Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson can always be counted upon to give us his two cents on new sci-fi movies, and now he”s taking to Twitter to tell us his thoughts on “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
This follows Tyson”s recent declaration of which he prefers – the Millennium Falcon or the Starship Enterprise.
Tyson”s tweets about the new “Star Wars” film on Monday were a mix of light-hearted observations and statements about what”s just plain not possible, even in a science fiction world.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Like many viewers, Tyson raised an eyebrow at the sight of Starkiller Base eating a sun:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, if you were to suck all of a star”s energy into your planet, your planet would vaporize.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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He informed us what Earthly food Rey was eating at Maz”s cantina:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, the lead character snacks on what includes Romanescu Broccoli, nature”s only fractal food.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
Never seen Romanescu Broccoli? Fractal Earth food befitting a tale of long ago and far, far away. pic.twitter.com/NZDkWpeqOB
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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We learned that even scientists think droids are cute:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8 is waaaaay cuter than R2D2.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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He took a dig at Stormtroopers:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, the Storm Troopers still run as though they”re carrying a full load of poop in their diapers.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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He pointed out that in space, no one can hear a TIE fighter scream:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens the TIE fighters made exactly the same sound in the vacuum of space as in planetary atmospheres
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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He hailed “Star Wars”” commitment to use of Roman numerals:
With next year”s @SuperBowl 50 the NFL abandons Roman Numerals, leaving @StarWars as the last bastion of this counting system
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
He called “Star Wars” inane when tweeting about Han Solo”s famed Kessel Run, ignoring theories that the use of the unit parsec here means Han is a time traveler:
Unashamed of inanity, #TheForceAwakens repeats the Millennium Falcon boast of completing the Kessel Run in “under 12 parsecs”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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And Tyson had trouble believing a soccer ball-esque droid like BB-8 could travel along the sand:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
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The official “Star Wars” Twitter account responded, showing Tyson that BB-8 can handle himself very well on sand, thankyouverymuch:
@Superdonaldo @neiltyson BB-8 is very much a real robot with puppeteers. There were a few that did different scenes: https://t.co/WRN5DEIUJ7
– Star Wars (@starwars) December 21, 2015
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More “Star Wars” coverage from HitFix:
• Drew McWeeny”s spoiler-free review
• Alan Sepinwall”s review
• Drew McWeeny and Roth Cornet”s spoiler-filled video review
• 7 most progressive moments from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
• J.J. Abrams got his favorite Easter Egg into ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
• 12 baffling questions from ‘The Force Awakens” that ‘Star Wars” TOTALLY plans to answer later
• ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: Who is Supereme Leader Snoke REALLY? [She Said/She Said video]