

R5-P8, a yellow, red and white R5 unit assassin astromech droid, is one of Hondo's guards. The queue continues through an engine room/mechanic shop which then leads to the command center where Audio-Animatronics of Hondo Ohnaka and R5-P8 explain what the ride is about. The queue begins outside, wrapping around behind a life-size Millennium Falcon parked outside. Smuggler's Run is located in the center of Black Spire Outpost at the entrance to Ohnaka Transport Solutions. That meant that the downtime was registered if all four turntables of the flight simulator failed simultaneously. Each turntable had multiple Millennium Falcon cockpits.

The ride benefited from having four slowly rotating attraction turntables. Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run had wait times ranging from 30 to 60 minutes upon opening day. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run first opened at Disneyland on and the second opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29, 2019. Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run wasn't officially announced until 2018. In 2017, Disney announced that the new Star Wars-themed land would be called Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and it would hold two new attractions. At the Disney D23 Expo in 2015, Disney first announced the creation of a Star Wars-themed land coming to Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
