Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked by user339676 on March 26, 2021
In The Force Awakens,
If it has
Was it
This is made more puzzling when considering that
According to what salvagers - who are experts - seem to know - at least Rey does - it can't get off the planet, or even move well.
Rey scarcely glanced in the other vessel’s direction. “That one’s garbage! We need something that’ll move, not just get off the ground—if we’re lucky!” (this and all other quotes from Alan Dean Foster novelization)
and
As BB-8 looked on, she shouted back to him, “I’ve piloted all kinds of craft, but nobody’s flown this old crate in years!”
The reason the ramp was down was because Plutt did work on it once in a while
“Hey! Some moof-milker installed a compressor on the ignition line!”
“Unkar Plutt did.” Rey saw Finn shoot her a look and she glanced away, abashed.
Given that it was unlikely it could be flown away, most scavengers wouldn't have bothered trying to steal it, because that risked bringing down the revenge of Unkar Plutt, who wasn't the most gentlest of characters around. Kinda like stealing from Jabba - really bad idea.
Visual Dictionary shows us a scavenger who lost both his arms to Plutt's thugs. He sends 2 thugs to take BB-8 droid from Rey by force.
“Of course you do,” Naka replied soothingly. “Jakku is no place for a madman.” He looked to his left. “We’re not far from Niima Outpost, but I’m not going to take you there. Local commerce is more or less run by a corpulent sack of slurge who goes by the name of Plutt. I’ve had words with him in the past and don’t wish to confront him again.”
And people probably had some clue that Plutt could track the ship (Rey didn't, but she was just 19)
“How—how did you find me?”
He smiled. It did not improve his appearance. “The ship you stole. The Millennium Falcon. You can’t really track a ship while it’s in hyperspace—but when it emerges, and particularly after it sets down somewhere, there are ways. Expensive, but in the case of valuable property, often worth it. Definitely worth it in the case of the Falcon. It happens to be fitted with a covert Imperial homing device. Old technology, but still quite functional. To which my presence here can attest. Didn’t take much to get the necessary relays working.”
Correct answer by DVK-on-Ahch-To on March 26, 2021
You have two questions, one in the title, and one in the spoilers. For the first one, we know that Unkar Plutt had it modified to suit his needs (to bridle it, and possibly to make it consume less energy to turn it into a convenient ship that isn't intended to go in space)
For the second one
We can assume that, as pointed out by Иво Недев in the comments, the Falcon is considered to be junk, so no one wants to steal it (even Rey isn't interested, despite the fact that her job is to get working parts of destroyed ships) But let's say someone would have stolen it.
So the whole point here is to show that Rey is ready to be the big part in the movie, she doesn't need any support to do that.
Answered by Tloz on March 26, 2021
Not having seen TFA yet, I'll just quote from the ANH script:
Chewbacca leads the group into a giant dirt pit that is Docking Bay 94. Resting in the middle of the huge hole is a large, round, beat-up, pieced-together hunk of junk that could only loosely be called a starship.
LUKE: What a piece of junk.
Considering what the Falcon has been through since then, I doubt it will look like much by the time TFA takes place.
For that alone, I concur with @DVK's first point: The Falcon is all about "interior qualities", if you get my meaning.
Answered by DevSolar on March 26, 2021
"[Unkar Plutt had] big plans that would make the credits roll in" regarding the Millenium Falcon, and had several hired thugs and influence over the local militia, so he would of made sure that the Millenium Falcon wouldn't get stolen. As for it still working, well Unkar Plutt was working on modifying it so obviously it would work. It wasn't just like sitting there broken down.
Answered by SpyBoxOnline on March 26, 2021
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