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Millennium Falcon
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- "You've never heard of theMillennium Falcon?"
"Should I have?"
"It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you, old man." - ―Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi[21]
TheMillennium Falcon, originally designatedYT 492727ZED and formerly known as theStellar Envoy, and registered or known under various aliases and pseudonyms includingBroken Bell,Corell's Pride,Close Shave,Fickle Flyer,Foul Matter,Graphite Skipper,Jin-Den Smoke,Longshot,Lost and Found,Star Princess,Sunfighter Franchise,Sweet Suprise,Meetyl's Misery,Wayward Son, andVictory Ring, was aCorellianYT-1300 light freighter built around60 BBY. Earning a legendary status under their ownership, the ship was most famously used by thesmugglersHan Solo andChewbacca before, during, and following theGalactic Civil War.
During theFalcon's time in the possession of the smugglerLando Calrissian, it accumulated numerous modifications in the name of convenience and luxury, including painted exterior paneling and a largeescape pod. However, during Han Solo's famous record-breakingKessel 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 Solo won it from Calrissian shortly afterwards in a game ofsabacc. Its aged appearance still belied numerous advanced modifications to boost the ship's speed, weapons, andshields, including ahyperdrive engine among the fastest inthe entire galaxy, enabling it to outrunImperial Star Destroyers. It also included sensor-proof smuggling compartments, which were used during therescue ofPrincessLeia Organa in0 BBY to evadeImperialstormtroopers. Afterwards, theMillennium Falcon saw further action when Solo chose to join theRebel Alliance during theBattle of Yavin, where it was able to sneak up and fire onDarth Vader'sTIE Advanced, allowingLuke Skywalker to fire theproton torpedoes fromhisT-65BX-wing starfighter that destroyed theDeath Star.
After Solo wascaptured onBespin, Calrissian took command of theFalcon once more to search for him. In4 ABY, following Solo'srescue, Calrissian flew the ship at theBattle of Endor, where it entered theDS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and aided in its destruction from within. Over the next three decades, the ship fell out of Solo's hands and was stolen by a succession of criminals and thieves, ending up in the ownership of the traderUnkar Plutt onJakku, a remote world in theWestern Reaches. TheFalcon was eventually stolen by theForce-sensitivescavengerRey, formerFirst Order stormtrooperFinn, andResistancedroidBB-8 to escape the forces of theFirst Order in34 ABY. Shortly thereafter, it was reunited with Solo and Chewbacca.
Following Solo'sdeath soon after, theMillennium Falcon became a Resistance vessel piloted by its new owner, Rey, throughout much of theFirst Order-Resistance War. In35 ABY, the ship was once again captained by Calrissian during theBattle of Exegol, which saw a decisive victory for the Resistance andJedi Order, before being returned to Rey, who had been newly dubbed aSkywalker.
Description[]
- "For once, sir, theMillennium Falcon actually appears to be in good working order."
- ―C-3PO, during theAssault on Cymoon[14]

Schematics of theMillennium Falcon
TheMillennium Falcon was aYT-1300 light freighter of the YT-1300f variety.[1] Its basic shape was defined by two convex saucers welded together, a pair of front-facing mandibles and an outrigger-style, side-mountedcockpit withtransparisteelviewports. Apart from the shape of its chassis, theFalcon 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 uniqueship.[12] These customizations, however, came at the price of reliability, and theFalcon was known to suffer frequent breakdowns in the heat of battle. After the circular military-gradesensor dish was lost during the Battle ofEndor, the dish was replaced with the base rectangular model which was originally supplied with the ship. During theBattle of Crait, theFalcon 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, theFalcon had adejarik table,[5] which was installed byLando Calrissian when upgrading the ship,[40] featuring creatures found throughoutthe galaxy for the amusement of passengers and crew.[5]
Engines[]
- "She'll make point five past lightspeed."
- ―Han Solo explains theFalcon's lightspeed capabilities[21]
TheMillennium Falcon'sGirodyneSRB42sublight engines were heavily modified through the addition of aSLAM overdrive that rerouted energy for acceleration bursts. As a result, the ship could fly at a maximum speed of 1,200kilometer per hour inatmosphere and 3,000G inspace.[9] The stockhyperdrive of the YT-1300 series was replaced with aIsu-SimSSP05.[1] Although the regular SSP05 was a Class 1 hyperdrive, the one that equipped theFalcon had been jury-rigged "Vandangante style" into a Class 0.5 drive[12]—twice as fast as mostwarships of theGalactic Empire.[11] According toRalsius Paldora, theMillennium Falcon's hyperdrive failed 1.22 times more than the one on theYT-2400 light freighter.[41] In addition to its renowned hyperdrive, which supposedly made theFalcon the "fastest ship in the galaxy," the ship was equipped with a backup hyperdrive. It was much slower than the primary engine and often took several weeks or months to reach the nearest star system.[1] A component of the engines was theengine coupling which caused theFalcon to malfunction when misaligned.[42]
Armament, hull, and shields[]
- "Whoa, two ST2 launchers? What the hell were you and Solo doing with my ship that made you install that much firepower?"
- ―Lando Calrissian, to Chewbacca[43]

TheFalcon's forward mandibles housed the forward deflector shields, concussion missile launchers, and beam lamps.
The weaponry of theMillennium Falcon was normally suited for a much larger warship.[1] It included two CECAG-2Gquad laser cannons (one ventral and one dorsal) with enhancedlaser actuators andgas feeds, which gave them maximum range and damage. These served as its primary defensive armament, able to destroy enemy fighters with a single direct hit. Between the forward mandibles, there were twoArakydST2 concussion missile tubes, each of which carried a four-missile magazine.[12] Additionally, aBlasTechAx-108 "Ground Buzzer" blaster cannon mounted near the ventral boarding ramp allowed its crew to defend the ship against infantry and other light targets while on the ground.[1]Duralloy plates salvaged from an Imperialcruiser afforded theFalconcapital ship-classhullarmor.[12]
The ship had threedeflector shieldgenerators: the bow was protected from both lasers andconcussion missiles byTorplex andNordoxicon units, while aKuat Drive Yards generator shielded the stern.[12]
TheFalcon's combination of sublight speed and maneuverability was comparable to most of thestarfighters fielded by theRebellion and Empire, while its shielding, hyperdrive, heavy armor and weapons were on par with those typically found on capital ships These traits made it an ideal choice forGeneral Lando Calrissian's attack run within the bowels of theDeath Star during theBattle of Endor. While agile and almost near impervious to almost all heavy weapons and turbolasers as any large warship, theFalcon's only real combat weakness was its sheer size in comparison to starfighters. Although the ship had squeezed through many narrow spots in its history, it still lost the oversizedsensor dish while trying to get through a particularly tight section of theDeathStar's superstructure and a few replacement ones in subsequent battles.
Other systems and equipment[]

TheMillennium Falcon under Calrissian's ownership.
TheFalcon's main source of power was aQuadex power core.[1]
Its maincomputer was made of threedroid brains which identified themselves as theMillennium Collective.[44] The first droid brain was atransport droid known asV5-T, the second from aslicer droid calledED-4,[11] and the third fromL3-37, which began as anR3-series astromech droid brain, but was overlaid with data architecture from an espionage droid, protocol droid processors, and custom state-of-the-art coding.[44][9]
A pair ofGelieg20m-cp Strobe/C-Beam Lamps, which flooded illumination outside the ship, were mounted on the tips of the front mandibles.[12] In case of emergency landing or crash onwater, theFalcon was also equipped withflotation pontoons.[15]
TheFalcon also had astatic charge dissipator which could dissipate static charge on the ship, but when the dissipator burned out, theFalcon would need immediate repairs.[42]
History[]
Early years[]
- "If you refuse, you die. He dies. The others on the ship, they all die. If you join with us, we all can live. The choice is simple."
"You tricked me."
"We couldn't have joined without you consenting to it. You made your decision a while ago. You just couldn't admit it. We are something different, now. Not just theFalcon. Not just L3. We are new." - ―TheFalcon and L3 converse about integrating[45]
The YT-1300flight freighter[2] designated unit YT 492727ZED was built atOrbital Assembly Facility 7,[46] a Corellianshipyard owned by theCorellian Engineering Corporation, more than 90years before theBattle of Starkiller Base.[2] As was intended, the ship began its career as an intermodal tug pushing container inorbital freight yards.[1] It once worked in the galaxy's busiestspacelanes.[9] Just after theBattle of Coruscant, it was docking in theSenate Office Building.[47] Inconsistent records from theBureau of Ships and Services indicate that the YT 492727ZED changed ownership more than once via unregistered transactions.[2]
During theClone Wars, the freighter was property of theRepublic Group. The YT 492727ZED was registered by the Republic Group on the planetRalltiir as theStellar Envoy. At some point, either prior or during its ownership under the Republic Group, a military-grade rectenna was installed on theStellar Envoy. Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, theStellar Envoy was involved in a collision with a bulk freighter and was seriously damaged. The wreckage was reconditioned bya salvager, who used several sections and modules from a scrapped YT-1300p freighter to repair the ship.[2]
The ship had a number of owners over its service.[48] At some point, thehumangambler named Lando Calrissian won the YT 492727ZED in a game ofsabacc, and registered the freighter under the nameMillennium Falcon.[2] Calrissian modified the freighter, inside and out,[12] converting it into his own speedy sports vessel as Calrissian saw how powerful its freight-pushing engines were. As such, Calrissian modified the two cargo mandibles at the front into an auxiliary ship launch, thus turning the plain freighter into a unique starship.[9] He also once explained the controls toBrea Tonnika of theTonnika sisters.[49]

Lando Calrissian made significant modifications and named the vesselMillennium Falcon.
When Calrissian was injured during araid onKessel, thesmugglerHan Solo andWookieeChewbacca were left in command of the ship. During the escape from Kessel, Calrissian uploaded L3 to theFalcon as the ship'snavigational system, assisting the crew in making theKessel Run in under 12parsecs. During the Kessel run the ship was majorly damaged byTIE fighters, with one blasting a hole in the front of theFalcon. After destroying the fighters, Han slid theFalcon over an asteroid which destroyed two of theFalcon's landing gears. In order to escape theSumma-verminoth inThe Maw, Han launched the escape pod. The ship also lost itssensor dish upon being caught in the Maw. Calrissian later took the heavily damaged ship after landing onSavareen, but ended up bettinghis ship in a "Corellian Spike" game of sabacc onNumidian Prime,[13] losing to the smuggler Han Solo.[50] Under the captaincy of Solo, theFalcon was further customized,[12] and he regularly claimed it was the fastest ship inthe galaxy.[49]
Galactic Civil War[]
A fateful trip[]
- "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."
- ―Leia Organa upon seeing theMillennium Falcon for the first time[21]

TheMillennium Falcon blasts its way out of Mos Eisley
TheMillennium Falcon's destiny as a tool for a small-time smuggling operation was changed when it was chartered byObi-Wan Kenobi andLuke Skywalker inChalmun's Spaceport Cantina for passage toAlderaan. When challenged by Kenobi about his ship's speed, Solo bragged that theFalcon was capable of attaining 0.5 pastlightspeed, and that it had completed the infamous Kessel Run in fewer than twelve parsecs.[21]
The journey to Alderaan proved to be much more than a simple passenger flight. TheFalcon was forced to blast its way out ofMos Eisley when agarrison ofstormtroopers attacked the ship in an attempt to recover its cargo. It also narrowly avoided capture by a couple ofStar Destroyers before making the jump to lightspeed.[21] Having also been on Tatooine, the Tonnika sisters had hoped to steal theFalcon to use as their own ship. When theFalcon began its escape, it created a big enough distraction that the siblings realized they had the chance to steal any other nearby ship,[49] while seeing the freighter escape the Empire's grasp convinced stormtrooperTD-7556 to desert theImperial Army.[51]
TheFalcon emerged fromhyperspace into theremains of Alderaan. After chasing a singleTIE fighter stranded in what appeared to be empty space, theFalcon was captured by one of thefirst Death Star'stractor beams and secured aboard the massivespace station. Thanks to quick thinking by those aboard theFalcon, the ship was made to appear as if the crew had escaped soon after taking off fromTatooine. It was searched by stormtroopers and it was reported that there were no passengers on board and theescape pods had been jettisoned. Their search had missed the crew, who were hidden in a series of secretsmuggling holds. They then killed ascanning crew before they could be detected by the scanner.[21]

TheMillennium Falcon escapes from the soon-to-explode Death Star after helping Luke Skywalker make his final shot.
In a matter ofhours, theMillennium Falcon had once again escaped theImperial Navy, this time with therescuedPrincessLeia Organa on board. After a fleeing battle with Imperial fighters and a trip through hyperspace, the ship arrived at the secretAlliance base onYavin 4. During the ship's stay on thebattle station, the Empire had planted ahoming device on board theFalcon, which it used to pursue Organa to this location. As the Rebels scrambled to organize a preemptiveattack on the massive Death Star, Solo loaded his reward on board theFalcon and departed themoon. However, thanks to Chewbacca, its smugglercaptain had a change ofheart. Solo and his ship returned just in time to cover Skywalker in his last-ditch effort to destroy the station and secure the safety of the Rebel Alliance. The ship's surprise attack destroyedDarth Vader's twowingmen and sent Vader himself spinning off into space, allowing Skywalker to successfully complete his attack and destroy the Death Star.[21]
Escape from Hoth[]
- "Punch it!"
- ―Han Solo to Chewbacca[4]
Three years after the Battle ofYavin, theFalcon was undergoing repairs in the mainhangar of the Rebel installationEcho Base as the Empire began itsassault onHoth, assisted byTreadwell, aWED 15 "Septoid 2" Treadwell toolkit droid who was in service of the ship at the time. As the Alliance scrambled to escape the base, Solo and Chewbacca hurried to make the ship spaceworthy. Organa was cut off from hertransport by a tunnelcave-in and was forced to make her escape from Hoth on board theFalcon accompanied by Solo, Chewbacca, andC-3PO. Solo used the ship's uncanny maneuverability and hispiloting skills to elude an ImperialStar Destroyer chasing them, and two more emerging from hyperspace. Solo's maneuvers in theFalcon caused the two Star Destroyers approaching and the one pursuing to nearly collide with each other. TheFalcon then attempted to make the jump into lightspeed, but was stopped short by an equipment malfunction.[4]
Forced to take drastic measures to avoid capture, Solo made the decision to pilot theFalcon into a nearbyasteroid field in an attempt to lose the Imperial pursuers. However, his repairs were cut short as he had unknowingly landed inside anexogorth. Escaping just in time as the beast's huge mouth was closing, theFalcon was discovered by theImperial II-class Star DestroyerAvenger. They attempted to jump to lightspeed, but once again, the hyperdrive was not fully repaired. Solo then had Chewbacca change course and fly directly atAvenger's bridge in an apparent suicidal attack run. The ship disappeared from sight and became undetectable toAvenger. It had not gone far: Solo had attached theFalcon to a blind spot on the conning tower of the Star Destroyer. Adhering to standard Imperial procedure, the Star Destroyers ofDeath Squadron ejected all scrap and garbage before entering hyperspace. Solo then signaled Chewbacca to release the ship's landing claws, allowing theFalcon to "float away with the rest of the garbage."Boba Fett, however, saw through this ruse, and waited behind inSlave I, following theFalcon as it left thesystem.[4]

TheFalcon is pursued as it flees Cloud City.
After its close encounter with the Empire, theFalcon journeyed toBespin'sCloud City, where Solo's old acquaintance Calrissian held the position ofBaron Administrator. The Empire had arrived first, however, due to Fett tailing theFalcon to Bespin. The crew of theFalcon were captured,tortured, and detained, and Solo was encased incarbonite and given to thebounty hunter. Treadwell was destroyed by Imperial forces to prevent him from warning the remaining crew that the recently-repaired hyperdrive had been disabled by Vader's men. The remaining members of the crew, joined by Calrissian,escaped to theFalcon. After rescuing Skywalker, who was dangling from aweather vane on the underside of Cloud City, the ship left theplanet and attempted to jump to lightspeed, and only a last-minute patch byR2-D2 prevented theFalcon from falling into Imperial hands. Thanks to R2's efforts, the hyperdrive was activated and theFalcon managed to make the jump at the lastsecond and escape.[4]
Battle at Rendezvous Point Delta-Three[]
- "But this isn't your ship. With Han gone, I'm commandeering it for the Rebel fleet, which means you don't get a say in where it goes."
- ―Leia Organa, to Lando Calrissian[43]
After the events on Cloud City, Organa, Skywalker, Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 all were in the[43] main hold,[2] although Skywalker sat thinking about what had happened, as he learned that Vader was actually his father. Chewbacca and Calrissian were discussing Solo, with the latter questioning what they would have done if theFalcon had caught up withSlave I, noting that firing Fett's ship out of the sky would have killed Solo. Calrissian also spoke to Organa and told her that they missed their chance to catch Fett because she made them get Skywalker, whom Organa introduced as the man who destroyed the Death Star. Calrissian promised that they would rescue Solo, as both he and Chewbacca understood Fett was taking their friend to Jabba. When Skywalker joined the conversation and asked where Solo was, Organa told him about what happened and promised that they would find him. After she asked what had happened to him, Skywalker only told her that Kenobi had not answered his call.[43]

TheFalconmakes an attack run against the light cruiser
Organa had R2-D2 give Chewbacca coordinates for the Rebel fleet, and, with Solo gone and Calrissian not being the ship's owner, she commandeered theFalcon for the Alliance. However, when they arrived atRendezvous Point Delta-Three, the gathered Alliance ships wereunder attack from the Empire. Upon seeing theFalcon, the Imperialcommander,Ellian Zahra, ordered aTIE fighter squadron and all non-essentialturbolaser batteries to target the freighter. Aboard the ship, Organa and Skywalker, despite his missing hand, moved to the gunning stations, while Chewbacca and Calrissian served as the pilots. Skywalker, however, began to be distracted by thinking about Kenobi and Vader, but he then used the Force on the TIEs, ripping the controls from the pilots' hands, allowing them to deviate from their course and collide with each other, giving Organa a chance to blast them. Calrissian and Chewbacca then made their attack run on anArquitens-class command cruiser and, using theFalcon'smissiles, destroyed the ship's gun emplacements, making an opening for the Rebels to escape tobackup Rendezvous Point Gamma-Nine.[43]
After the battle, Zahra explained to Vader that theFalcon had disrupted their attack. She told theDark Lord of the Sith that they attempted to destroy the vessel, but Vader informed her that theFalcon was off-limits. He permitted her to kill Organa if she was able to, as he had no use for her, but Vader explained to her that there was someone else who was often aboard theFalcon. He warned Zahra that if this individual, who was secretly his son Skywalker, was killed, there would be significant consequences.[43]
Rescuing Han[]
During the followingmonths, Organa, Skywalker, and Calrissian continued to use theFalcon on missions.[52] After theysuccessfully rescued Han, theFalcon rendezvoused with the Alliance Fleet and prepared to assault the newest Death Star.[26]
Battle of Endor[]
- "Look, I want you to take her. I mean it, take her! You need all the help you can get; she's the fastest ship in the fleet!"
- ―Han Solo, to Lando Calrissian[26]

TheFalcon leads the starfighter attack during the Battle of Endor.
During the Battle of Endor, Calrissian andSullustan copilotNien Nunb flew theFalcon asGold Leader. After theplanetary shield protecting the second Death Star was brought down by Solo's strike team, theFalcon and several Alliance fighters entered the battle station through a conduit port and sped toward thereactor core. Space was limited in the conduit tunnels leading to the core, and the relatively largeFalcon lost itssensor dish when the ship clipped a conduit in the tunnel. Calrissian was able to pilot the craft into the energy core housing the main reactor, fired upon the reactor prompting its collapse, and headed for the exhaust port. TheFalcon barely outran the massive explosion that destroyed the powerful battle station. Soon afterwards, the Imperial fleet retreated, and the galaxy celebrated the death ofEmperorPalpatine.[26]
New Republic[]
Several months later, Solo and Chewbacca traveled through space on theMillennium Falcon. After receiving intelligence fromImra that the Empire had reduced their presence on the Wookieehomeworld ofKashyyyk due to the advances of theNew Republic, Solo and Chewie traveled toWarrin Station to rally smugglers and Wookiee exiles for acampaign to liberate Kashyyyk.[31] Around this time, Han Solo replaced theFalcon's sensor dish with a rectangular civilian model.[27]
However, this information turned out to be a trap set by the Empire. Chewie was captured, but Solo managed to escape on theFalcon. Ayear later, Solo corresponded with hiswife Organa viahologram on the edge ofWild Space. During the conversation, theFalcon came under attack, and communication was lost with Organa. In response, Organa dispatched the New Republicstarfighter pilotNorra Wexley to rescue her husband. Norra was joined by her son,Temmin Wexley, theB1-series battle droidMister Bones, the former ImperialSinjir Rath Velus, theZabrak bounty hunterJas Emari, and theNew Republic Special ForcessoldierJom Barell.[27]

TheMillennium Falcon after the Battle of Endor
Norra and her team found Solo and theFalcon on the planetIrudiru. After interrogating theSiniteenprison builderGolas Aram, Solo and his allies traveled on theFalcon and Emari's shipHalo to theKashyyyk system. They bluffed their way through the Imperialblockade by posing as a repair crew working atAshmead's Lock, an automated prison on the far side of Kashyyyk. There, they managed to free Chewbacca and a hundred other prisoners including Norra's husbandBrentin Lore Wexley. Norra, Temmin, and the prisoners except Chewbacca then used theFalcon to travel back to the New Republiccapital ofChandrila.[27]
After learning that the Wookiee uprising was underway and that the Empire wasorbitally bombarding Kashyyyk, Organa convinced theAlderaanian pilotEvaan Verlaine to fly her on theMillennium Falcon into the Kashyyyk system to aid her husband and Chewie. Later, she contacted the New Republic CaptainWedge Antilles and convinced him to send hisPhantom Squadron there.[27]
During the brief space skirmish, Organa and Verlaine flew circles around the Imperial Star Destroyers. After the Imperials capitulated, Organa landed theFalcon in the hangar of the Star DestroyerDominion, which her husband had captured. Organa used the ship'slaser cannons to blast several stormtroopers who were still putting up a fight. After reuniting with her husband, Organa and Solo took theFalcon to Kashyyyk. There, they parted company with Chewbacca before returning to Chandrila.[27]
Prior to theBattle of Jakku, Temmin tried to convince Solo to lend him theMillennium Falcon so that he could travel toJakku to rescue hismother Norra, who washunting for the Imperial fugitiveGrand AdmiralRae Sloane. After some haggling, Solo and Organa relented. Temmin and Velus attempted to depart on theFalcon, but were prevented from leaving Chandrila bySenate Guards. While Temmin and Velus initially believed that Solo had double-crossed them, they later learnt thatSenatorTolwar Wartol, a political opponent ofChancellorMon Mothma, was the true culprit and had beenspying on Solo and Organa's conversations. TheMillennium Falcon later saw action during anoperation onNakadia to rescue theslicerConder Kyl andNim Tar's child.[53]
First Order/Resistance War[]
Reappearance[]
- "The garbage will do!"
- ―Rey, being forced to board theFalcon during the escape from Jakku[5]

TheFalcon fends off TIE Fighter fire during the Escape from Jakku
Overall, theMillennium Falcon had become a legend in and of itself under Solo and Chewbacca.[48] In31 ABY[54] Solo traveled toMaz Kanata'scastle onTakodana to speak with Kanata. While the pair were conversing, aNikto namedGannis Ducain offered to co-pilot for Solo after overhearing that Chewbacca was with his family and that Solo was short-handed for a job. After accepting Ducain's offer, he and Solo went toChristophsis, where Ducain stole theFalcon.[55] It was later stolen byToursant Irving andVanver Irving—also known as theIrving Boys—before finally ending up in the possession ofjunk bossUnkar Plutt onJakku.[56]
At some point he had it stored atNiima Outpost. The collectorKarr Nuq Sin traveled to Jakku in his quest to learn about theJedi Order, and he and his friendMaize Raynshi boarded the ship. Nuq Sin had a vision of Skywalker and Kenobi training aboard it after touching the remote.[57] In Plutt's possession, it would sit unused for years in Niima Outpost. Plutt paid for minimum maintenance for the ship with the intention of preparing it fully for flight only in the event that he would actually find a buyer.[56]
Returned ownership[]
- "You tell him Han Solo just stole back theMillennium Falcon for good."
- ―Han Solo[5]

Han Solo and Chewbacca once again take ownership of theFalcon.
In34 ABY,Rey,Finn, andBB-8 stole the vessel toescape an attack from theFirst Order on the outpost. While in spaceflight, theFalcon was picked up by Solo and Chewbacca's sensors, and they promptly locked down theFalcon's systems so they could recapture it using a freighter called theEravana they were then using for their smuggling operations, which they later abandoned after a cargo ofRathars escaped on board. Upon boarding their old vessel, Solo and Chewie went about inspecting their ship and found Rey and Finn hiding, whom they assumed were thethieves that had stolen theFalcon. When Rey and Finn explained that they were going to take BB-8 to theResistance, as he had amap that would reveal Skywalker's location, Solo and Chewie agreed to help them. Solo was impressed with how much Rey knew about the ship itself, and how it worked.[5]
On the way to Maz Kanata's castle, when theFalcon began to malfunction, the mechanically savvy Rey, who was sitting in the cockpit to the right of Solo, made a modification to the ship by simply bypassing a faultycompressor. Later, theFalcon's crew arrived at Takodana and metMaz Kanata.[5]
The Resistance[]

TheMillennium Falcon departing Takodana
Following theattack on Kanata's castle,Starkiller Base prepared to fire onD'Qar. After learning of this, the Resistance devised a plan to sneak onto the surface and lower the planetary shields so their fighters couldattack the superweapon's weak spot. Using theFalcon, Solo, Chewbacca, and Finn infiltrated the base, lowered the shields, and reunited with Rey, who had been captured on Takodana by the First Order.[5]
While theMillennium Falcon laid dormant, it was briefly spotted by members of the Resistance'sJ-Squadron who were flying a stolenTIE silencer into the planet. At least two of its members speculated on whether it could be theMillennium Falcon that they'd heard so many stories about, but at the time they could not confirm whether it was.[58]
After the confrontation withKylo Ren following the death of his own father, Han Solo, Chewbacca rescued Finn and Rey aboard theFalcon, managing to escape the planet as it exploded. After learning of Skywalker's location, Rey, Artoo, and Chewbacca flew in theFalcon toAhch-To, the remote planet where he had gone into self-exile.[5] Chewbacca and R2 remained with theFalcon while Rey attempted to persuade Skywalker to join the Resistance, though Luke slipped aboard the old freighter to reminisce, and was reminded of what was at stake when Artoo replayed the hologram Leia Organa recorded to recruit Obi-Wan Kenobi on hersecret mission to Tatooine some thirty-four years earlier.[28]

TheFalcon led the First Order TIEs away from Resistance forces.
Rey later departed the island, believing herself capable of restoring Ben Solo to thelight side of the Force, and used one of the freighter'sescape pods to reach theSupremacy while Chewbacca piloted theFalcon toCrait. AfterSnoke's death, Rey returned to theFalcon using Snoke's escape vessel, and the YT-1300 participated in theBattle of Crait. Piloted by Chewie with the dorsal turret manned by Rey, theFalcon led TIE fighters away from the ResistanceV-4X-D ski speeders attempting to destroy the First Order'ssuperlaser siege cannon. The freighter lost its radar dish and its lower quad cannon during a chase through Crait's subterranean caverns. TheFalcon was later used to evacuate surviving Resistance personnel from theCrait outpost while Luke Skywalker bought his allies time by confronting Kylo Ren.[28] After the battle, Rey spent a lot of time walking the corridors of theFalcon, thinking about how much history it had.[46]
Stationed on Batuu[]
- "Now, there are plenty of Corellian freighters in the galaxy. But onlyone has made the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs! Onlyone has destroyed the mightyDeath Star! And only one was captained by the legendary Han Solo! That ship is theMillennium Falcon, and it belongs to me."
- ―Hondo Ohnaka[59]

TheFalcon onBatuu.
Some time after the battle, theMillennium Falcon landed onBatuu, whereHondo Ohnaka made a deal withChewbacca and hired a temporary crew for the ship to take part in one of Ohnaka's endeavors.[60]
Immediate repairs[]
Rey, Finn, BB-8, and Chewbacca were transporting theTogrutasmugglerMoebin Faltus on theFalcon when the ship started to experience problems. Rey believed that the engine coupling had a slight misalignment, but upon further investigation she discovered the static charge dissipator had completely burned out. She decided that theFalcon would have to make an immediate pit stop on the planetChoss to look for a new dissipator with Faltus, while Finn and Chewie repaired the freighter.[42]
End of the war[]
At some point, theFalcon had a new circularRectenna dish, installed after it lost its rectangular one at the Battle of Crait, and a new lower quad laser cannon. FollowingPalpatine's broadcast, Finn,Poe Dameron, Chewbacca, R2-D2, andKlaud arrived at the Sinta Glacier Colony to meet a Resistance informant, theOvissianBoolio, ordering them to relay a message to Leia from a spy within the First Order. Several squadrons ofSpecial Forces TIE fighters andTIE whisper fighters later arrived at the colony, preparing to destroy theFalcon. As Finn prepared for the action and entered the gunner cockpit, Boolio jested that a worthy thanks for the information provided would be to win the war. Forced to travel into the depths of the colony by a wall of TIEs, theFalcon destroyed a number of its pursuers before jumping tohyperspace through one of the colony's walls. The remaining fighters pursued theFalcon regardless, with Dameron beginning tolightspeed skip through a number of systems, whose dangers the First Order pilots were unable to evade.[30]
Dameron's boldness allowed him to outmaneuver the enemy, though his reckless trick-flying heavily damaged theFalcon, causing multiple fires both within and outside of the ship. Upon returning to theResistance base onAjan Kloss,Rey berated a fatigued Dameron for this, though he rebuffed her by noting that his favored droidBB-8 was in similarly poor condition due to her earlier training accident. Rey dismissed the pilot, quipping that he was a difficult man, before hugging Finn, who jokingly joined her in condemning his companion. Although Rey was further angered by the revelation that Dameron lightspeed skipped with theFalcon, a maneuver that the aging freighter could not support, Dameron admitted the true cause of his concern: Rey was "the best fighter [the Resistance had]," but she had spent her time training and furthering her knowledge of the Force rather than participating in the war against the First Order.[30]
After learning that Darth Sidious had returned, and that theFinal Order, a massive fleet ofXyston-class Star Destroyers built by theSith Eternal, was on Exegol, Rey learned from Luke Skywalker's notes that aSith wayfinder could lead them there. Leia revealed that an ally on Pasaana may be able to help. Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, BB-8, and C-3PO departed in theMillennium Falcon as it underwent repairs.[30]
The First Order later captured theFalcon, Chewbacca, and thedagger; attempting to save Chewbacca, Rey accidentally destroyed a First Order transport with Force lightning. Presuming that Chewbacca has been killed, the group escaped onOchi's ship, theBestoon Legacy. TheFalcon was later carried by a group of TIE fighters to theResurgent-class Star DestroyerSteadfast.[30]
Poe suggested traveling to the planet Kijimi to have the Sith text extracted from C-3PO's memory. Although the process would wipe the droid's memory, the coordinates to thewayfinder would be revealed. TheSteadfast later arrived on Kijimi, with Rey sensing that Chewbacca was, in fact, still alive and that theFalcon was onboard the Star Destroyer. The group then mounted a rescue mission.[30]
As Rey searched for thedagger to get more clues, the group later rescued Chewbacca, but managed to get themselves captured. General Hux was then revealed to be the First Order spy, having leaked information to the Resistance in order to bring about the downfall of Kylo Ren's rule.[30]
Ren later arrived and initiated aForce bond with Rey, in which he revealed that she was Sidious' granddaughter, with her father being the son of the Emperor. Kylo once again asked Rey to join him, but she refused and escaped in theFalcon.[30]
Having discerned the location of the Sith wayfinder, the group traveled toKef Bir, a moon within theEndor system. Kylo Ren later arrived on Kef Bir, destroyed theEmperor's wayfinder and dueled with the scavenger. Dying, Leia called to Kylo through the Force, distracting him long enough for Rey to seize the opportunity to impale him withhis ownlightsaber. Sensing Leia's death and feeling pity for the injured Ren, Rey healed the conflictedSupreme Leader and eventually took his ship in order to exile herself onAhch-To.[30]
The group, save for Rey, returned to base. The Resistance then followed Rey's coordinates to Exegol, as she traveled to confront her destiny and Sidious, at the behest of theForce spiritLuke Skywalker, by flyinghis oldT-65BX-wing starfighter there. Lando and Chewbacca sought to gather allies of the Resistance for thefinal battle against theSith, traveled to the core worlds.[30]

TheMillennium Falcon lead the Citizens' Fleet into the Sith Eternal's fleet, the Final Order.
TheFalcon later arrived at Exegol, leading theCitizens' Fleet comprised of many Resistance ships from systems all across the galaxy, against the extensiveforces of the Sith Eternal. Finn and the Kef Bir nativeJannah led an assault onboard the hull of theSteadfast, the command ship of the battle. They successfully destroyed the command bridge and prevented the Sith fleet from leaving Exegol. As theSteadfast was about to crash, theFalcon promptly rescued Finn and Jannah. The Resistance then destroyed the remaining Sith forces.[30]
With the Final Order fleet destroyed by the combined forces of the Exegol strike team and the galaxy fleet, Rey and the Resistance emerged victorious and left Exegol to return to Ajan Kloss. Rey, accompanied by BB-8, later took theFalcon toTatooine, to visit Luke Skywalker'sold, abandoned home. She then buriedAnakin's andLeia's lightsabers beneath the sands of the homestead, having builther own.[30]
Behind the scenes[]
TheMillennium Falcon first appeared inStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope, the first installment of theStar Warsoriginal trilogy. In the scenes with Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb in theFalcon inStar Wars: Episode VIReturn of the Jedi, the set of the ship was rocked to stimulate theFalcon's flight.[61]

Unused concept art of theMillennium Falcon with cargo pods forStar Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
It was speculated that theMillennium Falcon would make an appearance inStar Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith to further tie theprequel trilogy to theoriginal trilogy, and the ship did indeed make a cameo in the movie. At the beginning of one shot closing in on a docking bay onCoruscant, a YT-1300 freighter is seen flying in to dock.George Lucas confirmed that it was theMillennium Falcon and not just another ship of the same class.[62]
For theStar Wars Anthology filmSolo: A Star Wars Story, the interiorFalcon sets were the same ones used inStar Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens andStar Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi, although they were redressed. These sets were augmented with the addition of extra sets depicting Lando Calrissian's quarters and cape closet.[63]Donald Glover,provided a tour inside the set of the Ship. And he quips of never getting tired of using the hyperdrive.

TheFalcon's serial number
ForStar Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections, the authorJason Fry intended for the book to include information about the freighter series being able to act as a cargo pusher, but was unable to get the image in time.[64] This information was later added to theYT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual.
The infographic Fictional Travel Times estimated that theMillennium Falcon, with its class 0.5 hyperdrive, can travel at 6.13 quadrillion miles per hour, and that it may be capable of traveling from one galaxy to another within 100 days.[65]
InEpisode IV, theMillennium Falcon had only three landing gear legs, but five landing gear legs inEpisode V.Solo fixes this by revealing theMillennium Falcon had five landing gear legs, but two were lost during the Kessel Run.[13]
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