Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the 'science holes' of the new Star Wars

The new Star Wars has been breaking all box office records and pleasing most audiences and critics so far. However, the analysis from a scientific point of view may not be so positive. the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson angered some fans of the movie saga by tweet comments about “script holes” contained in Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

In @Star Wars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015

The astrophysicist was not afraid of controversy and the first error pointed out fell precisely in the robozinho BB-8. about the small droid, Tyson said: “He is much cuter than R2-D2. It is a metallic sphere that rotates. (https://www.genusinnovation.com) In the sand, he would skid uncontrollably“. Observations continued regarding the ships that “make exactly the same sound in the vacuum of space and within the atmospheres of planets".

In @Star Wars #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

In @Star Wars #TheForceAwakens, the energy in a Star is enough to destroy ten-thousand planets, not just a few here & there.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015

Tyson also touched on another concept impossible to Star Wars, the deadly weapon of star killer. "If you sucked all the energy out of a star for your planet, you would vaporize.“, he explained. "The energy of a star is enough to destroy ten thousand planets, not just a few“, He completed.

This is not the first time that the astrophysicist has commented on films in his Twitter. at the launch of Interstellar, Christopher Nolan, the scientist highly praised the approach to physics in the film. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a well-known figure in digital culture and became famous for presenting the remake from the series Cosmos (available on Netflix), closely following in the footsteps of his guru, Carl Sagan.

In #interstellar: They explore a planet near the Black Hole. Personally, I'd stay as far the hell away from BlackHoles as I can

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014

Despite having upset some fans, it is quite likely that the remarks made by Tyson are not intended to diminish the importance of the film. In a recent interview recorded on the channel National Geographic, the astrophysicist said that more than being faithful to scientific rigors, the films of sci-fi must inspire new generations of scientists and inventors.