Millennium Falcon / Legends The Millennium Falcon , originally known as YT - 1300 492727ZED , was a modified YT - 1300 light freighter with a storied history stretching back to the decades before the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire . Manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in 60 BBY , the light freighter was first owned by Corell Industries Limited and underwent several name changes before being bought by the smugglers Kal and Dova Brigger in 48 BBY , and the ship eventually ended up as the property of the secretive Republic Group under the name Stellar Envoy by 29 BBY . The " Envoy " was destroyed in a collision with a bulk freighter above Nar Shaddaa , but it was rebuilt and served various owners under different names before Quip Fargil named it after the bat - falcon , and it eventually fell into the hands of Lando Calrissian after a game of sabacc — but Calrissian himself lost the ship in another game of sabacc to the smuggler Han Solo several years later . Solo and his Wookiee copilot , Chewbacca , became the ship ' s most famous and permanent owners , flying the " Falcon " during their smuggling careers and their subsequent work with the Alliance to Restore the Republic ; a fateful trip to the planet Alderaan from Tatooine , ferrying Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker there saw Solo and the " Falcon " embroiled in the Alliance ' s affairs and participating in the historic Battle of Yavin — during which Solo and Chewbacca flew the " Falcon " to save Skywalker from Imperial TIE fighters and allowed him to fire the shot that destroyed the Death Star . Despite Solo ' s insistence that he did not work for the Alliance , his misadventures continued to draw him back to the Rebels and Princess Leia Organa , and the " Falcon " was present for many pivotal battles of the Galactic Civil War such as the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor — where Lando Calrissian and his copilot Nien Nunb flew alongside Wedge Antilles into the second Death Star ' s superstructure and fired the shots that spelled the massive battle station ' s destruction . History . The early years . The YT - 1300 light freighter designated unit YT 492727ZED was built in 60 BBY by the Corellian Engineering Corporation at Orbital Assembly Facility 7 . While still on the assembly line , an accident with a fuel droid sent the freighter rocketing out of control , and the ship almost destroyed the entire assembly line before several workers were able to regain control of the vessel . The ship remained in stock state for several years , and it was first owned by the Corell Industries Limited shipping firm , who possessed the ship for twelve years and utilized it as a shipping vessel in the Corellian system . Developing a reputation as a stubbornly unreliable yet remarkably swift vessel , the YT flew under a series of names — including the " Corell ' s Pride " , " Fickle Flyer " , and " Meetyl ' s Misery " — before CI Limited declared bankruptcy in 48 BBY . During those twelve years , a number of pilots flew the YT - 1300 with varying degrees of success , with one pilot making a run to Tralus in record time while another was marooned over five hundred kilo meters from Selonia with an entire cargo of defrosting plar fish . One pilot was able to beat another vessel named the " Fusion Flame " in a race around the planet Drall , and every pilot retrofitted and tinkered with the vessel in a series of makeshift repairs and retoolings — one pilot was forced to install a poorly - built pulse generator , and a later navigator nearly destroyed the ship ' s Fabritech transceiver relay with a hydrospanner when it refused to work . As the " Jackpot " , the ship was sold to Kal and Dova Brigger , and the siblings used the newly rechristened " Hardwired " for various and increasingly illicit cargo runs between Corellia and other planets in the Core Worlds . The siblings also upgraded the hyperdrive , but the pair ' s relationship with the Smugglers ' Confederation of the Cularin system went sour and resulted in Dova ' s death . Kal survived and renamed the ship " Wayward Son " , changing the ship ' s registry to Fondor , before joining Iaco Stark ' s Commercial Combine , but he was devoured by the predatory insects known as challat eater s on Troiken in 44 BBY . In 29 BBY , the vessel was purchased by the Republic Group , a secretive organization and corporate conglomerate run by members of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Senate . The Human Tobb Jadak and his friend Reeze Duurmun became the primary crew of the ship , which had been renamed the " Stellar Envoy " , for the next decade , and the pair made frequent trips to far - flung planets like Yinchorr and Ansion while also upgrading the " Envoy " communications systems and hyperdrive . During the Clone Wars , the " Stellar Envoy " was on Ongary IX , which the Confederacy of Independent Systems had invaded in search of hfredium . Leaving the planet for the Core Worlds after the battle , Jadak and Duurmun took as a passenger Jorn Kulish . Kulish was a disgruntled member of the Ividal Sector Forces who had resigned after a harrowing experience conducting bombing runs during the battle with an opaque blast shield fitted to his helmet to stop his eyes being dazzled by the explosion of burrowing plasma charge s . Demonstrating the helmet and shield to Jadak and Duurmun to illustrate why he resigned , Kulish accidentally left the helmet behind when he disembarked at Denon . The helmet and blast shield would remain in the freighter ' s hold for decades under a succession of owners until Obi - Wan Kenobi found a use for it in training Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force in 0 BBY . In 19 BBY , the ship was present during the Battle of Coruscant , landing at the Republic Executive Building docking bay on Coruscant shortly after the shuttle that brought Anakin Skywalker , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to safety after their crash landing in the nose of the " Invisible Hand " . Shortly after this , the " Stellar Envoy " was hit by the bulk freighter " Jendirian Valley III " over Nar Shaddaa , causing massive critical damage to the entire frame . Duurmun was killed in the collision while Jadak fell into a coma from which he would not wake for