Jump to lightspeed! Alaska Airlines celebrates May the Fourth with Star Wars-themed aircraft

The Star Wars-themed plane from Alaska Airlines. (Alaska Airlines Photo)

It probably won’t make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but Han Solo should definitely be piloting this new plane from Alaska Airlines.

In celebration of May the Fourth, or Star Wars Day, the airline unveiled an aircraft with a paint job suitable for another galaxy. The space-black plane features images from the iconic sci-fi franchise, including the Millennium Falcon being chased by TIE fighters.

There are also porgs — the avian creatures that lived on Luke Skywalker’s remote island — looking back at passengers from both winglets, and another at the boarding door.

(Alaska Airlines Photos)

The plane is officially called “Star Wars Transport to the Disneyland Resort” and is a collaboration from teams at Alaska, Disneyland Resort and Lucasfilm. The design celebrates Disneyland’s “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” attraction and made its inaugural flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Orange County, Calif., on Wednesday.

In further recognition of May the Fourth — a play on “May the Force be with you” — Alaska was offering priority boarding to any passengers wearing Star Wars gear during their travels on the airline today.

The airplane livery required 228 gallons of paint applied during 540 work hours over 27 days, according to Alaska. There were 23 base colors applied before the airbrushing of the Millennium Falcon and the TIE fighters.

Watch the paint job come to life in the video below:

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