Hull

The Millennium Falcon had a saucer-shaped hull.

The hull was the body or main structure of a starship or vehicle. A hull's most basic requirement was to be airtight to allow organic passengers to breathe while riding inside the starship; the only openings found in them were either pressure-sealed airlocks or shielded hangars. Capital ship hulls were frequently constructed with duralloy, although some smaller ships would also equip their hulls with similar materials for greater protection. Other common materials found in starship hulls were durasteel, which was able to resist kinetic damage and could be molded to create a form-fitting armored shell around the starship's body and the more resistant titanium. Starship hulls typically couldn't withstand direct fire from laser cannons and instead relied on protection afforded by the deflector shields covering them. When unshielded, even a single hit from a laser weapon could tear apart entire hull sections and expose a starship's inner workings; such damage could be catastrophic for the ship and required immediate maintenance.

Appearances

• The High Republic: Convergence (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Path of Deceit (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Cataclysm (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Into the Dark (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: The Great Jedi Rescue (and audiobook)
• "Starlight: Go Together" — Star Wars Insider 199–200
• The High Republic: A Test of Courage (and audiobook)
• "Scavenger Hunt" — Free Comic Book Day 2025: All Ages
• The High Republic (2021) 2
• The High Republic: The Rising Storm (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Tempest Runner
• The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: The Fallen Star (and audiobook)
• The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 2
• The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 3
• The High Republic: Escape from Valo (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (and audiobook)
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 4
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Friend or Foe?" — Star Wars Insider 223
• The High Republic: Defy the Storm (and audiobook)
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Pathogen" — Star Wars Insider 225
• The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook)
• The High Republic (2023) 3
• The High Republic (2023) 4
• The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (and audiobook)
• The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1
• The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 2
• The High Republic: Haunted Starlight
• The High Republic: Tempest Breaker
• The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script
• The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (and audiobook)
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Sparks Fly" — Star Wars Insider 230
• The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Battle of Eriadu
• The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 2
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 16
• The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 3
• The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 4
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: The Will to Fight" — Star Wars Insider 232
• The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 5
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 17
• The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (and audiobook)
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 18
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 19
• The High Republic Adventures (2023) 20 (In flashback(s))
• The High Republic – The Finale 1
• Star Wars: The Acolyte — "Destiny"
• The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Acolyte — "Lost / Found"
• Star Wars: The Acolyte — "Day"
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — "Choices"
• Jedi Knights 2
• Jedi Knights 3 (In flashback(s))
• Jedi Knights 4
• Jedi Knights 5
• Jedi Knights 6
• Jedi Knights 7
• The Living Force (and audiobook)
• Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (and audiobook)
• Queen's Shadow (and audiobook)
• Hyperspace Stories—Tides of Terror 1
• Queen's Hope (and audiobook)
• "Galactic Tales: Saber Truth" — Star Wars Insider 210
• Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (and audiobook)
• Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 2
• Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 3
• Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 4
• Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Ghost Agents 5
• Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 1 (and audiobook)
• "Kenobi's Shadow" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
• Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon
• Master of Evil
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Replacements"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Devil's Deal"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Rescue on Ryloth"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Infested"
• Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "War-Mantle"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Kamino Lost"
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Metamorphosis"
• Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel
• Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (and audiobook)
• Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil (and audiobook)
• Thrawn 6
• Tarkin (and audiobook)
• "Mercy Mission" — The Rise of the Empire
• Most Wanted (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars (and audiobook)
• Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (and audiobook)
• Han Solo & Chewbacca 5
• "Tales of Villainy: Trade Relations" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 9
• Star Wars: Andor — "Reckoning"
• Ezra's Gamble
• Rise of the Rebels
•  Star Wars Rebels: Chopper Chase on Disney's official website (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
• "Senate Perspective" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 9 (Mentioned only)
• "Ocean Rescue" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 12
• "Rebel Bluff" — Star Wars Insider 158 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2)
• "A Day's Duty" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 15 (Mentioned only)
• Leia, Princess of Alderaan (and audiobook)
• "Escaping the Scrap Pile" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 19 (Mentioned only)
• "Endangered, Part 1" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 7
• Thrawn: Alliances (and audiobook)
• Thrawn: Treason (and audiobook)
• "An Old Hope" — Life Day Treasury
• Vader - Dark Visions 2
• "Raymus" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
• A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
• "Stories in the Sand" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook)
• "Contingency Plan" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Desert Son" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook)
• Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (and audiobook)
• Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run 1
• "One Thousand Levels Down" — Star Wars Insider 151 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1)
• Lando 2
• "The Bridge" — Age of Resistance Special 1
• Darth Vader (2015) 8
• "Rogue's Gambit" — A New Legacy 1
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 34
• The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
• "Ion Control" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Heroes of the Rebellion" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Faith in an Old Friend" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Tooth and Claw" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Due on Batuu" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "The Witness" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Bespin Escape" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• Darth Vader (2020) 3
• Star Wars (2020) 16
• Star Wars (2020) 19
• Darth Vader (2020) 28
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Star Wars (2020) 29
• Star Wars (2020) 30
• Darth Vader (2020) 33
• Darth Vader (2020) 35
• Darth Vader (2020) 37
• Darth Vader (2020) 38
• Darth Vader (2020) 39
• Darth Vader (2020) 50
• Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (and audiobook)
• Hyperspace Stories 12
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
• "Fancy Man" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook)
• "To the Last" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook)
• The Princess and the Scoundrel (and audiobook)
• Alphabet Squadron (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Squadrons
•  The Light You Bring on Electronic Arts' official website (article) (backup link)
•  Count to Three on Electronic Arts' official website (article) (backup link)
• Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook)
• Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook)
• Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook)
• Aftermath: Empire's End (and audiobook)
• Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 1
• Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 2
• Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 3
• Star Wars (2025) 1
• Star Wars (2025) 2
• Star Wars (2025) 3
• Star Wars (2025) 4
• Star Wars (2025) 5
• "The Tree of Life" — Life Day Treasury
• The Mandalorian Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Mandalorian Season 2 2
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 11: The Heiress"
• Poe Dameron: Free Fall (and audiobook)
• Shadow of the Sith (and audiobook)
• The Legends of Luke Skywalker (and audiobook)
• "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" (reprinted in Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I)
• Before the Awakening (and audiobook)
• Force Collector (and audiobook)
• Poe Dameron Annual 1
• Poe Dameron 25
• Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 1
• Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 2
• Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 3
• The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron (and audiobook)
• Forces of Destiny: The Rey Chronicles
• Choose Your Destiny: A Scavenger Mission
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook)
• "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" — Canto Bight (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• Legacy of Vader 4
• Legacy of Vader 6
• Legacy of Vader 7 (In flashback(s))
• Resistance Reborn (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Resistance — "The Mutiny"
• Allegiance 2
• Choose Your Destiny: A Finn & Poe Adventure (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge
• Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1
• "Tales from Wild Space: The Best Pet" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 5
• The Jaws of Jakku (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Last Order

