How Old is the Millennium Falcon? History & Retrospective

[@stianberg5645]

The idea of detachable containers explains the side mounted cockpit. I can finally sleep.

[@danielkorladis7869]

It all makes so much sense now.

[@VictorGarciaR]

So, all the ships that have the front like a Y (or a fork) can be used to push cargo? Holy shit

[@AnD1262]

i don't know why you were so confused it always looked like a custom freighter to me

[@jacknapier9061]

lol that hit me the same way when seeing that animation... is the Y-Wing a light weight cargo in reverse..?

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Stian Berg --- I totally buy the cargo-pusher idea. Remember why Han got in trouble with Jabba? For jetisoning his cargo at the first sign of imperials.. He would just have disconnected from the containers and buggered off.

[@a.n.l.aantineoliberalismas4504]

Star Wars the only franchise where an helmet used once has a back story

[@ARCWuLF]

You've just summed up my feelings on the SW Expanded Universe very succinctly. Everything needs to epic all the time, right?

[@scharftalicous]

Haha I liked that before it came up in the movie because I thought it was just an off hand comment

[@mighty_booshy4310]

You need to get out more or pay more attention.

[@traeherren2269]

An ice cream maker

[@wsconsn]

Cut to Black Widow where a vest gets a backstory…fuckin Disney…

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

Han getting the Falcon 2 BBY seems too short a time period to me, in SW - IV it feels more like he's owned her a lot longer.

[@oscargoth]

What about the race that was won in only 12 parsecs.

[@captaincrooked9051]

oscargoth; The explanation to making the run in less then 12 parsecs, when parsecs are a measure of distance and not time, is rather simple actually. The Kessel Run is a dangerous area of space filled with dangerous singularies and other dangerous areas of space for a ship to go through. To pass through the Kessel Run, one must navigate an extremely long course through it, people can make claims to fame by choosing shorter, yet more dangerous, routes in the Kessel Run.

[@gumbilicious1]

Shipmaster Crook I think the explanation is far simpler. I think writer of this piece of fiction didn't know what a parsec was and wrote some dialogue that sounded really cool but didn't make any sense.

[@midniteoyl8913]

And, that BS was made up after Lucas was got in the 'parsec' goof.. Ya. He originally thought it sounded cool and goofed in using it.

[@midniteoyl8913]

gumbilicious - DING! DING! We have a winner!

[@UberNeuman]

It belongs in a museum!

[@antonymartinez7708]

i get youre reference

[@jacksonofalltrades2665]

What's the reference for those of us less enlightened than thou?

[@antonymartinez7708]

Did you know that Tom Ford (one who plays han solo) also played the roll of indiana jones

[@Baudolino6135]

So do you!

[@antonymartinez7708]

Why me?

[@mdmjeremiah]

Wow, I just stumbled onto this video after having seen Solo and you are right. They threw all that out. Honestly, I think that was a good thing for the most part. Some of that stuff was just weird. I love the idea of pushing cargo containers. The whole ship just seems to made for that.

[@1mespud]

Love the "Hayne's Owner Workshop Manual" for the Millennium Falcon!! A must for any and every garage..

[@frankcastle1124]

Power Bacteria All hail Lord Xenu

[@hycron1234]

_"No, no, NO! This one goes here, that one goes there, right?!"_ _stuff explodes_

[@kamuelalee]

"Well that's not it. Bring me the hydrospanner"

[@HossBlacksilver]

I got the one for the Death Star

[@GrowLLLTigeRRR]

At what point in her life did the Millennium Falcon assist the Federation in destroying the Borg ship in Star Trek: First Contact and who would have been her pilot at this time?

[@GeppettoProductions]

Captain Thadiun Okona with copilot Esoqq.

[@BlueSatoshi]

Many, many, many, many, many years later, and far, far away from the galaxy she came from.

[@bobross4886]

I was. That was an accident.

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

@@BlueSatoshi wel that wax just an Easter egg but is col, that a star wars ship got came o jn star trek movie crossover snyond

[@ThunderAppeal]

What the hell is an aluminum falcon.

[@JonPITBZN]

Wait, you've been flying around for two weeks trying to get a signal? You must smell like feet wrapped in leathery, burnt bacon!

[@sethsuosisbacc6559]

Ugh

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Get cole slaw or potato salad, I'm not even gonna eat it...

[@Beer-can_full_of_toes]

Tom McGlone you made it. We made it better. Lol

[@ath_ala8078]

@@tommcglone2867 aluminium? what the fuck?

