A Matter of Scale - just how big is it?
Table of Sizes
Here is my summary chart of given Millennium Falcon sizes. The Elstree
set size is taken as the datum, since it is known.
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"WEG" refers to the 'West End Games' SW-RPG Millennium Falcon size as recorded
in numerous of their publications, most notably the 'StarWars RolePlaying
SourceBook'.
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Update 2001: Wizards of the Coast,
the new licence holders for the SW:RPG have NOT corrected WEG's errors
regarding the Millennium Falcon.
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"LASE" refers to the 'LucasArts Screen Entertainment' screen-saver
'blueprints' of the Millennium Falcon. It gives a total length of 30metres
(100').
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My first calculation is based on the Millennium Falcon attached to the
bridge of the ISD .
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The Model Kit has been based on a 1:100 scale, deduced from the size of
the included pilot figures. I now believe the kit is actually closer to
the classic 25mm scale (1 inch = 2metres)
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XWvsTIE refers to YT-1300 specifications given in the new "X-WingsvsTIE
Fighter" computer game. (thanks to Bradley J Wilson for this!). The figure
of 73m/237.25' is simply ridiculous! There must be an error here. If you
look carefully at ALL the ship stats in the game, they have ALL been DOUBLED!
so if you halve the Millennium Falcon length you get: 37m(120.25') - which
is in perfect accord with the 1982 plans - but greater than the 30m figure
given by LucasArts in their screen saver!
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Interestingly, neither the 'StarWars Technical Journal' nor 'The Essential
Guide to StarWars Vehicles' give any size.
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Mr Bob Long of Calgary,
Canada has scanned a copy of the blueprints for the full sized cockpit
set. From this he has calculated (using a plan view of the plastic model
kit as a reference for spatial relations) a length for the Millennium Falcon
of 110' (33m). This is in very close accord with my own estimates and the
small variation may be accountable purely on the slight errors in SHAPE
in the ERTL model kit. Bob calculated a size for the kit of almost exactly
1:72, but as we know from the replacement parts, the cockpit of the model
is slightly stunted. Thanks Bob! :)
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My final calculation is based on the size of the cockpit access tube, and
its comparison with the diameter of the internal 'ring-corridor' tube.
This sizing sits best with the internal layout of the Millennium Falcon,
the known size of the Star Destroyers, the top-hatch lift well, the size
of the internal corridors, the original design concepts, the 25mm scale
model kit, and sheer common-bloody-sense! (mate!)
blueprint of the cockpit-set courtesy of Bob Long's scanner!
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Data: Saucer-Diam: Length: Height: +%:
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Elstree Set 19m/62' 24.3m/80' 4.9m/16' datum
WEG Source 20.5m/67' 26.7m/87.6' 5.2m/17' + 7 %
LASE 24m/78.8' 30m/102' 6.27m/20.4' +27.5%
My 1st Calc 24.5m/80' 32m/104' 6.3m/20.6' +29 %
1982 Plans 26.2m/87.4' 36.9m/122.9' 8.85m/29.5' +52 %
XWvsTIE 37m/120.25' +53 %
1:100 Model-Kit 35m/116' 46.5m/152' 8.97m/29.4' +84 %
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Final Calc 27m/89' 34.8m/114' 6.9m/22.4' +40 %
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NOTE: the height measurement is relative. I have interpolated
height as multiples from the Elstree set datum height. The AMT8789 plastic
Model Kit (& its ancestors) show a much 'flatter' Millennium Falcon
.. and this has been reflected in most 'toy' Millennium Falcons since.
I have ignored the apparent heights inferred by these 'flat-Millennium
Falcon' kits and toys.
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