--- title: 'Star Wars' Day: See Millennium Falcon Built From 250,000 Lego Bricks description: Time lapse video shows a Millennium Falcon, 5 m across, being assembled in Australia by "master Lego builders" over two days canonical: https://time.com/3845001/star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you-lego-millennium-falcon-time-lapse-video/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T06:54:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:07:54.556Z og:title: See a Millennium Falcon Being Made From 250,000 Lego Bricks og:description: Happy 'Star Wars' Day! 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[Watch (HLS stream): LEGO® Star Wars™ - Largest Millennium Falcon!](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yaFs5LJk.m3u8) (0:54)  _Published 2015-05-04. Dan and Chris Steininger, father and son LEGO master builders from the U.S. and a team of fans took two days to put together the iconic Star Wars spacecraft at the Westfield Southland mall in Melbourne, Australia,_ by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 4, 2015 6:54 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 4, 2015 6:54 AM UTC What better way to celebrate _Star Wars_ Day than [building ](http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/star-wars-day-melbourne-fans-help-lego-masters-build-giant-millennium-falcon-20150503-1myxxr.html)the world’s largest Millennium Falcon entirely out of small colored bricks? Dan and Chris Steininger, father and son Lego master builders from the U.S., aided by a team of fans, took two days to construct the iconic _Star Wars_ spacecraft in time for May 4\. The feat took place at the Westfield Southland mall in Melbourne, Australia, reports Australian newspaper the _Age_. The finished model is a whopping 5 m wide and was built from around 250,000 Lego bricks. The duo also built two imperial TIE fighters, each standing 2 m high and made of 80,000 bricks. In the _Star Wars_ universe, the Millennium Falcon is commanded by Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford in the first three films) with Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) as his first mate. \[[The _Age_](http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/star-wars-day-melbourne-fans-help-lego-masters-build-giant-millennium-falcon-20150503-1myxxr.html)\] ### These Are The Lego Star Wars Posters You've Been Waiting For  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego  Lego ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] May the 4th be with you! 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