A Complete History of the Millennium Falcon
kitbashed.com/blog/a-complete-history-of-the-millennium-falcon
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
The Millennium Falcon underwent a long and arduous number of conceptual iterations before its final iconic shape emerged; the one we now once again see blasting its way across the big screen. In fact it wasn't even known by its famous name until well into production, having up until then gone under the much mundane moniker: Pirate Ship.