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By Citizen Reporter

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Myth Busters take on Star Wars

This Sunday's episode of Mythbusters (Discovery Channel, DStv channel 121, 6.35pm), Adam and Jamie attempt to separate physics from fiction in a Star Wars-themed episode.


By contriving to separate physics from fiction in Star Wars: Revenge Of The Myth the Mythbusters hosts answer a number of difficult questions. Could Luke really have swung across a huge chasm on the end of a rope while holding Princess Leia and trying to escape Stormtroopers?

Could Hans’ ingenuity in stuffing Luke inside a Tauntaun have saved him from the bitterly cold and deadly elements of Hoth? And could the primitive weapons of the Ewoks realistically take down some of Darth Vader’s most sophisticated weapons?

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