Units of distance erroneously mentioned as units of time by Han Solo

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Han Solo was a notorious smuggler traveling the stars in his trusty spaceship, the Millennium Falcon. During one of his many space adventures, Han had to quickly navigate through a treacherous asteroid field to avoid capture by enemy ships.

To impress his passengers, Han boasted about the Falcon’s incredible speed, claiming that he completed the dangerous journey in only 12 parsecs. However, the passengers were confused because a parsec is a unit of distance, not time.

When Han realized his mistake, he tried to cover it up by explaining that he had used a shortcut that made the journey shorter, hence the measurement in parsecs. Though Han’s explanation wasn’t entirely accurate, the term “parsecs” soon became a part of popular culture as a unit of time.

Thus, the clue “Units of distance erroneously mentioned as units of time by Han Solo” refers to Han’s mistake and the answer, “PARSECS”, is the answer to the crossword clue, representing the distance Han Solo traveled through the asteroid field.