--- title: Star Wars Fan Spends a Year Building Lego Millennium Falcon description: This replica of the Millennium Falcon can't help save the galaxy far, far away, but it will still give you all the Star Wars feels. canonical: https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-28T16:10:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:07.746Z og:title: A Star Wars Fan Spent a Year Building a 7,500-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon og:description: Where is LEGO Han Solo when you need him? og:url: https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Star Wars Fan Spent a Year Building a 7,500-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon twitter:description: Where is LEGO Han Solo when you need him? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This _Star Wars_ Fan Spent a Year Building an Epic 7,500-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 28, 2015 4:10 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 28, 2015 4:10 PM UTC This replica of the [Millennium Falcon](http://time.com/money/4157268/harrison-ford-salary-star-wars-1977-force-awakens/) can’t help save the galaxy far, far away, but it will still give you all the [Star Wars](http://time.com/4150098/star-wars-the-force-awakens-terms-guide/) feels. In anticipation of _The Force Awakens_, one fan decided to build a model of his favorite _Star Wars_ spaceship — a 7,500-piece LEGO version to be exact. The builder, who goes by Marshall Banana on [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/marshal-banana/23325265223/in/photostream/), said it took him a year to complete the intricate rendering of [Han Solo’s](http://time.com/4156464/star-wars-force-awakens-spoiler-major-scene/) famous ride. > [](https://twitter.com/screenrant/status/681456023014473728) Measuring in at nearly three feet in length and weighing 22 pounds, the Falcon replica doesn’t spare any details. “My main goal was to present the model in a flying position, which was a huge task. Due to its internal framework it was not possible to include an interior, but I was able to fully lighten the model,” Marshall Banana wrote. “And there was still enough space left to include a detailed cockpit (with 4 seats), gunner’s platform and a lowering ramp.” > [](https://twitter.com/HYPEBEAST/status/681338842687799296) See more photos of the amazing model on [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/marshal-banana/23849931972/in/photostream/). _Read more:_ [_Here Are the 91 Characters Who’ve Died in Star Wars_](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/"},"headline":"This Star Wars Fan Spent a Year Building an Epic 7,500-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon","datePublished":"2015-12-28T16:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:07.746Z","description":"Where is LEGO Han Solo when you need him?","url":"https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","Lego","Legos","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens","Han Solo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4162029/star-wars-fan-spends-year-building-lego-millennium-falcon/","name":"This Star Wars Fan Spent a Year Building an Epic 7,500-piece LEGO Millennium Falcon"}}]}] ```