Buckle up.Han Solo`s nothing without his ride. Oh, sure, Han`s happy to take all the credit, but it`s the Millennium Falcon that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, not its owner. When Luke and Obi-Wan stumbled into the Mos Eisley cantina, they were looking for a ship, not a pilot. When the Falcon laid waste to the second Death Star, Han wasn`t even on board. He was busy tangling with Ewoks and Stormtroopers while his ship saved the galaxy.In fact, by the time Han took control of the Star Wars universe`s most famous YT-1300 light freighter, the Falcon was already half a century old, and had survived more adventures than Han could imagine. As far as we can tell, here`s the definitive list of everyone who`s sat in the Falcon`s pilot`s seat--for now, anyway. If history is any indication, the ship will change owners many more times before it`s done. 1. Corell Industries Limited60 years before The Millennium Falcon saved the galaxy (the first time), it was just a regular commercial freighter. According to James Luceno`s novel, the aptly named Millennium Falcon, the cargo hauler began as just one piece of Corell Industries Limited`s sprawling 8,000 ship fleet, and quickly gained a reputation for being both incredibly fast and frustratingly finicky. Different pilots gave it different names based on how much they appreciated it -- or how much they didn`t. For example, the fella who named the ship Corell`s Pride must`ve liked it. The ones who called it the Fickle Flyer or Meetyl`s Misery? Eh, not so much.Image: The Essential Guide to Warfare, reference book from Del Rey, 2012 2. Kal and Dova BriggerAfter the unscrupulous Trade Federation drove Corell Industries out of business, siblings Kal and Dova Brigger picked up the YT-1300, renamed it Hardwired, and used it to take over Corell Industries` shipping routes. As Luceno`s tale goes on, Brigger`s business quickly took a turn towards the dark side, however, and they`d ran afoul of smugglers. Dova was ...
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