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Kyber Saber Crystal Chase"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Maker of Zoh"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Showdown on Hoth"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Duel of Destiny"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A New Home"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Trouble on Tibalt"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Tower of Alistan Nor"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Embersteel Blade"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Storms of Taul"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return to the Wheel"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Lost Crystals of Qalydon"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Pit and the Pinnacle"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Flight of the Arrowhead"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A Perilous Rescue"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Escape from Coruscant"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Free Fall"

Sources

•  "Duel of the Droids" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Jedi Crash" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Storm Over Ryloth" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Liberty on Ryloth" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Cargo of Doom" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Children of the Force" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  A-wing fighter in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  buzz droids in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Gauntlet fighter in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Hound's Tooth in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  hyena bombers in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Millennium Falcon in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Phoenix in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Republic frigate in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Separatist dreadnought in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Turtle Tanker in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
•  Zygerrian slave ship in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
• Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1, Card: R2-D2 - Naboo Fighter Co-Pilot
• Keeping the Peace
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Ezra Bridger Highlights of the Saga: Leaving Lothal
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Inquisitor Databank A-Z: Soulless One–Super Battle Droids
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Kashyyyk Clone Trooper Databank A-Z: U'Il–Luminara Unduli
• No Disintegrations
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Galactic Marine Databank A-Z: Vulptex–Wampas
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: First Order Engineer Weapons & Uniforms: The Finalizer
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: B-wing Pilot Highlights of the Saga: Birth of the Blade Wing
• Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
• Star Wars: A-wing Deluxe Book and 3D Wood Model
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition Core Set Card: Hull Upgrade Reissued in Mining Guild TIE Expansion Pack, Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Scum and Villainy, First Order, and Resistance Conversion Kits, and Skystrike Academy Squadron Pack
• Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 1 Rocket Science: Fighter Design
• Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
• Star Wars Search and Find Volume I

• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack

• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: Anakin Skywalker — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: "Broadside" — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: "Goji" — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: "Matchstick" — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: "Odd Ball" — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: R2-D2 — BTL-B Y-Wing
• Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — BTL-B Y-Wing Expansion Pack Card: Shadow Squadron Veteran — BTL-B Y-Wing

• Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75256 Kylo Ren's Shuttle)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75257 Millennium Falcon)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75248 Resistance A-Wing Starfighter)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75249 Resistance Y-Wing Starfighter)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75273 Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75272 Sith TIE Fighter)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75266 Sith Troopers Battle Pack)
• LEGO Star Wars (Promotional/Gift Set: 30386 Poe Dameron's X-wing Fighter)
• LEGO Microfighters (Set: 75263 Resistance Y-wing Microfighter)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75284 Knights of Ren Transport Ship)
• "R2-D2" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
• "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  "Replacements" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  "Battle Scars" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
•  Star Wars Outlaws: Building An Open World on the official Ubisoft YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (second edition)
•  Gauntlet Fighter in the Databank (backup link)
•  GR-75 Medium Transport in the Databank (backup link)
•  Hound's Tooth in the Databank (backup link)
•  Hyena Bomber Droid in the Databank (backup link)
•  Katooni (Ship) in the Databank (backup link)
•  Mandalorian Gauntlet starfighter in the Databank (backup link)
•  Millennium Falcon in the Databank (backup link)
•  Phoenix in the Databank (backup link)
•  Republic Frigate in the Databank (backup link)
•  Separatist Dreadnought in the Databank (backup link)
•  Super Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link)
•  Trident Drill Assault Craft in the Databank (backup link)
•  Turtle Tanker in the Databank (backup link)
•  Wookiee Catamaran in the Databank (backup link)
•  Y-wing Starfighter in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

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