nearly sixty years . What was left of the ship was interned in an orbital junkyard near the Smuggler ' s Moon . The ship rested there for about a month before it was purchased as scrap by an enterprising technician named Bammy Decree , with assistance from crime lord Rej Taunt . Under Decree ' s co - ownership , the " Envoy " was reconstructed from core to hull , and various systems were replaced with updated versions . Though the effort purportedly required a great deal of time and effort , the technician committed himself to finish the job as a test of skill , and also perhaps a labor of love . It was during this time that several sections of the ship were refitted with modular components from an old YT - 1300p light freighter that had previously been used for diplomatic missions before meeting a similar fate . The Imperial Navy ' s Chief Naval Engineer Lira Wessex was also involved in the retrofitting / repair of the " Envoy " . Renamed the Second Chance , it served its new owners only briefly , performing a single botched smuggling attempt before languishing in Imperial impound at Nilash III for the next few years . It was then stolen by an opportunistic ship thief , one Zenn Bien , working with Rebel agents Quip Fargil and Luufkin . The " Second Chance " was briefly rechristened the Gone to Pieces during this operation , but when he began flying the ship for the Alliance , he rechristened her the Millennium Falcon , after the bat - falcon — the name that the ship would carry through the remainder of the Galactic Civil War and on through the Second Galactic Civil War and after . The " Falcon " was to be used in a Rebel strike at Bilbringi in 9 BBY , but Fargil had second thoughts and pulled out of the operation , taking the " Falcon " with him . Unable to live with his guilt , he donated her to Doctor Parlay Thorp . After spending several years on Hijado with Thorp , the " Falcon " was sold to Molpol ' s Traveling Circus , and was the collateral of at least a few wagers before coming into the hands of a young Lando Calrissian . The ship ' s identiplate was removed during this time to facilitate its new career in smuggling by one such owner , and each also added their own " special modifications " so that , by the time it came into the hands of Lando , it was already able to out fly almost any vessel of its size . Smuggling days . Lando Calrissian acquired the " Falcon " in a game of sabacc on Bespin around 5 BBY from a certain Cix Trouvee , a professional gambler who couldn ' t cover his debt . . After learning the basics of its controls from his new friend Han Solo , he collaborated with his droid Vuffi Raa and operated as a freelance transporter . Calrissian piloted the ship during his smuggling missions in the Rafa system , the Oseon belt , and the Starcave of ThonBoka . He continued to make modifications to the ship in order to better protect himself during these runs . During this time , the " Falcon " suffered a large tear near its entry ramp when a Renatasian Confederation starfighter rammed it . During the final round of the Cloud City Sabacc Tournament , Calrissian threw in a marker for " any ship on his lot " ( at the time , he was the owner of a used spaceship lot on Nar Shaddaa , where the " Falcon " was parked ) . Solo , the other contestant remaining in the tournament , accepted the marker , knowing that Calrissian had taken a cruise ship to the tournament and left the " Falcon " behind . When Solo won the game , he claimed the " Falcon " as his own on the technicality which had been overlooked by his unlucky opponent . After winning the " Millennium Falcon " from Calrissian , Solo began to add to the prior owners ' modifications . His personal enhancements included upgrading the armor plating , weapons , engines , sensors , and sensor jammers ( the jammer that Solo installed was so powerful that the first time the unit was tested , it disrupted the information relays " inside " the " Falcon " itself , just as an Imperial corvette was launching . Luckily for Solo , the system was so powerful that it jammed itself and shut down . Solo managed to escape without notice ) . Solo ' s first mission with the " Millennium Falcon " was a trip to Kashyyyk for the benefit of his Wookiee co - pilot , Chewbacca . Proceeding from there , the " Falcon " left Imperial Space for the Corporate Sector , smuggling goods for crime bosses like Big Bunji and Ploovo Two - For - One . As a result of its less - than - legal activities there were frequent run - ins with the Corporate Sector Authority . Its captain was responsible for destroying the secret Authority prison installation , Stars ' End , as well as helping to expose a slave trade ring that involved some very prominent Authority executives , in addition to participating in the ill - fated search for the lost treasure of Xim the Despot . After its return from the ' Sector , the " Falcon " continued its work smuggling goods ( mainly spice ) for Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Just a few months prior to the Battle of Yavin , Solo was forced to jettison his cargo of glitterstim when he was boarded by Imperials . Around this time , Urai Fen of the Zann Consortium hired the crew of the " Millennium Falcon " to pick up crime lord Tyber Zann from the spice mines of Kessel under the guise of a spice run . After retrieving Zann from Kessel , the crew continued their attempts to repay Jabba for the spaced load . The " Falcon " was later snagged by the tractor beam of a Star Destroyer while she visited Corellia but the " Sundered Heart " was able to help free the ship and in return , Solo agreed to take the " Falcon " to the Vergesso Asteroids in order to complete a vital mission where he dueled with Boba Fett and the " Slave I " . One time , the crew of the " Millennium Falcon " was contracted to bring supplies to Firebase Alpha , an illegal energy - mining station in the Rishi Maze . Solo and Chewbacca successfully evaded a Star Destroyer and flew into the Rishi Maze . Once inside , they were attacked by a set of drones launched by a derelict Sith warship . The " Falcon " computer was able to interact with the warship ' s engines , and fired them into the drone fleet , disabling them . After receiving landing clearance from Firebase Alpha , Chewbacca discovered an energy signature coming from the cargo