How big is the Millennium Falcon next to a TIE Fighter?
The Millennium Falcon measures 34.8 m (114 ft) nose to tail, seen from above, and a TIE Fighter measures 8.8 m (28.9 ft) from the ground up. The Millennium Falcon comes to 3.95 times the measured size of a TIE Fighter, a difference of 25.9 m (85.1 ft). The two are not judged on the same axis: the Millennium Falcon is quoted as a length and a TIE Fighter as a height, so the honest statement is one figure against the other, 25% of it, and not one outline against another. The Millennium Falcon is written in tens of metres and a TIE Fighter in single metres, a whole band of scale apart.
| Object | Real size | Axis measured | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Falcon | 34.8 m 114 ft |
Length | Star Wars |
| TIE Fighter | 8.8 m 28.9 ft |
Height | Star Wars |
Both figures, Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighter, come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real-world size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; outline provenance is listed on the sources page.
Why this one is hard to judge by eye
The Millennium Falcon is drawn about 4.40 times as wide as a TIE Fighter as well as 3.95 times its measured size, so the area it takes in the frame grows faster than the figure anyone quotes. The Millennium Falcon sits in the range with no handy yardstick: too big to hold against anything you have carried, too small to need a horizon, so it and a TIE Fighter end up filed under the same vague heading of very large.
What each figure covers
Millennium Falcon. The ship is measured nose to tail, which here means across the mandibles at the front. The figure has been revised upward twice in official sources.
TIE Fighter. The figure is the height across the panel edges, which is the widest part of the fighter. The cockpit ball between them is barely two metres across.
The Millennium Falcon is quoted as a length and a TIE Fighter as a height: two conventions, so the ratio compares the two numbers rather than the two objects.