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  1. Got a different view today because I went to go look at the ramp on the #MilleniumFalcon . And then I noticed this section of the Falcon which looks like a droid nightmare - six droids forced to be held captive. I've never noticed this before. 😳 #BlackSpireOutpost #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars

  2. Got a different view today because I went to go look at the ramp on the #MilleniumFalcon . And then I noticed this section of the Falcon which looks like a droid nightmare - six droids forced to be held captive. I've never noticed this before. 😳 #BlackSpireOutpost #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars

  3. Got a different view today because I went to go look at the ramp on the #MilleniumFalcon . And then I noticed this section of the Falcon which looks like a droid nightmare - six droids forced to be held captive. I've never noticed this before. 😳 #BlackSpireOutpost #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars

  4. Got a different view today because I went to go look at the ramp on the #MilleniumFalcon . And then I noticed this section of the Falcon which looks like a droid nightmare - six droids forced to be held captive. I've never noticed this before. 😳 #BlackSpireOutpost #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars

  5. Quasi nove anni fa disegnai una doppia #splashpage per un progetto che, poi, ha avuto mille vicissitudini. Le protagoniste della storia, delle #commando in una IIGM ucronica, volavano su un #Lancaster e la scena era un innamorato omaggio al #MilleniumFalcon inseguito dagli #StarDestroyer ne “L’Impero Colpisce Ancora” ❤️
    Oggi per puro caso quel parallelismo è tornato in camera di mio figlio 😎
    #cobi #cobibricks #ww2 #starwars #lego

  6. Quasi nove anni fa disegnai una doppia #splashpage per un progetto che, poi, ha avuto mille vicissitudini. Le protagoniste della storia, delle #commando in una IIGM ucronica, volavano su un #Lancaster e la scena era un innamorato omaggio al #MilleniumFalcon inseguito dagli #StarDestroyer ne “L’Impero Colpisce Ancora” ❤️
    Oggi per puro caso quel parallelismo è tornato in camera di mio figlio 😎
    #cobi #cobibricks #ww2 #starwars #lego

  7. Quasi nove anni fa disegnai una doppia #splashpage per un progetto che, poi, ha avuto mille vicissitudini. Le protagoniste della storia, delle #commando in una IIGM ucronica, volavano su un #Lancaster e la scena era un innamorato omaggio al #MilleniumFalcon inseguito dagli #StarDestroyer ne “L’Impero Colpisce Ancora” ❤️
    Oggi per puro caso quel parallelismo è tornato in camera di mio figlio 😎
    #cobi #cobibricks #ww2 #starwars #lego

  8. Quasi nove anni fa disegnai una doppia #splashpage per un progetto che, poi, ha avuto mille vicissitudini. Le protagoniste della storia, delle #commando in una IIGM ucronica, volavano su un #Lancaster e la scena era un innamorato omaggio al #MilleniumFalcon inseguito dagli #StarDestroyer ne “L’Impero Colpisce Ancora” ❤️
    Oggi per puro caso quel parallelismo è tornato in camera di mio figlio 😎
    #cobi #cobibricks #ww2 #starwars #lego

  9. Quasi nove anni fa disegnai una doppia #splashpage per un progetto che, poi, ha avuto mille vicissitudini. Le protagoniste della storia, delle #commando in una IIGM ucronica, volavano su un #Lancaster e la scena era un innamorato omaggio al #MilleniumFalcon inseguito dagli #StarDestroyer ne “L’Impero Colpisce Ancora” ❤️
    Oggi per puro caso quel parallelismo è tornato in camera di mio figlio 😎
    #cobi #cobibricks #ww2 #starwars #lego

  10. My eldest was fed up of physics revision earlier, so to change things up I challenged them to recreate the Millennium Falcon from the Lego BTTF DeLorean kit 77256. #lego #milleniumfalcon #BTTF #nerd #moc #revision #nat5 #physics #brainbreak #fun #challenge

  11. My eldest was fed up of physics revision earlier, so to change things up I challenged them to recreate the Millennium Falcon from the Lego BTTF DeLorean kit 77256. #lego #milleniumfalcon #BTTF #nerd #moc #revision #nat5 #physics #brainbreak #fun #challenge

  12. My eldest was fed up of physics revision earlier, so to change things up I challenged them to recreate the Millennium Falcon from the Lego BTTF DeLorean kit 77256. #lego #milleniumfalcon #BTTF #nerd #moc #revision #nat5 #physics #brainbreak #fun #challenge

  13. My eldest was fed up of physics revision earlier, so to change things up I challenged them to recreate the Millennium Falcon from the Lego BTTF DeLorean kit 77256. #lego #milleniumfalcon #BTTF #nerd #moc #revision #nat5 #physics #brainbreak #fun #challenge

  14. My eldest was fed up of physics revision earlier, so to change things up I challenged them to recreate the Millennium Falcon from the Lego BTTF DeLorean kit 77256. #lego #milleniumfalcon #BTTF #nerd #moc #revision #nat5 #physics #brainbreak #fun #challenge

  15. MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU: The Millennium Falcon was built in Pembrokeshire — and the locals thought it was a flying saucer

    Today is Star Wars Day – and a galaxy far, far away turns out to have some very real roots in Wales.