[@sithinstructor]

I am glad all that isn't canon. It would seem to me that Han and Chewy owned the ship for many years before EPIV. Not just 2. In my mind at least, they had it for at least ten years. Han does say "well that was a long time ago" not "oh ya, like two years ago I won this ship".

[@JunkBallMedia]

+Josh V Yeah. This Expanded Universe backstory sucks. I like the idea of her being very old, but the rest is really convoluted and unnecessary.

[@0meat]

+Junkball Media One of the nice cleanups of the cannon axe. I would love to see you do some on Mass Effect btw.

[@JunkBallMedia]

+00meat Plays I wanted to play Mass Effect, but didn't have a 360. By the time it was released for PS3 in 2012, I was actually starting Junkball Media... as (believe it or not) a written sports blog with embedded video elements. Anyway, I never got around to playing any Mass Effect games.

[@0meat]

That's fine, they are better on PC anyway, not to be all snoody or anything, just saying you can crank the graphics up higher and even do crazy high res texture packs. That and well, console commands. I am documenting a playthrough right now where I try to break the game as many times as I can by using cheats, most of the time using the jumping tank truck to go where I am not supposed to... or spawning 200 of them in a room during a cut scene. :)

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

+Josh V If Han had it for 10 years that means he was 19 when he got it.

[@Roblx518]

I just wanted to thank you, sincerely for opening with the answer.....true gentlemen.

[@backspine4160]

This has nothing to do with this video (I am a Star Trek fan) but well, HOW DOES JUNKBALL MEDIA HAVE ONLY 6,664 SUBSCRIBERS. I mean this guy is literally as good if not better than watch mojo! I just subscribed and whatever you do you have to too.

[@mancamiatipoola]

Awwww! I'm proud to be a fuzzball! 8:14 - one of the best end screens of any Junkball video. TY!

[@ericeinar]

Let's see, 1977 so about 40 years old.

[@andaikatalah]

Eric Hannes that is not in-universe material

[@mlang7067]

It's supposed to be a joke.

[@DanielCamposaweosme]

Eric Hannes true just put it when. You first see the falcon so it was 1977 then make it to 2018 well then that's how old it its 40 or 60 years old

[@kamuelalee]

feels like about 40 years to me too

[@sonntagbeiomi6960]

@@andaikatalah r/woosh

[@user-yj4sh1gx3u]

Thank you Junkball Media for your video. I found you channel b/c I love this ship and YT send it to me. btw I still got my old NES from when I was a kid and it's Star Wars cassette. Liked your mixing it's sound track in. Good work!

[@OmniGeno]

OMG, the use of the NES Star Wars opening theme brought back some memories!

[@owenthomas2914]

I used to work specifying insulation, I love that in Awakens we see through holes in the tatty old falken that they are full of the various types of insulation any void fairing ship would need.

[@terrykitchen5214]

One of the SW books i ready said that Han had taken the Falcon beyond the outer rim were a mechanic heavenly refit the it. And that is how she became so fast and is the reason only Had and Chewie new how to fix her. I like that idea better. I puts them in the cock pit longer and is a more compelling story.

[@dieselsdakota4x4]

+Terry Kitchen , agreed. i prefer the more fleshed out history,

[@dieselsdakota4x4]

+dieselsdakota4x4 no mention of her drives being replaced with better units ( or docs modifications to her ) , the shields from a myomar maintenance facility, or the sweapped in correllian AG2G quad cannons etc

[@alexwcobb]

@@dieselsdakota4x4 or the armor plating from a heavy cruiser han helped destroy

[@AgentTonyrangel]

Junkball Media You rock!!!!! Great video and cool bb8 graphic!!!

[@JunkBallMedia]

+Tony R Thanks. I started this video telling myself to do something really quick & simple, but it ended up being the most visually complex video I've done. Anyway, I'm just glad I didn't break my computer making this one.

[@AgentTonyrangel]

+Junkball Media It looked super pro!

[@neighborprism6653]

So wait you're telling me this thing is almost a century old and it still can take down a new TIE fighter now that's crazy

[@WookieFragger]

I clicked the like button because I appreciate funny video descriptions.

[@jdeglers]

I imagine that 94 years is way past the spaceframe’s lifespan...

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

I mean there are still road-worthy cars that are 94 years old, so a futuristic ship that has most likely had every single component on it replaced several times is not too much of a stretch.

