As this set included the port side, that gave the set seven landing pads. The only major design change was to add a landing pad where the disguised fuel line had been in A New Hope. As in A New Hope, the location set was changed around the ship set. It was disassembled and shipped to the studio for filming.
Once completed, it weighed over 25 tons and used compressed air hover pads for movement around the set. For the 1997 Special Edition, a digital model replaces the effects model in several shots, and is used in a new shot of the Falcon lifting off from Docking Bay 94.įor The Empire Strikes Back, a new external set was constructed in a hangar by Marcon Fabrications in Pembroke Dock, West Wales.
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The ship was represented as a matte painting when Princess Leia ( Carrie Fisher) sees it for the first time, showing the full upper surface. The primary model was 5 feet long and detailed with various kit parts. The effects models for A New Hope matched the design of the exterior set. Several inconsistencies exist between the internal set and the external set, the cockpit access tunnel angle being the most noticeable. The cockpit was constructed as a separate set that could be rocked when the ship was supposed to shake. The interior set included the starboard ring corridor, the boarding ramp, cockpit access tunnel, gun turret ladder, secret compartments, and the forward hold. Besides the functional landing pads, an additional support held up the structure and was disguised as a fuel line. For A New Hope, a partial exterior set was constructed and the set dressed as Docking Bay 94 and the Death Star hangar. Visually, the Millennium Falcon was represented by several models and external and internal sets. To this, sound designer Ben Burtt added the hum of the cooling fans on the motion-control rig at ILM. The sound of the ship traveling through hyperspace comes from two tracks of the engine noise of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, with one track slightly out of synchronization with the other. The original model was modified, re-scaled, and used as Princess Leia's ship, Tantive IV. The ship originally had a more elongated appearance, but the similarity to the Eagle Transporters in Space: 1999 prompted Lucas to change the Falcon 's design. According to Star Wars creator George Lucas, the Falcon's design is inspired by a hamburger, with the cockpit being an olive on the side.
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