Dek Rollins said:
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And I’ve always disliked the Millennium Falcon’s design, mainly the cockpit placement making no sense.

From: https://m.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3brzhg/whyhow_was_the_millennium_falcon_a_freighter/

KilroyMcfadden206d, 4h7
Google says… http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/50642/how-much-freight-could-the-millennium-falcon-carry-or-pull
ETA: There is also speculation that the mandibles were designed to fit into giant cargo pods that the MF would then push to it’s destination.

king_hippo77206d, 3h6
I like the comment linked above that it might actually just be a tug boat pulling containers of freight (another possible use for the fork shaped mandibles). Kind of like a semi pulling a trailer… it would be kind of backwards to attach something to the front, but that would explain why the cockpit is way off the side… to see around what’s attached in front.

SyRauk205d, 22h7
You just blew my fucking mind.