bay . Solo pried open the container and discovered they were carrying an Imperial baradium bomb . The inside locks to the cargo bay had been damaged during the fight with the drones , so they could not jettison the bomb . Solo then put on a spacesuit so he could open the bay from the outside . His suit became damaged during the attempt , but he got the door open . Chewbacca flew the " Falcon " into a spiral to jettison the cargo , and came back to pick Solo up just as his suit ran out of air . The two then planned on dropping off the cargo and returning to Mos Eisley to talk to the man who had given them their cargo . A Fateful Trip . The " Millennium Falcon " destiny as a tool for a small - time smuggling operation was changed when it was chartered by Obi - Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina only months later for passage to Alderaan . When challenged by Obi - Wan about his ship ' s speed , Solo cited that the " Falcon " was capable of attaining 0 . 5 past lightspeed , and that it " made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs . " The journey to Alderaan proved to be much more than a simple passenger flight . The " Falcon " was forced to blast its way out of Mos Eisley when a garrison of stormtroopers attacked the ship in an attempt to recover its cargo . It also narrowly avoided capture by a couple of Star Destroyers before making the jump to lightspeed . The " Falcon " emerged from hyperspace into the remains of Alderaan . After chasing a single TIE Fighter stranded in what appeared to be empty space , the " Falcon " was captured by one of the first Death Star ' s tractor beams and secured aboard the massive space station . Thanks to quick thinking by those aboard the " Falcon " , the ship was made to appear as if the crew had escaped soon after taking off from Tatooine . It was searched by stormtroopers and it was reported that there were no passengers on - board . Their search had managed to miss the crew who were hidden in a series of secret smuggling holds who then proceeded to kill a scanning crew before they could be detected by the scanner . In a matter of hours , the " Millennium Falcon " had once again escaped the Imperial Navy , this time with the rescued Princess Leia Organa onboard . After a fleeing battle with Imperial fighters and a trip through hyperspace , the ship arrived at the secret Alliance base on Yavin 4 . During the ship ' s stay on the battlestation , the Empire had planted a homing device onboard the " Falcon " which it used to pursue the Princess to this location . As the Rebels scrambled to organize a preemptive attack on the massive " Death Star " , Solo loaded his reward on board the " Falcon " and departed the moon . However , thanks to Chewbacca , its smuggler captain had a change of heart . Solo and his ship returned just in time to cover Luke Skywalker in his last - ditch effort to destroy the station and secure the safety of the Rebel Alliance . The ship ' s surprise attack destroyed Darth Vader ' s two wingmen and sent Vader himself spinning off into space , allowing Luke to successfully complete his attack and destroy the Death Star . After Yavin . During the trip back to Tatooine , the " Falcon " was boarded by a pirate force led by Crimson Jack . Robbed of Jabba ' s credits , the idea of joining the Rebellion became the best option available to its young Captain . Thus the ship became the fastest in the motley assortment that constituted the Alliance ' s fleet . During the period between Yavin and Hoth , Han ( along with Renegade Squadron ) used the " Falcon " to find the Holocron over the asteroid field that was once Alderaan . In its search the " Falcon " power converter and energy cell were damaged by a squadron of TIE interceptors and a nearby Star Destroyer . After the encounter in the Alderaan system , the " Falcon " and the Mon Calamari Cruiser of Renegade Squadron entered the junkyard planet of Ord Mantell . With the necessary repairs done Han and the rest of Renegade Squadron escaped the planet before a local Star Destroyer squadron turned up . Finally , the " Falcon " served as an escape transport from Boz Pity . The " Falcon " also had been tracked by the Empire for their role in the Battle of Yavin . Escape from Hoth . In 3 ABY , the " Falcon " was undergoing repairs in the main hangar of the Rebel installation Echo Base as the Empire began its assault on Hoth . As the Alliance scrambled to escape the base , Solo and Chewbacca hurried to make the ship spaceworthy . Princess Leia was cut off from her transport by a tunnel cave - in and was forced to make her escape from Hoth on board the " Falcon " accompanied by Han , Chewbacca and C - 3PO . Solo used the ship ' s uncanny maneuverability and his piloting skills to elude an Imperial Star Destroyer chasing them , and two more emerging from hyperspace . Han ' s maneuvers in the " Falcon " caused the two Star Destroyers approaching and the one pursuing to nearly collide with each other . The " Falcon " , in order to create an opening to escape due to their escape route being cut off , also disabled an already damaged Star Destroyer . The " Falcon " then attempted to make the jump into lightspeed , but was stopped short by an equipment malfunction . Forced to take drastic measures to avoid capture , Solo made the decision to pilot the " Falcon " into a nearby asteroid field in an attempt to lose the Imperial pursuers . However , a near disastrous encounter with a space slug forced the crew of the " Falcon " to exit the asteroid field into the firing range of the " Avenger " . Han then used the landing claw of the " Falcon " to attach to a blind spot on the conning tower of the Star Destroyer . Adhering to standard Imperial procedure , the Star Destroyer ejected all scrap and garbage before entering hyperspace . Han then signaled Chewbacca to release the claw , allowing the " Falcon " to " float away with the rest of the garbage . " Boba Fett , however , saw through this ruse , and waited behind in the " Slave I " , following the " Falcon " as it left the system . After its close encounter with the Empire , the " Falcon " journeyed to Bespin ' s Cloud City , where Han ' s old acquaintance , Lando Calrissian , held the position of Baron Administrator . The Empire had arrived first , however , due to Boba Fett tailing the " Falcon " to