2nd: I think to refers to use of wormhole navigation to reduce the actual distance traversed whilst doing the run. It is a testament to the Millenium Falcon's manipulation of general relativity to warp space time to make the run shorter. At least, that's how I have always reconciled the glaring mistake with my love for the film.
3rd: I'm a bigger loser.
You have no idea. I actually have a 261 page doc containing Pi to 1 million places (I will send you it if you are as big a loser as me.)
Sorry to break this to you but : Star Wars was not real. It was all a bit of a fib.
t..d.. p.p