Who would win in an 800 between Luke Skywalker and Han Solo

We are such a bunch or runner nerds! Love it.

What kind of footwear are we talking? Han favored a taller leather boot (not much traction) while luke seemed to favor a more minimalist type of soft footwear... probably better for racing.

Luke. Han has a lot of city miles on him.

Pre-Jedi training, I go with Luke because he is younger and fitter. Han spends all day sitting on his butt flying the Millennium Falcon or hanging out in bars. Luke is out working on a farm and getting fit.

Post-Jedi training, there's no question that it's Luke. The Force plainly makes him quicker than any normal person.

rosebyanothername wrote:

.sheldon. wrote:

Parsec is distance, not time!

Right but the fact that he made it in such a short trip is due to the fact that he was so fast and maneuverable.

No he made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs because he lied on the spot. So Solo is equivalent to your average LR poster-14:10 5k, 150 IQ, $250,000 salary. In reality he runs 19 minute 5ks which probably puts his 800 time around 2:40.

this is fricking amazing.

carry on

Luke for sure. For arguments sake Mark Hamill is 5'9" and was a 29" waist at the time of Star Wars. Any runner would be jealous of that frame. Except for the poster trying to talk about being 170 as a good thing.

Am so low wrote:Chewbacca versus Yoda?

Yoda would let the Wookie win. Its not wise to upset a Wookie. Wookies are known to pull the arms out of their opponent's sockets when they lose.

You guys are way off the ball here. Luke is a jedi night, he knows all too well that fear and hate lead to the dark side of the Force. Han Solo has no such concerns. He is able to run the 800 properly (on pure hate) and dominate.

Reggi Nytrid wrote:

Luke could beat him while doing flips and carrying Yoda on his back. He does crossfit.

You are a lousy racist sir. Someone please read this man's name backwards.

You were fooled. He's a dirty lib who wants lr to look bad. Just read his posts elsewhere.

Now you start to like him, eh?

How would the force impact his leg speed? Or is the force only good for leg velocity?

This is the right answer.

i've never seen any of the star wars movies but the answer is simple, like fueledbyhate said.

who ever can run with more hate would easily win.

+3

The Guru Matt James wrote:

You guys are way off the ball here. Luke is a jedi night, he knows all too well that fear and hate lead to the dark side of the Force. Han Solo has no such concerns. He is able to run the 800 properly (on pure hate) and dominate.

Cool, so Luke gets third place and Han Solo gets second. At 6'5" 145 pounds (that is literally on wikipedia) Jar Jar Binks, running on pure stupidity and totally oblivious to hate, would easily post up for the win. He would likely sound like Ryan Hall fused with Metta World Peace in the post race interview, proclaiming "Meesa humble servant of God, praise be to him".

brogan1 wrote:

Am so low wrote:Chewbacca versus Yoda?

Yoda would let the Wookie win. Its not wise to upset a Wookie. Wookies are known to pull the arms out of their opponent's sockets when they lose.

In general good advice, but Yoda is the light-sabre GOAT - I'm not sure he'd be that worried about Chewie.

So, Han in Return of the Jedi for sure. Han had the advantage of recently eing busted out of carbonite, which acted as a PED. Carbonite activates fast twitch muscles and invigorates the body. He was also training with his strike force team, which required a ton of cardio. Luke was bogged down by his hot sister and Vader's force. I just don't think he could focus on an 800.

I'd like to see Calrissian and Fett in the decathlon. I'd lean towards Calrissian due to his raw athleticism, but Fett was wily and probably in decent shape from crusing around in all the crap on his uniform, especially the jet pack (which would not be allowed for the competition).

Han has regularly done 100 lightyears per week at high altitude and at his best vacuous effort. All he needs to bust Luke's tiny a$$ is a hill phase and a speed phase.

C3PO would be a mean race walker. He'd be the only guy out there not cheating.