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Millennium Falcon

The Millennium Falcon is a fictional starship in the Star Wars franchise. Designed by Joe Johnston for the movie Star Wars (1977),[a] it has subsequently appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Additionally, the Falcon appears in a variety of Star Wars spin-off works, including books, comics, and games; James Luceno's novel Millennium Falcon focuses on the titular ship.[1] It also appears in the 2014 animated film The Lego Movie in Lego form.

This article is about the space vehicle used in Star Wars. For the 2008 novel, see Millennium Falcon (novel).

Millennium Falcon

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

George Lucas

Joe Johnston

Corellian Engineering Corporation

  • YT Dart spacetug (under Lando)
  • Five Model CEC Class-1s escape pods

YT-1300F light freighter / smuggling ship

  • 2x Arakyd Tomral RM-76 heavy laser cannons (under Lando)
  • 2× CEC AG2G quad-bolt cannons (ventral and dorsal)
  • 8× Arakyd ST2 concussion missile racks
  • BlasTech Ax-108 "Ground Buzzer" blaster cannon
  • Tractor beam projectors

  • Duralloy plating
  • 1× ray shield generators (stern)
    • Torplex deflector shield projector
    • Nordoxicon Unlimited Anti-concussion field generator
  • 1× force shield generators (bow)
    • Novaldex stasis-type shield generator
    • Kuat Drive Yards deflector shield projector
  • Signal jammer
  • Carbanti 29L electromagnetic countermeasures package

  • 1050 km/h (652 mph; maximum earth-like atmospheric speed)
  • 75 MGLT (megalight per hour; subluminal speed)
  • 0.5 HCR Blackmarket Drive (hyperdrive class rating; superluminal speed)
  • 10.0 HCR Stock Back-up Drive

  • Sublight engine thrusters (10×)
  • 60 degree turn rate per second (atmospheric)
  • 90 degree roll rate per second (atmospheric)

  • Girodyne SRB42 sublight engines
  • Rippinnium Quadex Power Core (subluminal)
  • Class 0.5 Coaxium Isu-Sim SSP05 Hyperdrive (superluminal)

34.75 metres (114.0 ft)

7.8 metres (26 ft)

  • 2 pilot/co-pilot
  • 2 gunners
  • 6-30 passengers (modular configuration)
  • 100 metric tons cargo

The ship, a YT-1300 Corellian light freighter, is primarily commanded by smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca, and was previously owned by gambler/con-artist Lando Calrissian. Solo: A Star Wars Story depicts the ship as being co-piloted by, and later integrated with, Calrissian's droid L3-37. Described as being one of the fastest vessels in the Star Wars canon, the Falcon looks worn-out but despite its humble origins and shabby exterior, the Millennium Falcon has played a critical role in some of the greatest victories of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic.

Prior to A New Hope, the Falcon was in the possession of Lando Calrissian. He lost it to Han Solo in payment of a gambling debt. This is depicted in Solo: A Star Wars Story, as well as the integration of Lando's droid L3-37 with the ship's computer.

After Solo's capture by the Empire in The Empire Strikes Back, Lando, Chewbacca, and Leia take possession of the Falcon.

During Return of the Jedi, Solo leaves Tatooine aboard the Millennium Falcon, and on arrival at the rendezvous for the Rebel fleet he lends the Falcon to Calrissian, who pilots it during the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the second .

Death Star

After the events of Return of the Jedi, the Falcon is stolen from Solo, ending up on the planet Jakku under the ownership of a scrap dealer, , 30 years after the Battle of Endor. In The Force Awakens, Rey and Finn commandeer the ship to escape the planet, only to be found by Solo and Chewbacca, who immediately reclaim the ship.

Unkar Plutt

After the death of Solo, Rey pilots the Falcon, with Chewbacca as her co-pilot. The novelization of The Force Awakens states that Chewbacca willingly abdicates captaincy of the Falcon to Rey.

After the events of The Last Jedi, the ship becomes the for the remaining members of the Resistance.

base of operations

After the events of The Rise of Skywalker the Falcon is again piloted by Lando Calrissian with .

Chewbacca

Theme park attractions[edit]

On May 31, 2019, a full sized replica of the Falcon was opened to the public along with the rest of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, along with a flight simulator attraction, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, in which riders take control of the Falcon from inside its cockpit. An identical version of the attraction opened on August 29, 2019, at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

List of Star Wars spacecraft

in the StarWars.com Databank

Millennium Falcon

on YouTube — Making of the Millennium Falcon, Millennium Falcon and Asteroids, Tour The Millennium Falcon with Donald Glover

Star Wars's channel

on YouTube - Creating Lando's Millennium Falcon for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Behind the Magic of the Kessel Run

ILMVFX's channel

on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki

Millennium Falcon

: information for model builders

Millennium Falcon Notes

: a thought experiment

How Fast is the Millennium Falcon?