[@baileykleinbard7633]

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge should've been named The Ship of Theseus

[@kiwidiesel5071]

Also how much of its service life was spent in 0 gravity so this would definatly alter what we perceive to be airframe attrition. Take aircraft for example, they are done on airframe hours and this is ,easy red off the engine operating hours so in theory the Callender age isn't as much for concern as total time in service. Assuming the relevant inspections inspections are dome and adhered to. Not sure if they would be running an engine hour meter or odometer either. Opens a huge can of worms now doesn't it😂

[@jdeglers]

The Spruce Goose looks great, is well cared for, and might actually fly. But no one in their right mind would. There are lots of examples of well cared for cars that survived well past their design life. But for every one of those there are 1000 that did not. Same for aircraft. I’m not sure it would matter being in vacuum or not. That same environment has high and low temperature fluctuations that would stress the metals over time. And that’s where the problem is: Temperature change. Metal fatigue can’t be escaped. And even in microgravity maneuvering stresses would still cause metal fatigue.

[@JSchroederee]

The average service life of passenger airliners is 30years, I’m sure most of these could be flown by smuggler for a good number of years after the airlines are done with them. That said it all comes down to how long it was designed to last. Technology has been advancing rapidly in the real world so designing for an airplane for a century of service life doesn’t make a lot of sense. The Star Wars universe seems to have reached a period technological stagnation so designing a craft that will be serviceable for centuries makes sense.

[@WoodDRebel]

I hope you this is the start of history and retrospective for starwars ships. you did a wonderful job on startrek retrospectives

[@tomtownsend3342]

Love your use of video game scenes to illustrate your story telling.

[@abrahamyehoshuafrias3390]

Finally a youtuber who gets to the point. THX

[@gerbenvanessen]

"other YT-1300's" *zooms in on YT-2000's* for shame.

[@sonntagbeiomi6960]

Oh I found a fellow fan

[@ryanstreuli9554]

gerbenvanessen there's no cockpit in center, or the side fit some reason, but the rest is definitely YT-1300 body

[@orvillechen9722]

Ryan Streuli I was about to say that

[@dieselrotor]

As a former Star Wars fan having seen the original in 1978, this was funny and interesting as hell. Nice job and Kudos.

[@thevisionary2007]

You left out when the famous Kessel run happened. Han bragged about the ship doing it to Obie Wan and Luke, but he didn't actually say that he owed it or piloted it at the time.

[@chrisroberts3870]

If StarWars is based in a galaxy far far away, why do they use parsecs? A unit of distance based on the radius of Earth's orbit.

[@tomyrody4412]

@@chrisroberts3870 you're as wrong g as han was. You rethinking about an AU. A parsec is 32 ly.

[@chrisroberts3870]

@@tomyrody4412 Wrong? A parsec is 3.26 light years, but it is defined as distance which one AU subtends an angle of one arcsecond. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec?wprov=sfla1

[@JaymesHildegard]

Okay Disney... where's my miniseries on the Millenium Falcon! There's enough here to make at least a 10 episode miniseries.

[@cbatistavideo]

small mistake: before unkar plutt got it, the official force awakens novelization said that plutt stole it from the irving boys, who stole it from ducain, who stole from solo. but your video was great, and deserves you a like from me!

[@halcionkoenig243]

Never realized that I was missing out on the backstory of one of the several main characters I didn't know existed. Thank you.

[@Desertdweller1965]

The Falcon is the Chevy Square Body of starships.

[@emrakultheaeonstorn7430]

Bob Falfa's 55 Chevy

[@Hectics184]

Thank you. I'm happy you answered my question in 34 seconds. I did not listen to story time but I gave you a like and a sub

[@sam21462]

So, it smells like a 68 Plymouth only much much stronger.

[@wolfmannoon]

Very good history on the Millennium Falcon good reference material many thanks for posting.

[@Greater98er]

I've only gotten through the simple answer, but I feel the need to point out the b-52 is expected to last until 2040. Some airframes, while significantly upgraded, will be 90 years old

[@jamesshunt5123]

Really? When there are intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, stealth bombers, modern fighters which can knock out ground targets with pinpoint accuracy they need a 1950's relic from the time of intercontinental range strategic bombers? What other use than as a "strategic reserve" (itself an absurdly far-fetched scenario) slightly above "mothballed" does it have? Waste of tax payer money. And 90 year old airframes? There's always going to be inherent risks with that. Not even civil airlines which check their aircraft meticulously use frames older than 30 years. Aging alu-frames are prone to cracks and nasty surprises.

