Millennium FalconProduction informationManufacturerCorellian Engineering Corporation[1][2]Product lineYT-series[2]ModelModified YT-1300fp light freighter[2]TypeLight freighter[2]CostNot available for sale[2]Modified by
As the Jackpot, the ship was sold to Kal and Dova Brigger, and the siblings used the newly rechristened Hardwired for various and increasingly illicit cargo runs between Corellia and other planets in the Core Worlds. The siblings also upgraded the hyperdrive, but the pair's relationship with the Smugglers' Confederation of the Cularin system went sour and resulted in Dova's death. Kal survived and renamed the ship Wayward Son, changing the ship's registry to Fondor, before joining Iaco Stark's Commercial Combine, but he was devoured by the predatory insects known as challat eaters on Troiken in 44 BBY.[3]
In 29 BBY, the vessel was purchased by the Republic Group, a secretive organization and corporate conglomerate run by members of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Senate. The Human Tobb Jadak and his friend Reeze Duurmun became the primary crew of the ship, which had been renamed the Stellar Envoy, for the next decade, and the pair made frequent trips to far-flung planets like Yinchorr and Ansion while also upgrading the Envoy's communications systems and hyperdrive.[3]
During the Clone Wars, the Stellar Envoy was on Ongary IX, which the Confederacy of Independent Systems had invaded in search of hfredium. Leaving the planet for the Core Worlds after the battle, Jadak and Duurmun took as a passenger Jorn Kulish. Kulish was a disgruntled member of the Ividal Sector Forces who had resigned after a harrowing experience conducting bombing runs during the battle with an opaque blast shield fitted to his helmet to stop his eyes being dazzled by the explosion of burrowing plasma charges. Demonstrating the helmet and shield to Jadak and Duurmun to illustrate why he resigned, Kulish accidentally left the helmet behind when he disembarked at Denon. The helmet and blast shield would remain in the freighter's hold for decades under a succession of owners until Obi-Wan Kenobi found a use for it in training Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force in 0 BBY.[55]
In 19 BBY, the ship was present during the Battle of Coruscant, landing at the Republic Executive Building docking bay on Coruscant shortly after the shuttle that brought Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to safety[3] after their crash landing in the nose of the Invisible Hand.[56]
Shortly after this, the Stellar Envoy was hit by the bulk freighter Jendirian Valley III over Nar Shaddaa, causing massive critical damage to the entire frame. Duurmun was killed in the collision while Jadak fell into a coma from which he would not wake for nearly sixty years. What was left of the ship was interned in an orbital junkyard near the Smuggler's Moon. The ship rested there for about a month before it was purchased as scrap by an enterprising technician named Bammy Decree, with assistance from crime lord Rej Taunt. Under Decree's co-ownership, the Envoy was reconstructed from core to hull, and various systems were replaced with updated versions. Though the effort purportedly required a great deal of time and effort, the technician committed himself to finish the job as a test of skill, and also perhaps a labor of love. It was during this time that several sections of the ship were refitted with modular components from an old YT-1300p light freighter that had previously been used for diplomatic missions before meeting a similar fate.[54] The Imperial Navy's Chief Naval Engineer Lira Wessex was also involved in the retrofitting/repair of the Envoy.[57][58]
The Falcon was to be used in a Rebel strike at Bilbringi in 9 BBY, but Fargil had second thoughts and pulled out of the operation, taking the Falcon with him. Unable to live with his guilt, he donated her to Doctor Parlay Thorp. After spending several years on Hijado with Thorp, the Falcon was sold to Molpol's Traveling Circus, and was the collateral of at least a few wagers before coming into the hands of a young Lando Calrissian. The ship's identiplate was removed during this time to facilitate its new career in smuggling by one such owner, and each also added their own "special modifications" so that, by the time it came into the hands of Lando, it was already able to out fly almost any vessel of its size.[54]
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