Bespin . The crew of the " Falcon " were captured , tortured , and detained . Han was encased in carbonite and given to the bounty hunter Boba Fett . The remaining members of the crew , joined by Lando , escaped to the " Falcon " . After rescuing Luke , who was dangling from a weather vane on the underside of Cloud City , the ship left the planet and attempted to jump to lightspeed . The crew were unaware that the recently repaired hyperdrive had been disabled by Vader ' s men , and only a last minute patch by R2 - D2 prevented the " Falcon " from falling into Imperial hands . Thanks to R2 ' s efforts , the hyperdrive was activated and the " Falcon " managed to make the jump at the last second and escape . Rescuing Han . During the following months , the " Falcon " served as home base to Leia , Luke , and Lando as they tracked Fett in an attempt to save Solo . The " Falcon " flew through dangerous canyons on the spaceport moon of Gall , and , despite being one of the most wanted Rebel ships in the galaxy , managed to infiltrate Imperial Center . It then participated in the space battle at Prince Xizor ' s personal skyhook . After the battle , the " Falcon " returned to the Alliance ' s secret base . After successfully rescuing Han , the " Falcon " rendezvoused with the Rebel Fleet , and prepared to assault the newest Death Star . By this time , the " Millennium Falcon " had won the Superior Service Award , the Legion of Merit , the Valor Under Fire Citation , the Combat Victory Accreditation , and the Meritorious Service Award , as well as incorporating parts from Sienar Fleet Systems , Cygnus Spaceworks , and Taim & Bak . Battle of Endor . During the Battle of Endor , Lando and Sullustan copilot Nien Nunb flew the " Falcon " as Gold Leader . After the planetary shield protecting the second Death Star was destroyed , the " Falcon " and several Alliance fighters entered the battle station through a conduit port and headed towards the reactor core . Space was limited in the conduit tunnels leading to the core and the relatively large " Falcon " lost its sensor dish when it smashed into a bulkhead . Lando was able to pilot the craft into the energy core housing the main reactor , launched a volley of concussion missiles , and headed for the exhaust port . The " Falcon " barely succeeded in outrunning the massive explosion that destroyed the powerful battlestation . Soon afterwards , the Imperial fleet retreated and the galaxy celebrated the death of the Emperor . Han , however , would never let Lando live down the fact that he had knocked off the ship ' s sensor dish while inside the second Death Star , after promising before he left that " she won ' t get a scratch ! " . New Republic . After the Battle of Endor , the " Millennium Falcon " was one of the few ships left in fighting condition that was able to drive back the invasion of the Ssi - ruu k at the Invasion of Bakura . Shortly after that , it participated in the Battle for the " Eclipse " , ironically against Tyber Zann ' s forces . During the battle , it suffered much damage and was forced to escape into hyperspace . In the years following the Battle of Endor , the ship fought in the Liberation of Kashyyyk , of Kessel and as of the Seizure of Coruscant , it became a New Republic diplomatic courier for the Skywalker - Organa - Solo family . The cobbled - together nature of the ship presented many problems throughout its smuggling days and during the Rebellion . Systems were barely held together and apparently had many incompatibilities , resulting in numerous malfunctions . Years after the Battle of Endor , Han Solo and Chewbacca resolved these difficulties , much to the relief of Leia Organa Solo . In 8 ABY , Han used the " Falcon " to kidnap Leia Organa . Having won the deed to the planet Dathomir in a sabacc game , his plan was to win her heart by presenting her with the planet as a gift . He also wanted to get Leia away from the Prince Isolder of the Hapes Cluster who was courting her . The " Falcon " was captured by the Imperial garrison stationed on Dathomir , after a nasty crash " inside " a poorly maintained EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate and then a " happy " landing on the planet , and later stolen back by Han and was pivotal in disabling the Super Star Destroyer " Iron Fist " , killing Warlord Zsinj in the process . Shortly after the events on Dathomir , Han and Leia were married and used the " Falcon " on a mission to Tatooine to recover the Shadowcast intelligence code hidden on the Alderaanian moss painting " Killik Twilight " . They concealed the ship in an old smugglers hideout where it remained hidden until the completion of the mission . In 11 ABY , Han and Chewie flew the " Falcon " to Kessel , on a diplomatic mission for the New Republic . However , on their arrival in the system , they were attacked by the Kessel mercenary fleet and the ship crash landed on Kessel . Han and Chewie were enslaved and sent to work in the spice mines , while the ship was repaired and pressed into service with the fleet . The ship was later liberated by Lando , though Han , Kyp Durron and Chewie nearly destroyed the ship with the Sun Crusher before finding out that Lando had taken over the ship . Soon after , Lando disputed the validity of the sabacc game in which Han had originally won the Falcon from him , leading to a series of rematches between them . In the first , Lando won the ship back from Han and started an attempt to upgrade and rationalize the Falcon ' s computer systems . It was not quite finished when in a second game , Han won the ship back . In a final game — which both men agreed would be their last rematch over the Falcon — Lando won the ship back again , but in a public attempt to impress Mara Jade , gave the Falcon back to Han . In 14 ABY , the " Falcon " was seen in Mos Eisley , during Jaden Korr ' s mission to Mos Eisley . The ship sustained no damage during the conflict . Before the Black Fleet Crisis in 16 ABY , the ship was rebuilt by a New Republic team over several months . The ship was stripped down to its basic spaceframe with deformed members replaced . Then it was rebuilt from the ground up . New technology was augmented to improve efficiency ; the electronics were properly grounded and pulse - shielded , mechanicals shock - mounted , cables bundled and tagged , and other parts documented and labeled . Roughly 15 % of its structural parts were replaced and it weighed 300 kilograms less . The ship ' s tractor beam , sensors , shield lense s , lower deflector emitter s and hyperdrive motivator were all upgraded and recalibrated . The crew quarters and holds were recarpeted , the sanitizer was recharged , and a YT - 1300 battery regulator was duplicated from Corellian specs . A Sienar Systems augmentor was also installed and the missing escape pods were replaced . Han , to Chewbacca ' s exasperation , was aghast at how perfect his ship performed and how smoothly it operated , declaring that he would need to go and ' re - loosen ' some of the nuts and bolts again , so he could tell when the ship was straining . Han was known for " flying by feel " and dialing down the inertial compensators to 95 % instead of the usual 99 - 100 % that most pilots used . This technique , he said , helped him to feel the condition of the ship better despite it sometimes catching newer passengers off guard with the unexpected G - forces being exerted during flight . Yuuzhan Vong War . After Chewbacca ' s death at the beginning of the Yuuzhan Vong War , Han Solo gave the " Falcon " a matte - black surface coating , Han said this was to disguise it , but Leia wondered if it was also in mourning for his co - pilot and best friend . During this time Han Solo rescued a Ryn named Droma on Ord Mantell , and for a short period of time , Droma became the first co - pilot of the " Millennium Falcon " after the death of Chewbacca . Eventually Leia Organa Solo became the new co - pilot , a role she would embrace . Han Solo replaced the massive co - pilot ' s chair that previously belonged to Chewbacca , to make things more comfortable for Leia . Han and Leia escaped Coruscant in it during the Fall of Coruscant . During the war , the " Falcon " performed well as usual , helping the New Republic , and eventually the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances , develop methods for effectively destroying Yuuzhan Vong Coralskippers . Anakin Solo realized that , by adjusting the angles of the quadlasers so that they were on slightly intersecting courses , when they hit a coralskipper at least one laser would penetrate the skipper ' s dovin basal defensive field . Han and Leia later flew it from Mon Calamari to Bastion in the Imperial Remnant , to make a deal with the Empire to gain old Imperial maps of the Deep Core . They were looking forward to have some time alone together during the long journey and asked Leia ' s Noghri bodyguards to stay behind . However , their plans were ruined as they were forced to take Commander Vana Dorja with them . During the journey , they were pulled out of hyperspace by Yuuzhan Vong mines on the Hydian Way . They were attacked by coralskippers and were able to fend most of them off , before Jagged Fel and his squadron arrived to help them . About three months later , the " Falcon " participated in the Battle of Ebaq . Han was given command of a Smuggler ' s Alliance squadron and he used the " Falcon " as his flagship , despite Booster Terrik offering him the use of the " Errant Venture " . Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo used the " Falcon " as a base of operations as they re - established communication checkpoints throughout the galaxy . The " Millennium Falcon " later participated in the Second Battle for Coruscant . Thorsh was saved by the crew of the Millennium Falcon near the end of the war . Second Galactic Civil War . By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , the " Falcon " ( now in its centennial year ) was in need of engine repairs . While attempting to land on Coruscant , the engine vibrations began to shake the ship apart . Even with Han and Leia piloting , the ship was on the verge of crashing . Leia used the Force to try and slow their descent , but lacked the fine control to do so . However , with Jacen remotely bolstering her abilities with his own , Leia was able to hold the ship together for a safe , but rough landing . The ship was out of commission for the next few weeks while R2 - D2 slowly repaired it . During the battle in the skies over Hapes , the " Millennium Falcon " attempted to avoid combat with Leia Solo at the helm . Jacen Solo , believing that his parents were terrorists and had set him up , ordered the " Anakin Solo " to open fire on the " Falcon " ( under the transponder code s for a ship known as the " Longshot " ) . A single long range turbolaser blast was fired , destroying the central core and gun turrets of the " Falcon " . Unfortunately , the two Noghri Cakhmaim and Meewalh were inside the turrets when they were destroyed . The " Falcon " managed to escape , but with serious damage . The " Falcon " was repaired in the Gyndine system at the Tendrando Refueling and Repair Station with new turrets and central core . The " Falcon " later participated in the Battle of Kashyyyk , Battle of Centerpoint Station , and the Battle of Shedu Maad and survived them . In the aftermath of the Second Galactic Civil War , Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo and their granddaughter Allana went on a mission to investigate the " Falcon " origins after Allana found a mysterious object on board . The three discovered an old failed plot to overthrow Palpatine . The mission began when Allana , exploring the ship , discovered an old mechanical device with mimetic properties . Subsequent investigation led them to discover it was put into place by a former owner who had been a member of a group dedicated to restoring Republic honor . Although in a coma , the man , Tobb Jadak , awoke , whereupon he joined the crew to seek the original symbol of the Republic , which had been mounted in the Galactic Senate . The device hidden on - board was the key to finding it . When they stopped at Taris , they met the Jedi Seff Hellin , the first Jedi to fall victim to Abeloth ' s summonings . They eventually located a planet in the Unknown Regions where the Republic symbol was stored . The temple started to collapse after they learned the symbol was a fake . The former owner along with Jadak and his partner , Flitcher Poste , then parted ways with the Solos to pursue the real symbol . The Solos would continue to use the " Millennium Falcon " as a mobile home when they assisted Luke Skywalker during his exile from Coruscant . They would respond to a distress call from him on Dathomir . Layout and modifications . Under the ownership of both Lando and Han , the " Falcon " underwent countless modifications and rebuilds . Lando had hidden cargo sections installed under the " Falcon " deck plates that proved to be crucial . They provided both Lando and Han easy storage for their smuggled cargoes and hid the crew when the ship was captured by the first Death Star . Lando also increased the ship ' s shields and installed a pair of smaller blasters on the bow mandibles . The " Falcon " featured duralloy plating over most of the vital areas of its hull and a sheet of armor plating from the " Liquidator " aft of the starboard docking arm . In addition , the ship was equipped with a set of advanced Kuat Drive Yards , Novaldex , and Nordoxicon shield generators " liberated " by Solo from the Myomar shipyards . These shield generators gave the " Falcon " warship - grade shielding , allowing it to survive laser hits that would destroy an ordinary YT - 1300 . A set of high - grade sensor suites were tied into the " Falcon " oversized rectenna sensor dish . Powerful sensor jammers also protected the ship in combat . In an effort to reduce his expenses and maintain his privacy , Solo modified the " Falcon " so that most of its major systems could be accessed through the cockpit or the engineering station in the main cargo hold . The myriad ship - control functions were funneled through what was once a Hanx - Wargel SuperFlow IV computer . It was since modified with three droid brains , which caused the " Falcon " to have schizophrenic arguments with itself , although the brains nonetheless worked together during emergencies . The droid brains were cannibalized from a military - issue R3 - series astromech droid , a V - 5 transport droid , and a corporate espionage slicer droid . The " Falcon " unkempt interior matched her dilapidated exterior . The interior corridors were littered with all sorts of mechanical gear . The main hold contained a lounge area with a holographic game table , installed at Chewbacca ' s request . In addition to the hidden cargo holds under her deck plates , it had a cargo - jettison feature . The " Falcon " lacked a bacta tank , and to make up for it , was equipped with a cryogenic hibernation capsule . This could be used to transport live cargo or to keep the critically injured stable until acceptable medical facilities were reached . The ship was frequently required to make a quick escape , and had a remarkably quick start - up time of about three minutes . The cobbled - together nature of the ship presented many problems throughout her smuggling days and during the Rebellion . Systems were barely held together and apparently had many incompatibilities , resulting in numerous malfunctions . ( C - 3PO commented that he wasn ' t quite sure where the ship learned to communicate , though he may have meant that the ship ' s computer used slang and / or vulgar language , thus upsetting his sensibilities . ) Years after the Battle of Endor , Han Solo and Chewbacca resolved these difficulties , which may have involved a virtual rebuild of her internal operation systems ; this was never discussed in detail . The " Falcon " customized Class 0 . 5 hyperdrive was twice as fast as Imperial warships , mostly due to Solo ' s innovative modifications to " streamline " the ship for hyperspace jumps . A Quadex power core and jury - rigged components ensured a three - standard - minute start - up sequence for the hyperdrive . Armaments . The " Falcon " was equipped with a pair of dorsally and ventrally mounted Corellian Engineering Corporation AG - 2G quad laser cannons , which drew their power directly from her Quadex power core . Lando originally installed them to replace the mandible - mounted blasters . When Han took ownership of the " Falcon " , he modified the cannons extensively by adding enhanced powercyclers , high - volume gas feeds , and custom laser actuators . This increased the cannons ' output to the point where they could destroy a TIE Fighter with a single shot . These cannons , though typically manually operated , could be remotely accessed and controlled from the cockpit . Solo once found himself in need of this capability during the Blockade of Kashyyyk in 0 ABY . In addition , the pilots could call on the ventrally mounted , concealed , anti - personnel repeating blaster cannon near the loading ramp . A pair of Arakyd ST2 concussion missile launchers — illegal for a civilian to possess — were mounted between the forward mandibles . These were used in the Battle of Endor , destroying the reactor core of the second Death Star . The concussion missile launchers were modified to incorporate four concussion missiles from a variety of manufacturers , including Arakyd and Dymek . After becoming the diplomatic courier ship for the Skywalker - Organa - Solo family , the " Falcon " was refitted with military - grade power generators , propulsion , and weaponry . The quad blaster cannons were replaced by light turbolasers . The turbolaser turrets were destroyed by the Star Destroyer " Anakin Solo " long - range turbolaser in one shot under a false transponder code " Longshot " during the Battle of Hapes in 40 ABY . The turbolaser turrets were then eventually replaced with newer light turbolasers . During the events surrounding the reborn Emperor Palpatine , the missile launchers were temporarily replaced by a giant Ganathan lightning gun mounted in place of the portside bow mandible , which was destroyed in a shoot - out with Boba Fett ' s " Slave I " . Han didn ' t particularly like the modification to his ship and was quick to return the " Falcon " to normal once the troubles with the reborn Emperor had ended . Other elements . Like other ships of its class , the " Millennium Falcon " occasionally used the freight - loading external rover ( F - LER ) , which was commonly found at the front of the ship . The secrets to her speed . The most famous attribute of " Millennium Falcon " was her hyperdrive . It was fully twice the size of the hyperdrive in a standard YT - 1300 freighter . This system gave her a hyperdrive class of 0 . 5 , which was twice as fast as most Imperial warships . The secret to her speed was master starship tech " Doc " Vandangante ' s modifications that " streamlined " the ship in hyperspace by controlling the warp of the space - time continuum around her . Several other ships have tried to match the " Falcon " speed without these " streamlining " modifications and have blown themselves into space dust . Another key element to the " Millennium Falcon " speed was its navicomputer , which could locate the quickest route from Point A to Point B while still avoiding obstacles such as star systems and asteroid fields . Aliases . Over the years , due to the clandestine nature of its operations , the " Falcon " owners have given it numerous false designations . Han Solo alone had given it over a dozen false names by 8 ABY . Known ones include : Behind the scenes . The " Millennium Falcon " was a recurring element in the " Star Wars " franchise . Its design was derived from various World War II planes , more specifically the . In the films . The original model for the " Millennium Falcon " was changed at the last minute because it too closely resembled the " Eagle " Transporter ships used in the " " television series by Moonbase Alpha . The replacement is said to be based on a half - eaten hamburger next to an olive on a toothpick held by George Lucas , which led to staff at ILM referring to the " Falcon " as " the Porkburger . " Ralph McQuarrie ' s original design was modified to become the Blockade Runner starship seen at the beginning of Episode IV , and the original design was also used for the diplomatic transport that brings Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi to Naboo at the beginning of Episode I . The cockpit design of the " Millennium Falcon " is heavily based on the design used in the famous B - 29 Superfortress , and its flight sounds were derived from a slowed down version of a P - 51 " Mustang " fighter recorded during a race at the Mojave Desert . World War II modeling kits can also be identified on certain parts of its shooting model . While one of the Imperial officers examining the " Falcon " aboard the Death Star noted that several escape pods had been jettisoned from the ship , it is unclear where such pods are actually located . This is another consequence of the " Falcon " last - minute redesign : in the original design , the escape pods were clearly visible from the outside . For " " , the exterior set of the " Falcon " that was built for the Docking Bay 94 and Death Star scenes consisted only of the starboard half of the ship , presumably due to physical space limitations and / or financial considerations . The omission is evidenced by the absence of the sensor dish in the Docking Bay 94 scene , where it should be clearly visible . This version of the " Falcon " lacks the forward starboard - and port - side landing pads , which were added for " " to better support the weight of the full " Falcon " exterior set that was constructed for that film . In the position where the forward starboard landing pad would later be added , a weight - bearing support ( disguised as a fuel hose ) is visible descending from the underside of the " Falcon " to the ground in both of the " A New Hope " docking bay scenes . The original , life - size model of the " Falcon " was built in the huge wartime Sunderland bomber hangars , in the former Royal Naval shipyards in Pembroke Dock , a small harbor town on the Milford Haven waterway in Wales in the UK . The completed model was then disassembled into sections , and transported by road to the film studios in England . Han Solo ' s famous comment that the vessel " made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs " comes off a little incongruous — a parsec is a measure of distance , not time . ( In the , Solo uses the phrase " standard timeparts " instead of " parsecs . " ) In the 4 - DVD Special Edition of the original trilogy , George Lucas explains that the remark meant that the " Falcon " computer was so advanced that it was able to plot a shorter route through hyperspace than any other ship , and thus travel faster . An alternate explanation is that Solo was trying to impress his travelers with plausible - sounding yet meaningless bragging ( it should be noted that while Han says this , the camera does cut to Obi - Wan looking rather skeptically at him , and the original script supports this ) . The Expanded Universe provides the explanation that faster hyperdrives can safely pass closer to gravity wells without deactivating , and thus the Falcon ' s speed allowed it to fly a much shorter route than other ships . Many fans claim to have seen a duplicate " Millennium Falcon " in " " . During the chase through the asteroid field , in a shot from the " Falcon " cockpit , you see the " Millennium Falcon " flying in the distance . It was speculated that the " Falcon " would make an appearance in " " to further tie the prequel trilogy to the original trilogy , and the ship did indeed make a cameo in the movie . At the beginning of one shot closing in on a docking bay on Coruscant , a YT - 1300 freighter is seen flying in to dock . Lucas confirmed that it was the " Millennium Falcon " itself and not just some other YT - 1300 freighter . In the Expanded Universe . Like many science fiction spacecraft , the " Falcon " interior sets cannot actually physically fit within the exterior sets . Subsequent Expanded Universe plans are consequently a compromise attempt at squeezing the interiors in ( often with detriment to headroom ) . These compromise plans often also result in the " Falcon " having rather small engines for a ship considered notable for its speed . This has led to some inconsistencies in the reported length of the vessel in different " Star Wars " publications . " The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels " ( 2003 ) states that the " Falcon " is 26 . 7 meters long . In August 2008 , " " gave the length as 35 . 37 meters while the " Millennium Falcon " novel , published in October , gave the length to be 35 meters . The StarWars . com Encyclopedia , updated in September 2011 , stated a length of 34 . 75 meters , which is the same as that of stock YT - 1300 freighters . The most recent publication to give a length of the ship , the " Millennium Falcon Owner ' s Workshop Manual " , published in the UK in November 2011 and in the US in February 2012 , gives a measurement of 34 . 