| “ | You came with that thing? You are braver than I thought. | „ |
| ~ Leia to Han Solo in Star Wars. |
| “ | What a piece of junk! | „ |
| ~ Luke upon seeing Millenium Falcon in Star Wars. |
The Millennium Falcon, originally designated YT 492727ZED and formerly known as the Stellar Envoy, was a Corellian YT-1300f light freighter most famously used by the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, during and following the Galactic Civil War.
During the Falcon's time in the possession of the smuggler Lando Calrissian, it accumulated numerous modifications in the name of convenience and luxury, including painted exterior paneling and a large escape pod. However, during Han Solo's infamous record-breaking Kessel Run, in which he piloted the freighter for the first time, many of these additions were destroyed or lost, leaving the ship battered by the time Han won it from Calrissian shortly afterwards in a game of sabacc. Its aged appearance still belied numerous advanced modifications to boost the ship's speed, weapons, and shields, including a hyperdrive engine among the fastest in the entire galaxy, enabling it to outrun Imperial Star Destroyers. It also included sensor-proof smuggling compartments, which were used during the rescue of Princess Leia Organa in 0 BBY to evade Imperial stormtroopers. Afterwards, the Millennium Falcon saw further action when Han chose to join the Rebel Alliance during the Battle of Yavin, where it was able to sneak up and fire on Darth Vader's TIE Advanced, allowing Luke Skywalker to fire the proton torpedo that destroyed the Death Star.
After Han was captured on Bespin, Lando took command of the Falcon once more to search for him. In 4 ABY, following Han's rescue, Calrissian flew the ship at the Battle of Endor, where it entered the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and aided in its destruction from within. Over the next decades, the ship fell out of Han's hands and was stolen by a succession of criminals and thieves, ending up in the ownership of the trader Unkar Plutt on Jakku, a remote world in the Western Reaches. The Falcon was eventually stolen by the Force-sensitive scavenger Rey, the former First Order stormtrooper Finn, and the Resistance droid BB-8 to escape the forces of the First Order in 34 ABY. Shortly thereafter, it was reunited with Han Solo and Chewbacca.
Following Han's death, the Millennium Falcon became a Resistance vessel piloted by its new owner, Rey, throughout much of the First Order/Resistance War. In 35 ABY, the ship was once again captained by Lando during the Battle of Exegol, which saw a decisive victory for the Resistance and Jedi Order, before being returned to Rey.
Description[]
The Millennium Falcon was a YT-1300 light freighter of the YT-1300f variety. Its basic shape was defined by two convex saucers welded together, a pair of front-facing mandibles and an outrigger-style, side-mounted cockpit with transparisteel viewports. Apart from the shape of its chassis, the Falcon retained very little of its off-the-dock instrumentation. Because its successive owners either upgraded or downgraded every system according to their personal specifications, the freighter ended up becoming a unique ship. These customizations, however, came at the price of reliability, and the Falcon was known to suffer frequent breakdowns in the heat of battle. After the circular military-grade sensor dish was lost during the Battle of Endor, the dish was replaced with the base rectangular model which was originally supplied with the ship. During the Battle of Crait the Falcon again lost its rectenna, and it was replaced with a military-grade rectenna similar to that of the one lost during the Battle of Endor. Additionally, the Falcon had a dejarik table featuring creatures found throughout the galaxy for the amusement of passengers and crew.
History[]
The YT-1300f light freighter designated unit YT 492727ZED was built at Orbital Assembly Facility 7, a Corellian shipyard owned by the Corellian Engineering Corporation more than 90 years before the Battle of Starkiller Base. As was intended, the ship began its career as an intermodal tug pushing container in orbital freight yards. It once worked in the galaxy's busiest spacelanes. Just after the Battle of Coruscant it was docking in the Senate Office Building. Inconsistent records from the Bureau of Ships and Services indicate that the YT 492727ZED changed ownership more than once via unregistered transactions.
During the Clone Wars, the freighter was property of the Republic Group. The YT 492727ZED was registered by the Republic Group on the planet Ralltiir as the Stellar Envoy. At some point, either prior or during it's ownership under the Republic Group, a military-grade rectenna was installed on the Stellar Envoy. Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, the Stellar Envoy was involved in a collision with a bulk freighter and was seriously damaged. The wreckage was reconditioned by a salvager, who used several sections and modules from a scrapped YT-1300p freighter to repair the ship.
Some time later, the human gambler named Lando Calrissian won the YT 492727ZED in a game of Sabacc, and registered the freighter under the name Millennium Falcon. Calrissian modified the freighter, inside and out, converting it into his own speedy sports vessel as Lando saw how powerful its freight-pushing engines were. As such, Lando modified the two cargo mandibles at the front into an auxiliary ship launch, thus turning the plain freighter into a unique starship. However, Lando was injured during a raid on Kessel, leaving the smuggler Han Solo and Wookiee Chewbacca in command of the ship. During the escape from Kessel, Lando uploaded L3 to the Falcon as the ship's navigational system, assisting the crew in making the Kessel Run in under 13 parsecs. During the Kessel run the ship was majorly damaged by TIE fighters, with one blasting a hole in the front of the Falcon. After destroying the fighters Han slid the Falcon over an asteroid which destroyed two of the Falcon's landing gears. Lando later took the heavily damaged ship after landing on Savareen but ended up betting his ship in a "Corellian Spike" game of Sabacc on Numidian Prime, losing to the smuggler Han Solo. Under the captaincy of Han, the Falcon was further customized.
Crew Pilots[]
- Lando Calrissian (pilot; formerly)
- L3-37 (co-pilot; inactive)
- Han Solo (pilot; deceased)
- Chewbacca (co-pilot, currently)
- Rey (pilot, currently)
- Poe Dameron (pilot; occasionally)
Passengers[]
- Leia Organa
- C-3PO
- R2-D2
- Luke Skywalker
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Finn
- BB-8
- Rose Tico
- DJ
- Porgs
- Poe Dameron
- Jannah
- D-O
- Qi'ra
- Tobias Beckett
- Batman from The Lego Movie (only in The LEGO Movie)