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Chewbacca - The Kessel Run Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/29/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

"Get in there you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell"
- Han Solo, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope

This cache is one of 13 of a series called the Kessel run. To solve the final puzzle you must find hints hidden in the rest.


Only a scruffy nerfhearder would think these are the correct coordinates.

To find this cache you must solve the following puzzle:

N 52°05.ABC
W 106°36.D+E-(Fx2)

A) What colour are Chewbacca's eyes?

Yellow(A=3)
Brown (A=5)
Black (A=7)
Blue (A=6)

B) Who is the only non-jedi in the original trilogy to use a lightsaber?

Princess Leia (B=7)
Han Solo (B=8)
Chewbacca (B=0)
R2D2(B=6)

C)Threepio often expresses a low opinion of the Wookie, Chewbacca, in "The Empire Strikes Back." Just after Chewie chokes Lando and Threepio apologizes for the Wookie's actions, what insult does the droid say that not only insults Chewbacca, but all Wookies?

"After all, he's only a Wookie." (C=9)
"After all, Wookies are all brawn and no brain." (C=6)
"After all, they have no brains under all that fur." (C=8)
"After all, he's not even human."(C=0)

D) The running time for Star Wars A New Hope.

E) The running time for Star Wars A New Hope Special Edition (1997).


F) How many Academy Award nominations did ANH get in 1977?

Click to verify coordinates

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znl gur Sbepr or jvgu lbh. Naq vzqo.pbz

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)