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    Their speeds are portrayed inconsistently, for sure. But the writers always seem to have at least one eye on the worldbuilding aspects, especially in later episodes.
    – Valorum
    Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 12:20
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    The trope is "Early Installment Weirdness. Some can forgive and others cannot. True fans accept that it's not real and that mistakes sometimes happen.
    – Valorum
    Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 13:25
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    The Millennium Falcon travels at .5 past the Speed Of Plot.
    – Ber
    Commented Mar 24, 2017 at 5:09
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    This answer is extremely unconstructive, and this kind of dismissive logic can be applied to most questions on this site, but should not. If there are inconsistencies in the source material they should be cited. Normally the author plays with distance, not speed
    – Andrey
    Commented Mar 24, 2017 at 18:48
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    This should be the accepted answer. Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 11:15