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That's exactly how I pictured it. Although I must have gotten that mental image from somewhere as it's too spot on (where is that from incidentally?). It makes the most sense with the mandibles and the cockpit off to the side.
Real Scooby
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Toadmeister
Sr Member
I like the pick-up truck analogy of the Falcon. That's why I nickname my silver colored RAM YT-1500 the " Aluminum Falcon"
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Galactican
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LOL! 
The idea of a top loader MF is awesome. Maybe that's the way to go with the mpc Falcon; transforming it into this instead of trying to match the filming miniature.
The idea of a top loader MF is awesome. Maybe that's the way to go with the mpc Falcon; transforming it into this instead of trying to match the filming miniature.
Jaitea
Master Member
LOL!
The idea of a top loader MF is awesome. Maybe that's the way to go with the mpc Falcon; transforming it into this instead of trying to match the filming miniature.
I agree,...I'd say from now on ,..with a decent Bandai 1/72 released,..you'll see all sorts of YT variants popping up as modellers won't mind using their stash MPC's for experiments....I know I would
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Hunk a Junk
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That's actually pretty cool. It would be fun to see something like this in the Han Solo movie. Of course, to me this configuration makes the Falcon more of a tug boat than a freighter but I can live with it.
Axlotl
Master Member
I've never bought into the Falcon being a freighter.
Considering how much of it is engine (the entire rear quarter, as far as I'm concerned), tug makes a little bit more sense...
But it's fast and agile, like a fighter, so tug doesn't actually make sense, either.
I prefer to think of it as something like a destroyer escort, for escorting actual freighters and the like that don't have the capability of hosting fighter escort.
I think somebody along the line just called it a freighter without putting any thought into it whatsoever and it stuck.
I mean, just look at the lengths fans are going to to try to justify this thing as a freighter.
It ain't a freighter.
Considering how much of it is engine (the entire rear quarter, as far as I'm concerned), tug makes a little bit more sense...
But it's fast and agile, like a fighter, so tug doesn't actually make sense, either.
I prefer to think of it as something like a destroyer escort, for escorting actual freighters and the like that don't have the capability of hosting fighter escort.
I think somebody along the line just called it a freighter without putting any thought into it whatsoever and it stuck.
I mean, just look at the lengths fans are going to to try to justify this thing as a freighter.
It ain't a freighter.
robn1
Master Member
Well the big engine tug thing seems perfectly suited for pushing those cargo containers pictured above, as does the side mounted cockpit. Of course the Falcon ain't exactly stock anymore, having been heavily modified from it's original design.
And the cargo containers were mentioned in the novel "Han Solo at Star's End", where they were used to disguise the ship's appearance.
And the cargo containers were mentioned in the novel "Han Solo at Star's End", where they were used to disguise the ship's appearance.
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
This is the point where some idjet will say that Han Solo at Star's End isn't canon anymore, but I wouldn't be that guy.
Toadmeister
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May not be cannon, but still 100% old school awsome!This is the point where some idjet will say that Han Solo at Star's End isn't canon anymore, but I wouldn't be that guy.
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I think of the Falcon as like a next day Fed Ex truck. It's made for a small amount of cargo that you want delivered fast.
LOL., When your drugs,....er spice, REALLY HAS to be there overnight! :lol
Richard Baker
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I go with the 'Freight Pusher' concept- it makes the most sense with the design of the Falcon IMO. The Mandibles are a very prominent piece of hardware, they have symmetrical inside surfaces wit greebly which look like grabbers, the cockpit is off set to one side, the main dish to the other side, to allow frontal view with a big cargo container being held in the middle. I imagine the cargo containers to be modular- the illustration showing the very big ones could be ones picked up in orbit while a smaller one could be used if the ship was to land with it.
I like the Upper Hull Cargo containers as well- the ship is versatile. Han Solo mentioned that he used the floor compartments for smuggling, make sense especially if the authorities are examining your pods for cargo inspection. The Interior set showed some small cargo containers inside the main area, those could be the 'FedEx' style shipments- things like medicine would take little room but be of high value.
I like the Upper Hull Cargo containers as well- the ship is versatile. Han Solo mentioned that he used the floor compartments for smuggling, make sense especially if the authorities are examining your pods for cargo inspection. The Interior set showed some small cargo containers inside the main area, those could be the 'FedEx' style shipments- things like medicine would take little room but be of high value.
robn1
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If so it seems Han isn't in much of a hurry to make his deliveries :lol
Toadmeister
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I always thought those were barrels of beer...
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rbeach84
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The fluidity of fantasy lets the Falcon be anything you want it to be... for example, I envision the amount of external freight is limited by the capacity of the ship's hyperspace 'bubble' envelope. Also, we should be mindful that she is spaceship and hence not strictly subject to aerodynamic principles when speaking of path agility (which is purely subject to force vectors and mass - hence Apollo's backwards ride to the Moon.)
Tugs have always been lots of power on a small agile platform (aka 'hull') If you can translate that power into speed and have a modicum of cargo capacity, then you have a good smuggler's ship...
Would there be hope for YT-1300 variants based on different configurations? We'll see...
Regards, Robert
Tugs have always been lots of power on a small agile platform (aka 'hull') If you can translate that power into speed and have a modicum of cargo capacity, then you have a good smuggler's ship...
Would there be hope for YT-1300 variants based on different configurations? We'll see...
Regards, Robert
tengel07
Active Member
This is not an offical approved drawing...
"For Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections, the author Jason Fry intended for the book to include information about the freighter series being able to act as a cargo pusher, but was unable to get the image in time.
Jeff Carlisle worked up to support the note on the Falcon as a tug with a side-mounted cockpit. We weren't able to adapt his sketch for TFA: ICS, but I still love it and wanted to share it."
this idea has nothing todo with the originally sketches from Joe Johnston...
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