of the material I will be posting in this upcoming bunch of chapters has been partially written before now and had to be revamped, rearranged, and expanded upon to include other developments. I find it disconcerting for things to be endlessly edited and added to after posting, so I make a concerted effort to arrive at what we both consider the best, most inclusive and well thought out version of a sequence of events before sharing it online. We do not think that there are any discrepancies, but if something is off, please feel free to offer concrit.
We received some anonymous feedback a while ago in regard to the famous “Kessel Run in less than twelve parecs” line from ANH but I didn’t have a chance to respond. The reader writes:
I'm sure you've gotten this before, but I should explain what they mean by 12 parsecs. Kessel is surrounded by black holes (I'm sure you know this). What he's talking about is the route he took was so short, it's implying that it was very quick. No other ship would have had the power to cut the corner that close to the black holes.
We’re both aware that the scene has been retconned in the EU, however the choice to have Ani and Luke interpret the line as an attempt on Han’s part to mislead the Kenobis was intentional.
While we both respect the work of the EU writers, Aruna and I have somewhat different views on how much of the EU we regard as “canonical” in the sense that the EU explanation of an event is the only possibility and therefore needs to be strictly adhered to in One Path. This was a compromise between our two viewpoints. Our scene doesn’t address whether or not Han DID shave physical distance off the run by bringing the ship closer to The Maw. So, he very well may have done that if readers wish to interpret it that way. The Kenobi boys have no way of knowing about that. We don’t find it very likely that Han would offer an explanation to potential passengers while sitting in the cantina, and Chewie would think it was funny when someone was unimpressed with Han regardless of the situation.
There were several other attempts at “explaining” the line before it reached the EU and as an author I feel that the most likely one—that Han was bragging to impress people he perceived as ignorant—is supported by the original script and the camera work in the film which cuts back to Obi Wan’s expression:
HAN It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs!
Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation.
The ANH novelization doesn’t use the word parsec at all, but rather Han says “standard time units,” so since the EU seems to be contradicting itself on the matter of exactly what the line refers to, I chose to use the source that made the most sense within the context of the story. Aruna fully supported my choice, and this scene was the result.
As always, we welcome and appreciate reader feedback, and we’d like to reassure everyone that very little happens in One Path without a great deal of thought and consideration of character motivations and canon material. This will be added to the main notes section, but I also wanted to post it here for the benefit of readers who may not see that.
