I agree, but to play devil's advocate here are two counterpoints:

1) The YT-1300 was designed as a freighter, and the Millennium Falcon only became a capable warship after pretty extensive modification by Lando and Han Solo. So, perhaps some of those flaws can be justified with "not really intended to be a combat vessel" rationale.

2) Or even ignoring that, shielding seems to be established as being much more important than armor plating around wires and pipes in the Star Wars universe. TIEs (at least the lower models) have no shielding whatsoever, and the only thing that separates them from just being pure cannon fodder is size, agility, and numbers.

But even in medium fighters that DO have shields, it seems like they at best protect against a very low number of glancing hits -- we see X and Y wings with shields go down after 1-2 hits a LOT in the movies. In that scenario, I guess there isn't a whole lot of need to slow yourself down with heavy armor plating that might let you survive another hit if you are lucky. Kinda like how modern police officers and soldiers don't wear heavy steel plate armor; they either wear kevlar (think "shields") or nothing but clothing/uniform.

So, maybe the larger ships in Star Wars stock up on shields and aren't too fussed about physically covering up systems -- once the shields are down you're pretty much toast anyway.

I love the Millennium Falcon... one of the greatest spaceships in sci-fi. But watching it closely, it has some stupid design flaws... all that wiring and pipes and whatnot totally exposed.

Haha, I did see this today.., Pretty funny.
If you didn't already know, here's the explanation for the cross-over.
http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/star-wars-shows-millennium-falcon-vid-special-easter-egg.html

Thought you would like a glimpse of the JJ Abrams millennium falcon http://youtu.be/3C7lUfVIOa4

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I'm such a dork. But the Millennium Falcon is what earned up upvote on this one!

I had the Millennium Falcon, the X-Wing, and the B-Wing and MY MOM GAVE THEM AWAY WHEN I WAS TEN!

Isn't that the Millennium Falcon move?

Parov Stelar - Chambermaid Swing
In reply to this comment by NaMeCaF:
Sweet.

Does anyone know what song that was playing over the clip?

Thanks!
In reply to this comment by jonny:
*promote

I love that it's all rustic furniture, hewn wood etc.... and then there's a huge Millennium Falcon toy on the bed side table.

That's awesome

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I know what it is. It's the Millennium Falcon.


What the hell is an aluminum falcon?

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I know what it is. It's the Millennium Falcon.


No way. Its a Cylon Raider.

I know what it is. It's the Millennium Falcon.