[Thread] The Millennium Falcon, YT-1300 light freighter - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977) 
To start: a rough sketch by George Lucas for Colin Cantwell, which the filmmaker had recruited in November 1974 to create the first prototype models of the ships.
That's the Falcon, the "pirate ship".
That's the Falcon, the "pirate ship".
The "pirate ship" old designs, from "The Best of Lucasfilm Archives" book.
A thread dedicated to the Falcon's first design:
A story about the Millennium Falcon, an early design and hands by @agraphafx
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Making the (naked!) Millennium Falcon @ILMVFX
This is kitbashing.
Look at all the commercial model boxes, which were used to retrieve model elements for use in creating new ships.
Yes, even Formula One.
Look at all the commercial model boxes, which were used to retrieve model elements for use in creating new ships.
Yes, even Formula One.
The Millennium Falcon, model by @ILMVFX
The Millennium Falcon in the blue screen.
Lando Calrissian's Falcon rough sketches for Solo (2018).
But that's for another thread 😌
But that's for another thread 😌
If you want to know more about the making of the Falcon, a great website:
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The wrote a nice paper about the XB982's story, too. You know, the ship from Valerian & Laureline, which would have inspired the designers of Falcon.
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It's over for today, and yet this thread, as the Falcon's story, is not ready to end.
The Millenium Falcon storyboards for Star Wars (1977) by Gary Myers.
