What is a Parsec and What does it mean to make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs

In Star Wars A New Hope, Han Solo brags that the Millennium Falcon can do the Kessel Run in only 12 Parsecs. Naturally everyone assumed a Parsec was a measurement of Time. But it’s actually a measurement of distance. In fact a Parsec was originally designed by astronomers to measure the distance of stars from our Sun and indicates the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond. This comes out to about 3.26 light years. So when Han brags that the Falcon can do the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs, he’s actually saying that the Falcon only has to travel 39 light years compared to other who have to travel 59 light years or 18 Parsecs. This was made possible due to the navigational charts downloaded from L3-37 when it died on Kessel. So in fact, Han Solo is actually bragging about the quality of his navigational charts. How about that?

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