Millennium Falcon

"You know, that ship's saved my life quite a few times. She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!"

- Lando Calrissian

The Millennium Falcon was a Corellian light freighter used by the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca during the Galactic Civil War. It was originally owned by Lando Calrissian, who lost it to Solo in a game of sabaac.

Its aged appearance belied numerous advanced modifications to boost the ship's speed, weapons and shield, including sensor-proof smuggling compartments, which were used during the rescue of Princess Leia Organa to evade Imperial stormtroopers. Afterwards, the Millennium Falcon saw further action when Solo chose to join the Rebels during the Battle of Yavin, where it was able to sneak up on Darth Vader's modified TIE fighter.

After Han was captured on Bespin, Lando took command of the Falcon once more to search for him, and later flew the ship at the Battle of Endor, where it flew into the second Death Star and destroyed it from within.

Behind the scenes
It was speculated that the Falcon would make an appearance in Revenge of the Sith 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 freighter is seen flying in to dock. Lucas confirmed that it was the Millennium Falcon itself and not just another ship of the same class.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi