KO Star Wars Episode VII Lego Millennium Falcon

KO Star Wars Episode VII Lego Millennium Falcon 

Presenting a knock-off - KO - Star Wars Episode VII Lego Millennium Falcon.

To the uninitiated (Really? Why are you here?) this is the infamous modified YT-1300 that, in the hands of Han Solo, did the Kessel run in fourteen (TWELVE!!!) Parsecs.

We feel that this should not to be confused with the Millennium Falcon from Episodes III, IV, V and VI because this has a rectangular radar instead of a dish. If you watched Return of the Jedi, then you know that the radar dish was torn off in the Death Star run - blame Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb for that. We suppose it made sense to JJ Abrams to replace it with an upgrade and give it a lower profile so that it would not happen again.

But in reality, it's probably a marketing stunt so that collectors and kids will say "I have to have one" despite having a massive Legacy Edition Millennium Falcon at home - because it's just not the same thing.

MORE AFTER THE JUMP

Star Wars Legacy Edition Millennium Falcon

Presenting the Star Wars Legacy Edition Millennium Falcon - one of the largest Star Wars playsets in the Dungeon.

Luke Skywalker called the Falcon a piece of Junk. Princess Leia called it a bucket of bolts. Lando Calrissian, the Millennium Falcon's former owner called it the "fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy."

Just what did the Millennium Falcon do to deserve such a decrepit reputation?

Well it's old.

Just how old?

YT-1300 492727ZED - the original name of the Millennium Falcon, was built in 60BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin - where we all know the Millennium Falcon flew).

Obi-Wan Kenobi was born 57 BBY. Han Solo was born 29 BBY. Between 60BBY and Han Solo's winning the Falcon from Lando Calrissian in a Sabbac game, the Falcon was renamed a total of nine times. It was also known as the Corell's Pride,
Fickle Flyer, Meetyl's Misery, Jackpot, Hardwired, Wayward Son, and the Stellar Envoy. The Stellar Envoy was destroyed in a collission with another ship and was rebuilt as the Second Chance, It was later renamed: Gone to Pieces.

It was named the Millennium Falcon by a thief who stole it named Zenn Bien who used it in service of the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War. It eventually ended up with Lando Calrissian who used the ship for smuggling purposes. Calrissian would lose the Falcon in a Sabbac game to Han Solo.

Modified YT-1300? Yeah right.