P3 4 How Fast Is Hyperdrive?

Authors

  • Tobias Miller University of Leicester
  • Forseti Astrophel University of Leicester
  • Orlagh Simpson University of Leicester
  • Eliza Rodgers University of Leicester

Abstract

In Star Wars: A New Hope, The Millennium Falcon is seen engaging hyperdrive and travelling at superluminal speed, causing the stars in the sky to stretch into long streaks. In this paper, we investigate the speed necessary to see such stretching, and calculate that the Millenium Falcon was travelling at over 1.5 times the speed of light, confirming that the motion was superluminal.

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Published

15-12-2023

How to Cite

Miller, T., Astrophel, F., Simpson, O., & Rodgers, E. (2023). P3 4 How Fast Is Hyperdrive?. Physics Special Topics, 22(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/4502

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2023): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles