Hey everybody and welcome to Leia’s Lair. In today’s video,
we will go over some history and facts about our favorite ship, the Millennium Falcon.
The Millennium Falcon, originally designated YT 492727ZED
and formerly known as the Stellar Envoy, was a Corellian YT-1300f light freighter most famously
used by the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, during and following the Galactic Civil War.
Its basic shape was defined by two convex saucers welded together, a pair of front-facing mandibles
and an outrigger-style, side-mounted cockpit with transparisteel viewports. Apart from the
shape of its chassis, the Falcon retained very little of its off-the-dock instrumentation.
It could carry 6 passengers, and only needed a crew of 1 person to fly. The Falcon had numerous
commanders throughout it’s life, including Calrissian, Solo, Chewbacca, Rey, and Poe Dameron.
The Millennium Falcon is a ship with an extensive history.During
the Clone Wars, the freighter was property of the Republic Group.
The YT 492727ZED was registered by the Republic Group on the planet Ralltiir as the Stellar
Envoy. Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, the Stellar Envoy was involved in a collision
with a bulk freighter and was seriously damaged. The wreckage was reconditioned by a salvager,
who used several sections and modules from a scrapped YT-1300p freighter to repair the ship.
Some time later Calrissian won the YT 492727ZED in a game of Sabacc,
and registered the freighter under the name Millennium Falcon
During the Falcon's time in the possession of Calrissian, it accumulated numerous modifications
in the name of convenience and luxury, including painted exterior paneling and a large escape pod.
However, during Han Solo's infamous record-breaking Kessel Run, in which
he piloted the freighter for the first time, many of these additions were destroyed or lost, leaving
the ship battered by the time Solo won it from Calrissian shortly afterwards in a game of sabacc.
Its aged appearance still belied numerous advanced modifications to boost the ship's speed, weapons,
and shields, including a hyperdrive engine among the fastest in the entire galaxy,
enabling it to outrun Imperial Star Destroyers. These customizations, however, came at the
price of reliability, and the Falcon was known to suffer frequent breakdowns in the heat of battle.
The Millennium Falcon's 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 for passage to Alderaan.
The falcon also included sensor-proof smuggling compartments, which were used
during the rescue of Princess Leia Organa in 0 BBY to evade Imperial stormtroopers.
Afterwards, the Millennium Falcon saw further action when Solo chose to join the Rebel Alliance
during the Battle of Yavin, where it was able to sneak up and fire on Darth Vader's TIE Advanced,
allowing Luke Skywalker to fire the proton torpedo that destroyed the Death Star.
Three years after the Battle of Yavin, the Falcon was undergoing repairs in the main
hangar of the Rebel installation Echo Base as the Empire began its assault on Hoth.
After Solo was captured on Bespin, Calrissian took command of the Falcon once more to search for him.
In 4 ABY, following Solo's rescue, Calrissian flew the ship at the Battle of Endor,
where it entered the Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and aided in its destruction from within.
Over the next 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 trader Unkar Plutt on Jakku, a remote world in
the Western Reaches. The Falcon was eventually stolen by the Force-sensitive scavenger Rey,
former First Order stormtrooper Finn, and Resistance droid BB-8 to escape the forces of
the First Order in 34 ABY. Shortly thereafter, it was reunited with Solo and Chewbacca.
Following Solo's death soon after, the Millennium Falcon became a Resistance vessel piloted by its
new owner, Rey, throughout much of the war between the First Order and the Resistance. It arrived on
Crait during the Battle of Crait in the nick of time to rescue the remnants of the Resistance.
In 35 ABY, the ship was once again captained by Calrissian during the Battle of Exegol,
which saw a decisive victory for the Resistance and Jedi Order,
before being returned to Rey, who had been newly dubbed a Skywalker.
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