[@Debbiebabe69]

Thats half the problem. All that hi-tek stuff like ICBMs and stealths you mentioned were designed to fight a large state. When you are trying to kill a Toyota pickup with a couple of guys carrying AK47s in the back (99.9% of the wars we fight nowadays), a nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile is *REALLY* not appropriate... The old B52 just chugs on, and does the job.

[@johngordon9481]

Incredibly detailed researched and concise many thanks to you and your team I enjoyed this very much

[@njsullyalex2744]

What about the part where she made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? Jk pretty cool video!

[@michaelweigel6230]

NO SERIOUSLY... WTF?!?!?!? the single most referred to historical event in the ship's adventures and NO mention of it?!?!?!?!?

[@2adamast]

That's 40 light years, ... must have been in 40 BBY or earlier?

[@captaincrooked9051]

The explanation to making the run in less then 12 parsecs, when parsecs are a measure of distance and not time, is rather simple actually. The Kessel Run is a dangerous area of space filled with dangerous singularies and other dangerous areas of space for a ship to go through. To pass through the Kessel Run, one must navigate an extremely long course through it, people can make claims to fame by choosing shorter, yet more dangerous, routes in the Kessel Run.

[@imnegan7275]

12 parsec is 370 288 941 504 138 kilometer so basicly 370 billion km. You will be dead by the time you have done less then half the distance imo..... mayby they used hyperdrive? but isn't that cheating?

[@gumbilicious1]

I don't think it actually happened

[@maxkiler99]

Finally something what we all we're waiting for :DD to the point from start

[@VestedUTuber]

Actually, the Millenium Falcon does have cargo bays. According to the Haynes manual, the YT-1300 has two cargo bays. One at the front of the ship, near the cockpit, and one at the aft that doubles as the engine room. The YT-1300-F variant has an additional two cargo bays, replacing the aft bunks. In addition, there are compartments below-deck, and dorsal cargo containers are an option. Do note that the YT-1300 is NOT a bulk freighter. It's designed to carry small-unit cargo, such as packaged goods and machinery, rather than bulk cargo like grain, fuel or ore. Think a cargo plane rather than an oil tanker. The external cargo containers from the concept art are likely a bulk-cargo module that can be "towed" by the YT-1300 and similar ships.

[@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg]

you would be surprised what cargo planes can haul....

[@VestedUTuber]

zＯrg I'm familiar with the A300 Beluga. I was referring more to parcel carriers. Converted 737s and the like.

[@9mmhobbes]

wow, you really did your homework on this! nice work! i had no idea!

[@LTT.Official]

Where is mention when Captain Picard took ownership of her after winning a wild bantha chase?

[@GarrettMoffitt]

hay, Gandalf cheated in the race!

[@timefilm]

Nice work! I didn't know that's why the ship was shaped the way it is. Makes sense!

[@frankcastle1124]

People have to remember that Han Solo was wanted by the Empire for high treason due to him rescuing a group of Wookies from being used as slaves by the Empire when he was a young imperial officer which is how he met Chewbacca and why Chewbacca stayed with him due to Wookies rule of life debt due to his heroic actions to save the Wookies . So Han Solo could not have owned the Falcon for more then a few years after he won it from Lando not long before A New Hope took place

[@JonPITBZN]

Why does any of that stuff mean that Han Solo could not have owned the Falcon for long?

[@frankcastle1124]

He won it from Lando in a game of saabac not long after he went on the run from the empire . He was around 22 or 23 when he entered officer school and a short while later is when he was assigned to a ship transporting wookie slaves and seen the abuse the empire was doing so he freed the wookies . He was about 33 in a new hope therefore he owned the falcon for aroun 10 or 11 years during a new hope .

[@dustindowney_]

Nice video man... Good Job on this one!!!

[@hiroprotagonist525]

My thoughts exactly! Two years doesn't seem to fit with the attachment Han has for the Falcon. I'd say closer to ten years...

[@heru-tehutire1329]

Thank you so much for this BBC video...it fills in so much 'back-story' as nd otherwise little-known 'Falcon-facts' about everyone's favorite space-cruiser...the Falcon...

[@gpgpgpgp1000]

What a load of crap. Han Solo only had the ship 2 years before A New Hope, yet 1) "made a lot of modifications myself", 2) Did the Kessel Run in record time and was known for it among star pilots, and 3) was apparently very attached to the ship.

[@horst5000]

Actually from all books about Han Solo and lando calrissian either of them must have been in possession of the ship for quite a while.

[@StacieMMeier]

I cannot find a time when Han won the Falcon from Lando...All we can determine is he met up with Lando and had a match with him, where Han won the Falcon. The Legends says 2 or 3 years... However, it appears it isnt canon anymore. Someone has told me Han claimed to have owned it 5 years in ESB, though I cannot find it to confirm this. Since we do have some back stories that are canon, we know a few things... 1.) Han has known Lando for many years, 2.)In ESB, Lando hasnt seen Han in a very long time, we know this because Han suggests that Lando could help them if he still owned Cloud City. 3.) Lando suggests in ESB he hasnt seen Falcon in a very long time. 4.> Han Solo and the Falcon are well known in the galaxy even to a point of being legendary. Since Jabba wouldnt simply allow Han to do smuggling without some experience and even a name for himself (Also Jabba had given Han some leeway in paying him which means Han had some standing with Jabba), we must assume Han been doing this for a long time. We do know that Han did smuggle well before wining the ship though, however even the ship is legendary and connected to Han. If I had a guess, Id say based on way people became famous (In the Universe), it took Han and his ship 4 to 5 years. 3 at the least, 10 at the most. NOTE: It has been confirmed we shall see Han win the ship from Lando in the 2018 movie of himself.

[@fate3071]

Stacie Meier if han claims to have owned it for five years in esb then this video is correct

[@StacieMMeier]

Agreed

[@gpgpgpgp1000]

I don't ever recall hearing in the Empire Strikes Back where Han says how long he owned the Falcon.

[@lihisluikku]

I really loved the scene in the last jedi where the millenium falcon showed up, and the first order got so mad that they commanded pretty much every unit to target that ship :D Really made me remember what an amazing pain in the ass the ship has been for imperials and the first order too.

[@Zett76]

"Do not press this button!" :-)

[@SciFiFan2012]

I really like these 'documentary' type videos! Subbed

[@JunkBallMedia]

Thanks. This video was a fun one to make.

[@jx592]

Carry on my Wayward Son! There is peace for, you and Han lay smuggling to rest! chewy don't cry no more! *starkiller Base explodes

[@spacewarpphotography1667]

Love the 8-bit graphics and sound!

[@junior1138]

Solo suggests Solo owned the Falcon for more than two years before ANH.

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and very informatively executed and explained indeed 👌.

[@j_thom]

@7:48 Chewbacca. lol. I dont recall him looking so noble and heroic. Dunno why, but I thought I read in something somewhere sometime back that the Millenium Falcon was more like 200-yrs old.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Chunkbacca and Tarfucker were the two Yoda knew, before the Wookie hooked up with Han Solo Cup. As for the MF, I like it. It's like a truck being the star, not a Lambo. Not Lambo Calrisian, not Lambo - 1st Brood, Part II, but Lamborghini. Ummm...truck....star...Optimus Prime Number?

[@robinhyperlord9053]

@@argonwheatbelly637 What?

[@rdmsh]

I thought I’d seen all the junkball but somehow missed this one. The algorithm has blessed me today

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

Palpaltines dad built it. So it was Rey's ship all along.

[@theannoyinggeek156]

That was great dude! You should have way more subs!

[@katyuuki2261]

I will say that the wiki has her listed as being able to carry 100 metric tons of cargo? if she was designed to push her cargo that number could significantly rise.

[@midniteoyl8913]

Payload capacity and towing/hauling capacity are 2 different things. A truck might be able to carry 2000lbs, but tow 10000lbs.

[@kefkamadman]

Thing is, in space, weight is essentially meaningless. Without petty nuisances, such as gravity and friction in the form of air resistance (not much resistance when it averages about 1 atom per cubic centimeter, and keep in mind that air at sea level has about 40 billion BILLION atoms in a cubic centimeter), you would move pretty good, and even coast for a while if you didn't enter hyperspace, without losing any significant amount of momentum. Entering a planet's atmosphere is another matter entirely, but I would imagine most freighters with a humongous cargo container smack dab in the front would dock with either an orbital station or larger vessel, or even detach it so another ship, one more suitable for atmospheric flying with cargo, could dock with it. That 100 metric tonnes of cargo is likely what it's cleared to haul in-atmosphere..

[@2MeterLP]

kefkamadman weight IS important in space. If you try to push 100 tons of cargo with a fireworks rocket it will get up to speed. But it will take a looooong time.

[@bewatermyfriend5628]

pushing an object in space wouldn't be that hard as long as X can produce greater inertia than Y. In space this can be achieved easy and you don't necessarily need a large ship but it makes sense why the YT series had over powering engines for its size. It would also make sense to having a YT ship on the other end of the cargo storage units facing in on the cargo so the cargo can be controlled to stop.

[@herbderbler1585]

Pushing cargo containers goes a long way toward explaining the side mounted cockpit too.

[@Jonathan-nb9lc]

This was wonderful keep up the good work

[@GoatZilla]

lol Rilo Kiley

[@kght222]

i love the bb8 animation, nice work regardless of how ya did it.

[@johnga911]

kudos on dredging through ten billion pounds of EU garbage so i don't have to

[@JunkBallMedia]

+john ga No, thank you. This is the comment I've been waiting to see.

[@stayfro123]

john ga you mean 10 billion parsecs of EU garbage.

[@MrJay_White]

soo... Junkball did the Falcon run in just 10 billion parsecs? is that short, long, fast or slow? either way, explains why its called the extended universe not extended galaxy.

[@stayfro123]

Mr Jay White a parsec is a measure of weight. Duh hhh

[@stayfro123]

George Oldroyd : Irony is the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think, especially in order to be funny. Look it up.

[@nhiathao1451]

Love the video. Especially the retro music

[@iutlu]

more like centennial falcon!

[@RealBadGaming52]

iutlu it would have been cool of it was a vessel from the old republic era , given its name

[@iEuno1]

If you read the Millenium Falcon book, you can find that, while produced with other YT-1300, the production run landed it out of the assembly line due to engine being stronger than normal by the largest margin, and crashed in the walls.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

I've never understood the logic of dating everything in relation to the Battle of Yavin. It would be like us dating everything in relation to the Battle of Midway or something.

[@KuraIthys]

Eh, it's a major event with far reaching consequences. But these kinds of things are kinda arbitrary. We use a calendar based on the year a religious figure who may or may not have even existed was supposed to have been born, yet the years don't align to any specific dates in relation to that event. Considering in the modern world we aren't all that religious anymore, and it's a figure only really of meaning to one religion, yet the calendar in question is used worldwide, even in places where that specific religion had little to no influence, it's safe to say that reference dates for calendars are ultimately always pretty arbitrary. Me? I came up with some arbitrary calendars of my own based around different principles to the solar year, and having nothing better to do, referenced it to the mayan calendar's supposed 2012 date. (sometimes regarded as the 'end of the world', but otherwise seems to have been referencing the 'galactic year - the time it takes for our solar system to do a single orbit around the galactic centre.)

[@MW-tv2xj]

Lol we do base our dates on Jebus Christ

[@anunkash5185]

date it to the turn of anakin

[@TheMaster4534]

Anun Kash ...or Anakin's birth

[@bewatermyfriend5628]

Andrew Gwilliam but we in the real world date everything as well of an event. BC and AD of Christ's existence, bronze age, ice age, jurassic period, space age are all mediums one can relate to. ..storytelling a time line you need a basis of a medium and star wars is no different. it's just the battle of Yavin or the clone wars era is what most fans seem to know.

[@BoisegangGaming]

The fact that there was an explanation for the helmet Luke wore in Episode IV is so hilariously pointless but also sums up about 95% of why the Expanded Universe was so convuluted. Had it been allowed to go on, there would have been an entire book focusing on how the rebel's gear on Hoth was woven from a force-sensitive tauntaun that was a rival to the wampa that kidnapped Luke and yadda yadda yadda. I'm in awe of the fact that someone somewhere thought "You know what needs to be explained? This ."

[@frost2104ify]

The front actually orginally had a escape pod

[@NyuuMikuru1]

Matthew Hanneken Just to clarify, you already got the info way before Solo movie? Since 77, we all try to find out just what is this ship so there were lots of fan made ideas. Some were accepted by Lukas and others were dropped as lame.

[@fridtjofriibe5961]

The escape pod was a custom addition added by Lando though

[@TheFragturedNerd]

94 years old and still runs corners with imperial powers like they were nothing... YOU GO FIRL!

