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'Star Wars' fans will love these detailed drawings of the galaxy's most iconic ship (article)

[I love the fact that Han had a kitchen built on the Falcon as a wedding gift for Leia.]

As the Falcon's pilot Han Solo put it in the original "Star Wars" movie, "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid."

In 2015, concept artist Kemp Remillard reimagined the interiors of the Millennium Falcon in a stunning illustration. The detail is incredible, down to the hyperdrive initiation lever.

We spoke with Remillard on how the image came together (including how he gained access to Lucasfilm's top-secret, 3D blueprints of the Falcon). You can see more concept art of the movie's ships in Remillard's book, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross-Sections."

Here's how illustrator Kemp Remillard imagines the interior of the ship.

Lucasflim provided reference images, technical manuals, and 3D renderings of the Falcon used in "The Force Awakens." It was Remillard's job to "fill in the blanks."

He sketched out some layout options with pencil and paper, and later constructed the illustration in Photoshop using a 10-year-old electronic drawing tablet.

The file size was roughly 1,000 times that of the printed page, allowing him to include details that almost can't be seen with the naked eye.

Part of the fun of the assignment was building on the "Star Wars" mythos. There are Easter eggs hidden in the image that answer questions that some fans have about the movies.

One of his favorites is a hatch on the top of the Falcon.

"I really wanted to put in a solve that shows where Lando pops out of the Falcon to save Luke as he's dangling from the bottom of Cloud City in 'The Empire Strikes Back,'" Remillard said. "The Falcon source material pointed to it being here, but in the movie it's not exactly clear."

Diehard fans may recognize this item tucked away from the original "Star Wars" movie. It's the floating orb that zaps Luke in his training session with Obi-Wan aboard the Falcon.

"Once I finally got to see the ['The Force Awakens'], I was happy to see a scene where Finn picks it up and then tosses it aside," Remillard said.

A holochess table, used for playing the classic strategy game Dejarik, also makes an appearance in Remillard's illustration.

In "A New Hope," the characters hide under the floor panels in the hallway of the Falcon. Remillard figured it couldn't be the only secret compartment in a smuggler's ship.

He added a small removable panel behind a sleeping bunk that would allow crew members to access the front cargo hold without using the front cargo elevator.

The book published to coincide with the release of "The Force Awakens" in 2015. Lucasfilm clued Remillard in on some movie plot points before its big-screen debut.

"I was let in on some details about the movie that would affect the look and feel of the new vehicle's background," Remillard said, such as wear and tear on the Falcon.

He also discovered that the First Order had learned from previous Imperial mistakes and installed hyperdrives in its SFX Tie Fighter vehicles.

One of the more controversial additions to the Falcon was a galley and a kitchen, which Remillard intended as a gift from Han Solo to Leia Organa after their wedding.

Fans were in an uproar over this aspect of the illustration, but Remillard said it was never meant to be a commentary on traditional gender roles. He simply wanted to answer the question, "Where does the crew eat aboard the Falcon?"

"I also just really wanted to have an excuse to draw some of the 'Star Wars' appliances like we get to see in Aunt Beru's kitchen on Tattooine," Remillard said. A blue mug sits on the counter, which he said is blue because Chewie drinks "vaporated blue milk and Bothan Splenda" from it.

Ultimately, Remillard's illustration serves as a testament to the beauty and power of the ship that's sheltered our heroes through 40 years of "Star Wars" movies.

He said it's not entirely a realistic rendering of modern spacecrafts, but that's OK.

"The science borrows from our reality but is in no way beholden to it," Remillard said. "The spacecraft in 'Star Wars' are supposed to excite our imagination and hold true to what I like to call the 'rule of cool,' which means, concepts have to be cool above all other concerns."

The Falcon, or at least Remillard's reimagining of it, is definitely cool.

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by Kemp Remillard, via The Trek Collective. (Star Wars images are from Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections.)

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More Star Wars Blueprints T-65 X-Wing Star Fighter & the Millennium Falcon

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Anatomical cross-sections of several modern aquatic and marine tetrapods. Illustrations by Carolyn Scrace, from Gerald Legg's The X-Ray Picture Book of Incredible Creatures.

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A page from: Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and Spacecraft, David West Reynolds, Hans Jenssen, Richard Chasemore