37 meters . As there is no agreement on this measurement , this article uses the length from most recent source , the " Owner ' s Workshop Manual " . In " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , the " Millennium Falcon " power core was stated to be the same as that of the B - wing starfighter used by the Rebel Alliance . Paul Urquhart elaborated on this claim in part 12 of Jason Fry ' s Endnotes for the book by stating that they were made by the same manufacturer and thus possessed similar components , but were not identical drives , citing the development of the USS " Zumwalt " and its use of the same engine as that of the Typhoon fighter jets in the British Air Force as an example . In " Tyrant ' s Test " , Chewbacca states that the quad - lasers aboard the " Falcon " are " large - bore Dennia quads , " designed originally as crew - served weapons aboard " Dreadnaught s " . This would seem to contradict the presence of the Corellian - manufacture AG - 2G cannons ; alternatively , Dennia might have been the subcontractor who built the AG - 2Gs . " The Courtship of Princess Leia " features the " Falcon " using weapons not normally attributed to it , such as ion cannons and proton torpedoes in addition to the normal quad laser cannons and concussion missile launchers . " Champions of the Force " in also has the " Falcon " using proton torpedoes against the Death Star prototype near Kessel . " " , from 1981 , says that Lando Calrissian is the " original owner of the " Millennium Falcon " . " This is overturned by the 1983 novel " Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu " , which states that Lando won what he termed the " rather elderly " ship not too long before that novel began . The design of the " Ebon Hawk " , developed for " " , was inspired by the " Falcon " . Both ships also serve as mobile " bases " for the main characters of their respective series . The " Millennium Falcon " also appears throughout the 2001 video game " . " It may be destroyed in the Battle of Endor alternate - historical simulation in the Darth Vader campaign . The " Falcon " was re - imagined in LEGO form for the 2006 video game " " ( based on a the model released by LEGO in 2004 ) , as well as in its 2007 . In the video game " " , the " Millennium Falcon " makes a non - canon cameo appearance . When the main character , Galen Marek , finds the fourth of a series of holocrons on " Imperial Raxus Prime , " returning to the main platform on that game level allows the player to view a ship resembling the " Falcon " . It can also be viewed on the first visit to Raxus Prime in the game , near a hyperdrive core . Although the " Millennium Falcon " is technically a freighter - class capital ship , various video games , including the " Star Wars : Rogue Squadron " games , allow the player to play as the " Millennium Falcon " as if it were a starfighter . Some novels have retcon ned Han Solo ' s " parsec " boast to mean that the ship was so fast Captain Solo was able to hug closer to the black hole cluster known as The Maw without being pulled in , shaving off distance ( and thus time ) . Non - canon appearances . In addition to the " Millennium Falcon " appearances in the Expanded Universe , it also made some non - canonical appearances as well , including the " LEGO Star Wars " series of games as well as the Tag & Bink comics . It also was the focus of the non - canon Dark Horse Comics serial " Into the Great Unknown " , where it , some time after the Battle of Endor , had warped into an unfamiliar star system and crashed landed on a planet with forests resembling that of Endor . Solo ended up killed by the natives while Chewbacca stood guard over the " Falcon " , also becoming the legendary beast Sasquatch . 126 years later , the Archaeologist Dr . Indiana Jones discovered the wreck , which he had noted surpassed everything he had seen in prior expeditions , even that of Atlantis , but decided to leave it to the great unknown alongside Sasquatch . In non – " Star Wars " works . A CG model of the " Falcon " was inserted in the battle in the film " " , engaging the with the rest of , the military arm of the . John Knoll of Industrial Light & Magic , which did the special effects for the film , as well as having just completed work on the Special Edition of " A New Hope " , inserted the " Falcon " in the battle , although it is hardly visible . It can be seen as the begins its first attack against the cube in the early stages of the battle , and just before an starship is destroyed . According to , the " Millennium Falcon " was a primary inspiration for his show " " . The ship also inspired the ship " Serenity " , which played a major role in his show . In " " , a point - and - click adventure game released by LucasArts in 1995 , several light bridge control panels bear " alien designs " carved into them , including some that appear to be " Star Wars " Easter eggs . One such panel features simplified line drawings of the " Millennium Falcon " and a Star Destroyer of unknown classification . A YT - 1300 freighter , similar to the " Millennium Falcon " , can be seen for a second on the landing platform of the Space Diner in the Mel Brooks space parody , " " . In the " Star Wars " spoof , when Peter , who plays Solo , says that the " Falcon " made the Kessel run in under twelve parsecs , Luke , played by Chris , questions him , saying , " Um , isn ' t a parsec a unit of distance , not time ? " Solo blows him off in response . In the real world . In February 2007 , LEGO Corporation announced the release of the Ultimate Collector ' s " Millennium Falcon " , scheduled for October 1 2007 . The model is scaled to LEGO Minifigures , measuring 33 " long by 22 " wide . At 5 , 195 pieces , it is the second - largest LEGO Set ever produced , and the most expensive . Hasbro released what is known to fans as the " Big " Millennium Falcon " " toy on July 26th , 2008 . When the original Kenner mold for the toy broke down after 30 years of use , Hasbro brought in the original designer of the toy , Mark Boudreaux , to redesign the iconic ship . The completed product is approximately 30 % larger than the Kenner version . It can hold up to 18 figures . In the " " traveling exhibit , a reproduction of the " Millennium Falcon " cockpit is featured within a miniature planetarium .