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Make-A-Wish Builds A Millennium Falcon Fort For Boy

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-fast-enough-for-you-old-man dept.

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a production crew from Little Mountain Productions, a 9-year-old is getting the best fort ever. The crew is making him a Star Wars-themed fort with a gigantic Millennium Falcon with solar-powered LED interior and exterior lighting to sit on top. No word on how fast it can make the Kessel run, but lets hope the kid gets a long trip.

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  1. Overheard in the background... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a piece of junk!

  2. Re:Parsecs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Corrected? The movie says what it says, there's no "correcting" to be done. Han's bragging line is what people call "techno-babble". Neither of the sequels make any explanation of this bit of techno-babble, nor do they need to, any more than someone would need to explain what a "hydrospanner" is.

    Techno-babble permits inane crap to help move the story from one plot point to the next. When done well, it works like this:
    Brandon's Mom: Where are you going with those fireworks?
    Brandon: Well, the Protector got super-accelerated coming out of the black hole, and it, like, nailed the atmosphere at Mach 15, which, you guys know, is pretty unstable, obviously, so we're gonna help Laredo guide it on the vox ultra-frequency carrier and use Roman candles for visual confirmation.