Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets about scientific accuracy in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

Noted astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has some thoughts about the scientific accuracy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. On Monday, Tyson tweeted his observations about the latest galactic flick and how its elements compare to real science, from the functionality (and cuteness) of BB-8 to the actual power of a star's energy. [seealso slug="neil-degrasse-tyson-movie-fact-checks"] Here's some of his brainy analysis.

In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015

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

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

In @StarWars #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

This is not the first time Tyson has tweeted about a movie's scientific accuracy. In the past, he's analyzed Gravity and Interstellar. The ritual has become part of his pop cultural shtick -- despite some eye-rolling responses from users on Twitter who view his tweets as a total buzzkill.

hi im neil degrasse tyson and look. it's not real. i'm sorry. your dogs not real. trees, you couldn't actually climb them. air travel. not r
— Jack (@notquitereal) December 21, 2015

But Tyson doesn't care. As he told National Geographic in November, some people do, in fact, watch science fiction movies "for the science," and those fans can end up getting "ideas about how to invent tomorrow" from the flicks. [wp_scm_comment]