YT - 1300 light freighter / Legends The YT - 1300 light freighter was one of the most successful of Corellian Engineering Corporation ' s freighter designs . The most notable example of this model was the " Millennium Falcon " , a heavily ( and illegally ) modified YT - 1300 . Characteristics . Conceived by a panel of CEC shipbuilding experts with help from Narro Sienar , the YT - series went on to become one of the most popular space transport hulls ever produced , revolutionizing the interstellar shipping industry with its unparalleled application of modular design . Whole sections could be mass - produced and arranged into new configurations as needed without extensive retooling . This saved CEC enormous amounts of credits by allowing the starships to be brought to market at extremely competitive prices . The YT - 1300 model exemplified this concept with a circular main corridor and modular compartments that could be mounted around it , all radiating outwards from a central core inside a saucer - shaped hull making for both a convenient and economic design . It was considered an equivalent of its time to the Galactic Republic Barloz cargo freighter . Appeal . The appeal of the YT - 1300 transport was not its basic equipment , but in its ability to take an extraordinary amount of modifications and alterations . In short , the YT - 1300 was reliable , durable , and easy to modify , hence its popularity amongst freighter captains throughout the galaxy . Like the rest of the YT - series , it featured a saucer - shaped hull with external cockpit . The YT - 1300 came in three different configurations : a port - mounted cockpit , a starboard - mounted cockpit , and a centrally mounted cockpit ( the last of which became standard in the YT - 1930 design ) . YT - 1300s used fuel cells powered by liquid metal fuel . Almost every YT - 1300 that was sold was later customized with a handful of extra components , from simple underfloor storage space to a new hyperdrive and added firepower . The features the YT - 1300 was given on the production line were necessary but basic : the off - center cockpit ; two escape pods , located on the port and starboard side of the freighter ; a laser cannon mounted atop the craft ; and about 100 tons of cargo space . Hundreds of thousands of YT - 1300s were still in service as of 40 ABY . Ship configuration . While all YT - 1300s looked similar from the outside , the interior of the ship could be configured in a number of ways thanks to the modular design . Two of the most popular designs , and which saw the greatest levels of production , were the freight ( YT - 1300f ) and passenger ( YT - 1300p ) configurations . It was not uncommon to find ships with a mixture of both passenger and cargo configurations belonging to more entrepreneurial captains however , and later in the life - cycle of the YT - 1300 product line the CEC execs grew wise to this fact . Realizing that many customers were looking for a balance between cargo and passengers , Corellian Engineering began to deliver ships with a blend of both freight and passenger modules . This configuration , initially called " YT - 1300fp " , quickly became the most popular arrangement , over time coming to be recognized as the " stock " version of the ship . The separate designations for freight and passenger configurations disappeared from common usage soon after Emperor Palpatine ' s rise to power . YT - 1300p . The passenger configuration made full use of the saucer shaped hull to fit as much living space as possible , sacrificing room that would be typically reserved for cargo or machinery in favor of multiple passenger cabin modules . Each passenger cabin had three bunks , a compact refresher and a storage compartment . An official CEC conversion kit could convert two of the bunks into bunk beds , increasing passenger capacity to five beings per cabin . Greater escape pod capacity was also a requirement and two Class - 6 escape pod s were built into the sides of the YT - 1300p to accommodate the larger passenger complement . This supplemented the five Class - 1 escape pod s located in the engineering bay . As a result , truncated boarding ladders replaced the ramps used for standard access and egress . YT - 1300f . The freight configuration left the interior of the ship as an empty shell , leaving the crew with minimal comforts as more room was given to the cargo holds . Of significant note were the twin boarding ramps , port and starboard , for the access of treaded cargo loaders and droids . These ramps and the overhead clearance they required took up much of the space that housed the escape pods in the YT - 1300p . Matching port and starboard docking rings were instead placed in the protrusions on either side of the external hull , again showing the versatility of the CEC designers in that this interior change barely altered the outward appearance of the YT - 1300 . This frequently led to misidentification by casual starship watchers . Many a debate ranged over whether it was docking rings or lifepods that were located behind the cylindrical protrusions on the ship ' s hull . Thanks to the highly customizable nature of the YT - 1300 , either option , or a combination of the two was possible . External modifications . Many individuals also modified the exterior of the YT - 1300 , often modifying and expanding the forward mandibles for extra crew and cargo space . It was highly unlikely to find two ships that had exactly the same layout and systems . The ship could also be fitted with optional external cargo pods . Mounted to the outside dorsal hull of the ship , around the central saucer section , the pods could add up to an additional 100 metric tons of cargo space . This configuration was popular with the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s Support Services . Such modified freighters were used to resupply Rebel bases and starships located behind enemy lines .