Fun Facts About The Millennium Falcon
It’s only the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy! The Millennium Falcon is part of the magic of Solo: A Star Wars Story, a journey that sets the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
The Millennium Falcon see on this film is not the same audiences know and love but a clean version imagined by the filmmakers in its “original” state when it belonged to Lando. The challenge for the filmmakers was preserving the legacy feel as far as possible while presenting a fresher version
of it. Audiences have to believe that, at the end of the day when Han gets the Falcon, the ship has evolved from what they see in “Solo” to the version with which they are already so familiar.
Let’s take a look at this facts about the Millennium Falcon of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
1. The exterior Millennium Falcon set built for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi was repurposed. The exterior Millennium Falcon build weighs 31 tons and has to be moved around using two cranes.
The Millenium Falcon in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
2. The interior Millennium Falcon set on C stage took three months to build. It is the largest interior Falcon set ever made on any Star Wars film due to the addition of new areas.
Joonas Suotamo is Chewbacca, Woody Harrelson is Beckett and Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
3. On the Interior Millennium Falcon cockpit set, rear projection screens have been utilized so that the actors can see and react to pre-designed animations flying and entering hyperspace!
Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is L3-37 in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
4. There are 25 pairs of the iconic gold dice that hang in the Millennium Falcon. Three of these were made by Tiffany.
Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo and Joonas Suotamo is Chewbacca in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
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