[@billanderson5317]

You say it's not canon since the Disney movies came out, but I think every TRUE Star Wars Fan will agree by now that the Disney's Star Wars cheapens the franchise almost as much as the reboot of Star Trek destroys Gene Roddenberry's vision. These new Star Wars movie are Cheap & Shallow with weak plots compared to the originals... just make me sad.

[@galactic1555]

BILL ANDERSON No one cares.

[@Djarra]

Fun fact because of 'Space:1999' the design of the Falcon was changed very late in the day (originally she would have been a long ship with plenty of cargo space but someone pointed out the design for that show and Lucas changed it) so the sets were rebuilt very late, so late in fact that former carpenter Harrison Ford pitched in to help meaning that in the real world Han helped build her.

[@captaincrooked9051]

For the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs commentors: The explanation to making the Kessel Run in less then 12 parsecs, when parsecs are a measure of distance and not time, is rather simple actually. The Kessel Run is a dangerous area of space filled with dangerous singularies and other dangerous areas of space for a ship to go through. To pass through the Kessel Run, one must navigate an extremely long course through it, people can make claims to fame by choosing shorter, yet more dangerous, routes in the Kessel Run, as such boasts are not just how fast the ship is, but her ability to survive dangerous endevours.

[@steveawesome9538]

There's actually a Star Wars paperback called Millennium Falcon. It pretty much explains the day it was built, the quarks it had, etc, almost like it was a person. Then on through when Han gets it. Then some adventures after he took ownership. I read this book about 10 years ago. So i think the book goes a bit after the Battle of Endor. It's a good read.

[@cclashgod6605]

94 years old

[@18632ewa8]

hey thanks for making it so short that was awesome just for that I'm giving you a thumbs up I might even subscribe

[@caseyharrell702]

So instead of being a freighter she is more of a tug boat?

[@tbush6657]

Case H she is more of a mix of the two. like a Semi, but it pushes the trailer instead of pulling.

[@frankcastle1124]

Trevor Taylor That plus it was easier to off load smaller cargo from container ships that had a tight schedule to hold to there by eliminating the need to land and spend time going through customs which could cost them valuable time

[@illyth63]

Great video, but you missed an opportunity here. After arriving at the number "94," there's really no excuse not to cut quickly to Obi-Wan nodding and repeating "94" in the Mos Eisley Cantina. There's literally a clip of Sir Alec Guiness acknowledging the number "94" and it should have been included in this video.

[@SmashGhost]

This doesn't align with events in Solo.

[@artbrann]

ya, Solo kicking it to the 11 BBY range for starters(based off Chewie's age, he was 190 in Solo and ~200 in New Hope, so give or take when in the year) but Disney did toss all the extended stuff out(after raiding it for ideas)

[@theexchipmunk]

Well, the external freight elements make sense. It is a pretty usual sight on light freight ships today. It would also explain the sideways cockpit.

[@cordellshackelford4037]

still looking for those Voyager and Defiant therapies LOL jk I know they will never come

[@JunkBallMedia]

+Cordell Shackelford I've been half joking telling myself that Voyager will be my final video. That way, I end the channel with a crowd pleaser.

[@cordellshackelford4037]

Junkball Media​ Lol Voyager is by far my favorite starship though I'm probably in the minority with that opinion considering the quality of the show.

[@cordellshackelford4037]

Junkball Media also great video

[@12569342]

+Cordell Shackelford I love Voyager as well. She is my background at work. I like how she was small, fast and powerful. She is just a great ship!

[@LAHover]

Fun Fact, at the end of the movie "Space Balls", you can a Millennium Falcon parked at the Dinner where Lone Star and Barf are gassing up ;)

[@joshuafurby7277]

Disney canon is not my canon.

[@jokerzwild00]

Lol, so many people use this line. It doesn't change the way the story played out. It doesn't make the new movies any better. They're still gonna keep making new media based on what they currently consider "canon". At some point people like you gotta realize that while you might like some older SW films and other related media, you're not a Star Wars fan because you don't like the current product and probably won't like anything they put out in the future. That's ok, I'm not either. Don't get so wrapped up in "canon". You just like some things from the franchise, not the entirety of it.

[@-.Ascendant]

lol neckbeard

[@joshuafurby7277]

I am a true star wars fan. Just not a disney fan.

[@0hvist]

YT-Series vessels had built-in magnetized portions of the outer hull designed to magnetize cargo to the surface of the vessels underside and topside. That "Rebel Alliance spare parts" satellite dish is actually from a CR90 Corvette, a product of Corellian Engineering Corporations CR-Series Line, the same company that invented the YT-Series Line that the Falcon is part of.

