Star Wars: 10 Secrets Of The Millennium Falcon You Need To Know

10. It's Fuelled By Unstable, Poisonous Liquid Metal

It won't surprise many to learn that a spacecraft as powerful as the Millennium Falcon doesn't run on conventional fuel, and indeed, the Falcon uses a non-specific liquid metal fluid to power its sublight engines. Fancy.

Reference materials created to accompany Star Wars: The Force Awakens' release also mention that the fuel is "highly unstable [and] dangerous," and that in the event of a leak it could flood the Falcon with poisonous gas.

As such, it's recommended that inexperienced pilots let droids re-fuel the YT-1300 class of light freighter, though sadly none of the Star Wars movies to date have actually shown anyone refuelling the Falcon.

Fun fact: keeping the Falcon fuelled for an average day of haulage costs roughly 50 galactic credits per day. Pricey.