    Fans across the world are marking 4 May with the traditional greeting: “May the Fourth be with you.” But while most people associate Star Wars with Hollywood and the deserts of Tunisia, one of the franchise’s most iconic moments has a direct and remarkable connection to Pembrokeshire.

    The Millennium Falcon – Han Solo’s legendary spaceship, described in the films as the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy – was secretly built in Pembroke Dock.

    In spring 1979, the Western Hangar at Pembroke Dock was busier than it had been in decades. A crew of 30 to 40 joiners, welders and platers were working flat out behind closed steel doors, with strict instructions: no photographs, no unauthorised visits, no loose talk. The project had its own code name – The Magic Roundabout – and security was taken extremely seriously.

    Inevitably, the story broke. The local newspaper ran the headline: “Security is blown on flying saucer secret.” As more details emerged, it became clear that workers had in fact been building a spaceship – and not just any spaceship.

    The contract had gone to Marcon Fabrications, a heavy engineering firm that primarily serviced the UK’s petrochemical and oil industries. What clinched the deal for director George Lucas was a skilled local workforce and the availability of the town’s enormous aircraft hangars – the same Western Hangar that had housed Sunderland flying boats during the Second World War.

    The finished Millennium Falcon measured over 80 feet in length, 65 feet in width and weighed 23 tonnes. It took three months to build, after which it was carefully disassembled and transported in parts up the M4 motorway to Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire – where it made its on-screen debut in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980.

    Sections of the Millennium Falcon before transportation at Pembroke Dock. (Image: Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust)

    Gareth Mills, trustee of the Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust, says the story has never lost its power for local people. “It was the worst kept secret in Pembroke Dock – everybody in the town knew they were building a UFO in the hangar and that period of time and that story is an important part of the town’s living memory,” he said.

    Mark Williams, the local Star Wars enthusiast behind the Heritage Centre’s Millennium Falcon exhibition, puts it well. “The idea of a town in West Wales making a significant contribution to this incredible story by being the place where one of the most iconic starships in science fiction history was built creates a mixture of disbelief, awe and pride,” he said.

    The Wales connection goes deeper still. Lynwen Brennan – Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm, the company behind Star Wars – is a Pembrokeshire native. “I love that such an iconic, beloved ship was built in the town where my Mum was born and in the county where I grew up,” she has said.

    The story is now celebrated at the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, which hosts a permanent exhibition featuring photographs never seen in public before, unique film of the construction, and a detailed model showing the stages of the build.

    Inside the Pembroke Dock Millennium Falcon exhibition at Pembroke Dock (Image: Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust)

    The original full-size Falcon was dismantled and disposed of after filming – and at 80 feet long, it would never have fitted inside the Heritage Centre anyway – but the exhibition tells the complete story of its remarkable creation. For more on the Wales connection, Visit Wales has a full account.

    And if you want to mark Star Wars Day in style, the Heritage Centre is hosting Falcon 2026 on Monday 25 May – with lightsaber training, Stormtroopers, Darth Vader and a barbecue.

    May the Fourth be with you. Always. 🌟

    Visit the exhibition

    Millennium Falcon exhibition — Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre
    The full story of how Pembroke Dock built one of the most iconic spaceships in cinema history, with photographs, film footage and a construction model.

    Falcon 2026 — Monday 25 May
    Lightsaber training, Stormtroopers, Darth Vader and a barbecue. Details at pdht.org/whats-on

    The story of Star Wars, Wales and the Millennium Falcon
    Visit Wales’s account of Pembrokeshire’s remarkable connection to the Star Wars universe.

    #MilleniumFalcon #PembrokeDock #PembrokeDockHeritageCentre #PembrokeDockHeritageTrust #StarWars #StarWarsDay
  16. Merry #TuneTuesday. This week it's #MyFavouriteXmasSong.

    And it had be this one .. I mean, it comes with Seventeen and Chewie!

    SEVENTEEN - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Wonderful World Of Disney
    youtube.com/watch?v=hOg89-HH0fE

    #Seventeen #StarWars #Disney #MilleniumFalcon #KPopChristmasSongs2025

  17. Have you ever been standing in the checkout line and spotted a $5 mini #milleniumFalcon #Lego on the shelf between the nail clippers and the eyeglass repair kit and thought "Why not?.

