Ryan Haupt
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Ryan Haupt is an actual scientist and host of the podcast "Science… sort of". Whether in the lab or the real world, he often annoys his friends by getting overly excited about the most recent fan conspiracy theory fixing plot holes in his favorite pieces of nerd culture. He knows a good rum when he sees one, and is on the record as preferring this podcast to his own.
The hosts regularly request Ryan's scientific expertise to explain the idiosyncrasies of the Star Wars universe. Ryan is excellent at taking these idiosyncrasies (which are usually physically impossible and totally unscientific) and explaining them in a way that makes sense and is even plausible. Examples include:
- Explaining the destruction of Alderaan in SWM 57.
- Explaining how The Death Star laser actually generates and applies energy, also in SWM 57.
Rank the Star Wars Movies
Phantom Menace Number
Two or three times in theaters
Web Links
- http://twitter.com/haupt
- http://www.ryanhaupt.com/
- http://www.sciencesortof.com/
- http://livingthescilife.tumblr.com
Appearances
- Star Wars Minute 56: Warning! Death Star In Area!
- Star Wars Minute 57: Five Days' Worth of Sunlight
- Star Wars Minute 58: Two Hundred Hours
- Star Wars Minute 59: Denying the Science
- Star Wars Minute 60: Simple Tricks and Nonsense
- Empire Minute 51: The Stuffy Butler
- Empire Minute 52: Scoundrels
- Empire Minute 53: Asteroid Science
- Empire Minute 54: Emperor Chimp-Eyes
- Empire Minute 55: Pulling Reverse Ozzels
- Jedi Minute 105: Insular Dwarfism
- Phantom Menace Minute 79: Spider Chair
- Star Wars Minute: Weekend Edition 8