The Millennium
Falcon is a fictional starship in
the Star Wars franchise. Designed by Joe Johnston for the movie Star Wars (1977), it has
subsequently appeared in The Star Wars
Holiday Special (1978), The Empire
Strikes Back (1980), Return of the
Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star
Wars Story (2018), and The Rise of
Skywalker (2019). Additionally, the Falcon appears
in a variety of Star Wars spin-off
works, including books, comics, and games; James Luceno's novel Millennium
Falcon focuses on the titular ship.[1] It also appears in the 2014
animated film The Lego
Movie in Lego form.
The ship, a YT-1300 Corellian light freighter, is primarily commanded by smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich) and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew and Joonas Suotamo), and was previously owned by gambler/con-artist Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams and Donald Glover). Solo: A Star Wars Story depicts the ship as being co-piloted by, and later integrated with, Calrissian's droid L3-37 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Described as being one of the fastest vessels in the Star Wars canon, the Falcon looks worn-out but despite its humble origins and shabby exterior, the Millennium Falcon has played a critical role in some of the greatest victories of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic.