Z6PO said:

Harmy said:

I just wish I could find the Falcon in the DS hanger matte.

You can find it in "The Art of Star Wars" book, page 82. But it's a very small picture, you may not be able to use it. Besides I can understand why it's rarely seen: it's a pretty boring matte ! The Millennium Falcon has only its edges painted (they must have composited the falcon model for the final image)

That's exactly what happened, according to the Harrison Ellenshaw quote in Rinzler's book. (Maybe someone decided the shot would look better if the Falcon wasn't entirely a painting.)

Still wondering if the fully-painted alternate was the one that originally had two cockpits, or if that's an entirely different painting that's never been reproduced anywhere...