What does the Millennium Falcon use for fuel (and how big is the fuel tank)?
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1starwars.wikia.com/wiki/YT-1300_light_freighter/Legends– JohnPCommented Jan 29, 2018 at 20:19
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6So ... not liquid schwartz, then?– dmckee --- ex-moderator kittenCommented Jan 29, 2018 at 22:30
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10The fuel is actually the tears of star wars fans who were upset with Lucas on whether Han shot first.– Hans OloCommented Jan 29, 2018 at 22:32
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1@Kidburla - A decent answer can address all of these– ValorumCommented Jan 29, 2018 at 23:13
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18"What does the Millennium Falcon uses for fuel?" Plot. It uses plot for fuel...– RonJohnCommented Jan 30, 2018 at 0:24
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Sublight Engines
According to the (canon) Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections, the Falcon uses
liquid metal fuel
to power its sublight engines. There's no indication which metal.
You can see the fuel tank on this earlier (and non-canon but still excellent) plan from Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections. Assuming it's hollow, the tank depicted appears to be around 3-4000 litres in volume.
Hyperdrive Engines
The Hyperdrive engine is powered by ejecting
Hypermatter particles
The tanks are sufficiently large for them to cross half of the galaxy without refuelling.
answered Jan 29, 2018 at 21:41
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83,000-4,000 liters is quite a lot of T-1000s, if you think about it. Refueling must be pretty dangerous. Kind of surprised they never showed that process in any of the films; could have made for a pretty epic action sequence, with the right director. Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 22:47
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32"The liquid fuel sublimates into a poisonous gas"... Somebody needs to be taught the meaning of sublimation. Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26
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6@Lexible It's simple terminology. Solids sublimate, liquids vaporize.– JABCommented Jan 30, 2018 at 5:33
TLDR: liquid metal fuel
As suggested by @JohnP, from the Wookieepedia, YT-1300 light_freighter it is stated that the YT-1300 (the model of Millennium Falcon) use fuel cells powered by liquid metal fuel.
Another canon source is the Star Wars Millennium Falcon YT-1300 A 3-D Owner's Guide written by Ryder Windham himself:
Edit: as @Valorum says, those sources are not considered canon but rather "Legends" i.e. pre-2014 canon, subject to change.
