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This morning, on the strong airwaves of the Ticket, I pronounced it “Fall-kun” then became self-conscious about the pronunciation so I asked Jer. He didn’t help, because he hates me. But many of you filthy P1′s chimed in via Twitter and email.
I share one such bit of feedback.
Hey Gordon,
You have probably received a lot of emails from all the Star Wars P-1′s out there but I thought I would give you my two cents on why some people say Millienium Fol-con.
The easiest place to hear it is in The Empire Strikes Back since Darth Vader is trying to find the ship through the whole movie. I can think a few parts:
Han and Leia are running throug the rebel base on Hoth and they are blocked by ice, Han radios the transports and says, “Transport, this is Solo. Better take off — I
can’t get to you. I’ll get the princess out on the Fol-con.”Darth Vader is on his Star Destoyer talking to the assembled bounty hunters: “…there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Fol-con. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations.”
Towards the end of the movie, Lando tries to use the hyperdrive and it doesn’t work. Cut to Darth Vader talking to Admiral Piett: “Did your men deactivate the hyperdrive on the Millennium Fol-con?”There are probably more instances that these three but I hope this helps.
Mark
So despite the spelling, I’m not crazy. If Han named it, or I guess Lando did, then I’ll go with his pronunciation.
Even though I’m beating its carcass, I’ll say it anyway- may the horse be with you.
I’m changing my name to Jerusalem Jockson…
fal-kun
sorry rasputin!
That.
Fal-kun, weirdo. Fall-kun is like saying ba-nah-na, or to-mah-to.
The question is not how do you say the word “falcon,” but rather what is the proper pronunciation of “Millennium Falcon?” Remember, proper nouns have their own rules. The rule of thumb is that however the “named” says it is correct. In this case, the named cannot speak so we appeal to the namer. Han/Lando says “fall-kun.” But what does George Lucas say?
Lucas says the world is about to end. What does he know?
Atlanta Fallkuns?
Definitely fall-kun. You got it right.
Trying to think of something I care less about… thinking…. thinking…. hmmm… Nope. Nothing comes to mind.
Well, it’s better than Millieniem Fal Can’t, like Mexican’t.
Gordon,
So, people are giving you crap about ‘Falcon’?
People really need to focus on the real issues like the pronunciation of Han!
Several characters throughout the entire first three films (SW, Empire and Jedi) pronounce Han’s name differently.
Leia: ‘H-on’
Luke: ‘H-aan’
I’m sorry, but not once did Han correct either one of these people. So what gives, Solo? Are you just being kind to the farm boy left with a deviated septum and slurred speech after a Wampa attack? Or choosing to ignore the cute rich chic’s insistence to make a space pirate name sound more palatable?
Fall-con. Fal-con. Farrakkan. It’s all the same. Let’s focus on getting the character’s names right.
Cheers!
Perri
Very good point. I’ve always said “Hahn.” Make me sound kinda snooty and gay.
I thought it was pronounced “Hainge” Solo. Lucas’s back-handed way of referring to that private abuse act of men.
Darth Vader was the biggest perpetrator of pronouncing the Millenium Falcon as “Fall Con”. Vader had British tendencies in his pronunciations even though Annakin clearly spoke with an American accent. Must have been a side affect of becoming “more machine than man”.
I enjoyed the ‘Falcon talk’ on the show this morning. I think it would be cool if the Sundance Square grackle problem could be solved by flying a bunch of mini Millenium Falcons around(equipped with lasers of course) to frighten the grackles away. Then someone could use a remote-control Grackle-Decoy to swoop down and steal the Berman hairpiece. ‘Back Back Back Back!’
Another great tennis video. Look at her face when she realizes she has lost her racket.
This really gets good after the :015 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jlv8F9cerA
This explains all that you need to know
http://vimeo.com/2809991
That’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Thanks for that gift, good sir.
Fall kun here. but I’m with Jake Z on this.
I need my naughty girl photo of the day, Gordon.
Given that Solo introduces himself by saying, “I’m [hahn]Solo, captain of the Millenium [Fall-cun]…” that ends the discussion.
Now, what of Leia? Han and Luke call her “lay-a” but Governor Tarkin calls her “lee-a”. General Dodonna in the briefing scene also calls her “lee-a”: “An analysis of the plans provided by Princess [lee-a]…”
Hell, even Obi Wan has issues in Episode IV by being the only one to pronounce Chewbacca as “chew-back-uh.”
Let’s be honest, when the read the script, most of them were thinking, “WTF.” Or as Harrison Ford famously quipped about Lucas’ dialogue, “George, you can type this sh-t, but you can’t say it.”
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Let’s move on to somthing of more importance, if infact there is anything.
What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?
You’ve never heard of the Millenium Falcon? It’s the ship that made the Dallas-to-Addison beer run in less than 12 par secs, she’s fast enough for you old man. Whatsthecargo?!
Myself, the Hammer, two droids and no questions asked.
I’m willing to bet there are people all over the sets of those movies that call that ship either/or…depending on where they are from.
It doesn’t matter!
Fillenium Merkin? Great name for a porno.
You can’t have a proper Star Wars discussion without the greatness of this little gem.
http://www.funnieststuff.net/viewmovie.php?id=573
Stuff.
The answer lies in the architect of the ship. It’s a little know fact that the aircraft was designed by Stephen Falken. The same Stephen Falken that Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy have to track down and convince him to help them return to NORAD and shut down WOPR preventing DEFCON 4 and global thermonuclear war in the movie war games. In the movie he clearly pronounces his name as “Fall-con”.
I can’t tell you how obsessed I was with Wargames.
http://www.wayfarergallery.net/hot-images/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/WarGames-Matthew-Broderick.gif
Fal-kun just like the bird of prey it is named after.
this format sucks