Many vehicles are beloved part of its owner’s lives, but what if you won your beloved vehicles in a card game and while you always meant to look into its history you’ve never had the time.  That’s the plot of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno, set two years after the Legacy of the Force series.

The book starts with the initial construction of the ship which causes trouble in the production line where the Falcon suffers damages which actually afflicts the ship throughout its life and from owner to owner.  We then follow the ship from owner to owner until we learn the vessel was both owned and used secretly by members of the Senate and Jedi, as part of an organization known as the Republic Group.  They had some agents working for the Jedi shortly before Order 66 goes out that eliminated many of the Jedi as seen in Revenge of The Sith.  The agents were hoping to own the ship someday, but are ordered to fly it to another agent and turn it over to them so they can go on a mission that should restore honor to the Republic.

In the current portion of the story, we find Han, Leia and their granddaughter Allana (see the Legacy of the Jedi for the answer to that one) who convinces him and Leia to take her on an adventure to discover the history of the ship.  Han has always intended to look into the history of his beloved ship, but rebellions, wars and other incidents always side-tracked him.  Han and Leia agree to the adventure and they start tracking down previous Falcon owners, starting with their old friend Lando Calrissian. Working backwards they cross paths with the agent who was working for the Jedi and was in stasis for almost 60 years while he healed from severe injuries sustained on his final mission.  Once they all agree to team up we discover just what the mission was that was supposed to restore the Republic’s honor and how everyone knows only a portion of the story. 

More importantly as the story unfolds, we learn of the different names the Falcon had been called which include Corell's Pride, Fickle Flyer, Gone to Pieces, Hardwired, High Hopes, Meetyl's Misery, Second Chance, Stellar Envoy, and Wayward Son.  We also learn about the different modifications the Falcon had done to her over the years, who put in the hologame table and why, how the various owners came to own and lose the Falcon, and the various roles the ship had, from smuggling runs to diplomatic missions to being part of a traveling circus at one point, and even learn the origin of the name Millennium Falcon.

The book can be seen as a filler book since it bridges the Legacy of the Force series and sets things in motion for the upcoming Fate of the Jedi series.  But Luceno is a Star Wars novel veteran since Millennium Falcon is his eighth Star Wars novel, and he doesn’t disappoint.  It’s a fun book that fills in the gaps of one of the silver screens most iconic vehicles and is a good read to boot.