Lifesize Falcon Cockpit On Red Carpet

12 May 2018 Jeremy Beckett

The world premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood yesterday with hundreds of celebrities and thousands of flash bulbs in attendance, and a full-size Millennium Falcon parked on the red carpet.

But going largely unnoticed in the throng was the life-sized cockpit of Lando’s ship de jour made entirely of LEGO bricks.

Are we seeing triple? 🤔 No, that really is Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars), @JoonasSuotamo, and Chewbacca himself visiting the LEGO Millennium Falcon cockpit at the red carpet premiere of #Solo: A @starwars Story. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/2iR9oCwnzp

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) May 11, 2018

Weighing in at more than 3,400 pounds (that’s just over 1500 kilograms) and took 705 man-hours to construct, it was a draw for many attending the event – including Mal from the Serenity, Carlton from Beverly Hills and Richard from Silicon Valley.

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets its full-on release on May 25th. Toys from the LEGO line are already on sale in bricks & mortar stores as well as online at LEGO.com.

Jeremy Beckett

Fervent documentarian, effusive AFOL and founding partner, Jeremy manages the daily news content and set reviews.

Having enjoyed playing with LEGO from his earliest years, Jeremy started collecting LEGO Star Wars in 1999 when the theme was first released. He has shared his thoughts and opinions on LEGO via a number of websites – including starwars.com, rebelscum.com and brickset.com – contributed to the LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary series and served the LEGO Ambassador Network as a Recognised LEGO Fan Media representative.