It bugged me for years that Star Wars would include something as incorrect as using 'parsec' as a unit of time. I tried to rationalize it by imagining that the Kessel run was some sort of shortest-path optimization task, but that was unsatisfactory. However, recently, I read the script for A New Hope, and discovered to my delight something that didn't come across well in the movie itself.
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.
So it wasn't a case of the Star Wars universe getting it wrong, just an uneducated smuggler like Han.
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Except that Han brings it up in the cantina in response to Obi-Wan's question about whether it's a fast ship.
Wookieepedia confirms your explanation of the Kessel run, but that's a retcon that tries to justify Han's statement without taking in context.
Yeah, ever since they saw The Corbomite Maneuver
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