Watching "Star Wars," one gets the impression that the galaxy in which it takes place is incredibly, incredibly small. Despite there being hundreds of worlds and hundreds of alien species, each planet can be accessed poking around at mere light speed. In our own galaxy, the next star over from Earth — Proxima Centauri — is 4.24 lightyears away. No one in "Star Wars" makes four-year trips. Indeed, in Irvin Kerschner's "The Empire Strikes Back," Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) takes off in a light attack craft to visit Yoda on a distant swamp planet. His trip doesn't seem to have taken more than a day....
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