Orbital Assembly Facility 7,[2] also known as CEC orbital 7, was an assembly facility[1] and shipyard[3] operated by the Corellian Engineering Corporation.[1] Around 56 BBY,[4] the YT-1300 light freighter with serial number YT 492727ZED, which later became known as the Millennium Falcon,[1] was constructed around a new generation droid brain that was installed in a stock Hanx-Wargel SuperFlow IV computer at the facility.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Orbital Assembly Facility 7 was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the 22nd issue of the De Agostini magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon,[2] which was published around June 3, 2015.[5] Orbital Assembly Facility 7 was originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends 2008 novel Millennium Falcon, written by James Luceno.[6]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 (Secrets of Spaceflight: The Hanx-Wargel Main Computer) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 26 (Secrets of Spaceflight: Hyperdrives)
- YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Millennium Falcon: A 3D Owner's Guide (First identified as CEC orbital 7)
- "Millennium Falcon" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Millennium Falcon: A 3D Owner's Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 (Secrets of Spaceflight: The Hanx-Wargel Main Computer)
- ↑ YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (archived from the original on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 was published around June 3, 2015.
- ↑ Millennium Falcon