    Then gotten it home and halfway though the 5 minute construction process realized, "I have this exact one upstairs on a shelf!"

    Have you??

    Me neither.

    #StarWars

  18. Have you ever been standing in the checkout line and spotted a $5 mini #milleniumFalcon #Lego on the shelf between the nail clippers and the eyeglass repair kit and thought "Why not?.

    Then gotten it home and halfway though the 5 minute construction process realized, "I have this exact one upstairs on a shelf!"

    Have you??

    Me neither.

    #StarWars

  19. Got to see the second showing of #ShadowsOfMemoryASkywalkerSaga #ShadowsOfMemory last night, the new projection show on the spires of #BlackSpireOutpost near the #MilleniumFalcon . It's a pretty cool show with some neat effects. If you don't want spoilers, don't look. #SeasonOfTheForce #GalaxysEdge
    #StarWarsGalaxysEdge #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars 2/2

  20. Got to see the second showing of #ShadowsOfMemoryASkywalkerSaga #ShadowsOfMemory last night, the new projection show on the spires of #BlackSpireOutpost near the #MilleniumFalcon . It's a pretty cool show with some neat effects. If you don't want spoilers, don't look. #SeasonOfTheForce #GalaxysEdge
    #StarWarsGalaxysEdge #Batuu #Disneyland #StarWars 1/2

  21. The fireworks viewing section is the raised area overlooking the #MilleniumFalcon , blocked off for event participants. Unfortunately, the fireworks ended up being cancelled last night due to high winds.

    So, was it worth it? At $89, it's not inexpensive, but it's not different than the viewing packages for Fantasmic or World of Color, except that fireworks have more of a chance of being cancelled. We all enjoyed the food. It was a nice splurge. #DockingBay7FoodAndCargoNighttimeGathering /5 end

  22. The fireworks viewing section is the raised area overlooking the #MilleniumFalcon , blocked off for event participants. Unfortunately, the fireworks ended up being cancelled last night due to high winds.

    So, was it worth it? At $89, it's not inexpensive, but it's not different than the viewing packages for Fantasmic or World of Color, except that fireworks have more of a chance of being cancelled. We all enjoyed the food. It was a nice splurge. #DockingBay7FoodAndCargoNighttimeGathering /5 end

  23. The fireworks viewing section is the raised area overlooking the #MilleniumFalcon , blocked off for event participants. Unfortunately, the fireworks ended up being cancelled last night due to high winds.

    So, was it worth it? At $89, it's not inexpensive, but it's not different than the viewing packages for Fantasmic or World of Color, except that fireworks have more of a chance of being cancelled. We all enjoyed the food. It was a nice splurge. #DockingBay7FoodAndCargoNighttimeGathering /5 end

  24. The fireworks viewing section is the raised area overlooking the #MilleniumFalcon , blocked off for event participants. Unfortunately, the fireworks ended up being cancelled last night due to high winds.

    So, was it worth it? At $89, it's not inexpensive, but it's not different than the viewing packages for Fantasmic or World of Color, except that fireworks have more of a chance of being cancelled. We all enjoyed the food. It was a nice splurge. #DockingBay7FoodAndCargoNighttimeGathering /5 end

  25. This was a nice fun build. It has some lovely little "scenes" inside made of single round coloured pieces and accompanied by little lore or scene snippets in the manual. You can't see any of them as they become structural almost immediately - but I know they're there.

    #Lego #MilleniumFalcon #StarWars

  26. This was a nice fun build. It has some lovely little "scenes" inside made of single round coloured pieces and accompanied by little lore or scene snippets in the manual. You can't see any of them as they become structural almost immediately - but I know they're there.

    #Lego #MilleniumFalcon #StarWars

  27. This was a nice fun build. It has some lovely little "scenes" inside made of single round coloured pieces and accompanied by little lore or scene snippets in the manual. You can't see any of them as they become structural almost immediately - but I know they're there.

    #Lego #MilleniumFalcon #StarWars

  28. This was a nice fun build. It has some lovely little "scenes" inside made of single round coloured pieces and accompanied by little lore or scene snippets in the manual. You can't see any of them as they become structural almost immediately - but I know they're there.

    #Lego #MilleniumFalcon #StarWars

  29. This was a nice fun build. It has some lovely little "scenes" inside made of single round coloured pieces and accompanied by little lore or scene snippets in the manual. You can't see any of them as they become structural almost immediately - but I know they're there.

    #Lego #MilleniumFalcon #StarWars