![]() ![]() According to the authoritative Millennium Falcon “ Owner’s Workshop Manual” published in 2011, a typical YT-1300 reaches a maximum speed of about 500 mph, but the Falcon has been clocked at 650 mph. Maybe not, but to paraphrase its pilot, the Falcon has it where it counts. “That was always George’s description of it: a piece of junk,” says Roger Christian, the Oscar-winning set decorator on the original Star Wars. There are bigger, sleeker, more imposing vehicles in Star Wars, but on the eve of what might be its final flight in The Rise of Skywalker, the Millennium Falcon remains the most iconic ship from George Lucas’ galaxy far, far away. ![]() The Millennium Falcon has always been defined by Luke Skywalker’s first impression of the YT-1300 freighter in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope: “What a piece of junk!” But more than 40 years later, Luke’s dismissive words have been adapted by Star Wars fans and filmmakers into a refrain of endearment. ![]()
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