A fictional spacecraft from the Star Wars science fiction series. It first appeared in the Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope film from 1977.
The Millennium Falcon, originally known as the YT-1300 492727ZED, was a modified YT-1300 light space freighter with a storied history stretching back to the decades before the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire.
Manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in 60 BBY, the light freighter was first owned by Corell Industries Limited and underwent several name changes before being bought by the smugglers Kal and Dova Brigger in 48 BBY, and the ship eventually ended up as the property of the secretive Republic Group under the name Stellar Envoy by 29 BBY. The Envoy was destroyed in a collision with a bulk freighter above Nar Shaddaa, but it was rebuilt and served various owners under different names before Quip Fargil named it after the bat-falcon, and it eventually fell into the hands of Lando Calrissian after a game of sabacc, but Calrissian himself lost the ship in another game of sabacc -"fair and square"- to the smuggler Han Solo several years later.
Solo and his Wookiee copilot, Chewbacca, became the ship's most famous and permanent owners, flying the Falcon during their smuggling careers and their subsequent work with the Rebel Alliance. The falcon has a cameo in Revenge of the Sith.
The original model for the Millennium Falcon was created by Ralph McQuarrie . However, it was changed at the last minute because it too closely resembled the Eagle Transporter ships used in the Space: 1999 television series from the 70s. The replacement is said to be based on a half-eaten hamburger next to an olive on a toothpick held by George Lucas, which led to staff at ILM referring to the Falcon as "the Porkburger".