[@Transfixed]

Rilo Kiley shot first!

[@ricktheexplorer]

Great video, and Thank you.

[@tommcglone2867]

She may be old. She may be a ahem... ...Piece of Junk But... ...shes not lasted so long without being one tough ship

[@darkusblader]

Yeah and it despeatly needs a complete overhaul

[@PhillipSea]

Nice video! If I may offer a suggestion - the pauses are a little long for my taste. You should never have to wait for a sound byte or cut screen. Thanks for sharing!

[@dirkstarbuck6126]

So Han only had the Falcon for 2 years before SW?! I'm sorry, but no way!! This type of crap is why I hate expanded universe stuff. And I can't pass up an opportunity to say what total fncking bullish!t it was to kill Han off in TFA. FU Harrison Ford

[@Kolonol1]

this is why the old EU was much better...it actually made sense and was believable...

[@edvinkarlstrom5672]

Dirk Starbuck Okay you can see How that is true but Dude, chill

[@rjr6274]

It´s stated in Empire Strikes Back that Lando Calrissian was the former owner just before SW.

[@GameHammerCG]

Pushing freight would explain why the cockpit is stuck out on the side of the ship; to give the pilot a chance to see where they are going.

[@GeahkBurchill]

The Force Awakens is garbage. I cannot accept it as canon.

[@fkerpants]

+Geahk Burchill Preach, brother!

[@GeahkBurchill]

Push Back All they had to do was try. They had unlimited budget and access to all the most talented people in the world. They could have hired _anyone_ they wanted. They had one of the most engaged and dedicated fan-bases, built in. They had a universe that makes great storytelling easy. They had literally everything on their side. There was no fucking excuse for the film they ended up making.

[@fkerpants]

What I couldn't get past was how unoriginal it was. It was the same goddamn story. I mean, how many times can you blow up the fucking Death Star?

[@GeahkBurchill]

Push Back Four times apparently. Four times in seven films. It's like a record. If I wanted something that unoriginal I would have bored myself to tears reading someone's gawd damn fan-fic. What got me most was regressing Solo back so that he was a pathetic old man trying to relive his glory days. Also, they pretend to have a strong female character but threw Leia (the actual strong female character) under the bus, making her into a doddering old woman who never accomplished anything.

[@fkerpants]

Carrie Fisher had really nothing to do other than to stand around and look concerned. Han Solo, you know, the guy that helped blow up the first Death Star and also brought down an entire empire wound up smuggling characters that escaped from a Goosebumps book.

[@dmarnaud2]

Chuckle, Thanks for that. Fun analysis!

[@Zero6BravoZ6B]

what a crock of crap.... the Falcon is older than that! I remember the Falcon when I had my T10 back in 100bby whilst gunning down womp rats...

[@Brad772006]

Kaiser Wilhelm back in the Beggar's canyon days?

[@HistoricNerd]

Great work as always. Always loved the Millennium Falcon. However she doesn't compare to streamlined hull of the Enterprise E.

[@JunkBallMedia]

+HistoricNerd I had to up my production value for this video after seeing the cutting edge CGI you employed with Chris Klein and LL Cool J hopping around in your office. =)

[@HistoricNerd]

+Junkball Media I actually had to hire a team of Taiwanese animators to pull that shot off. Took 6 months and a years salary but WORTH IT!

[@cryogeneric]

I really like the idea of detachable containers a lot! It suggests the Falcon is more like rig/lorrey or the locomotive on a train. I've wondering more than once about why the ship would be called a freighter when there was so little room for freight. Thanks!

[@ANEbk9]

good video, but as you used legends sources for the pre ANH portion, it would have been interesting to see how old she became in Legends as well after the OT.

[@cecilrichardson2494]

True enough. One thing that wasn't explained in this video was the fact that in the movie "Solo: A Star Wars Story" was that at the end of the movie, Han was well aware that when it came to playing Sabacc, that he knew Lando was also a bit of a cheater. By the time they meet up for the second time, Han knew about the extra card Lando kept in his sleeve, and secretly took it, forcing Lando to play (and lose) fair.

[@derpybattledroid57]

I love that 8-bit Star Wars music!!! I flipping love it !

[@TommyBBQBessinger]

This was great!! Thanks!!!

[@m3talentagency680]

Excellent research. No wonder that baby's still has a few surprises left in her.