Celeberty Deathmatch:

[Orin]

Firefly/Serenity, all the way. Starwars never put even a glint as much effort into developing the millenium falcon as an actual 'character' of the story as they did with serenity. Both the series and the movie make you love the ship, despite most people thinking its an ugly wreck. The millenium falcon was never really a 'focal' point of starwars, it was just there as part of a ridiculously large universe, while serenity was the home of every main character in the firefly series.

Plus, serenity did a far better job of creating a "western in space" than starwars ever did. If the two shows had been developed at the same time (starwars has a bigger fan base just because it's older), and if firefly had not been pulled from the air after the first season, i'm positive that we'd have more votes for that ship here.

That's the thing, you have to take into account the gravity of each ship. Star Wars and its story is massive, not a story about the Falcon and its crew. Firefly is named after the ship itself.

But in that regard, you can't say one character is better than another just because you know a bit less, and see a bit less of one. In reality, the Falcon actually has loads of story behind it. You just have to read the fiction, not watch the movies, since they focus on the big picture.

As for a western in space, yeah, Firefly did that. Better? Star Wars never tried to create that. If anything, they created a super-advanced dark ages. Swords, knights, etc.

The thing between the series is that one was a breakthrough for its time. Nothing comparable or as deep and complex as Star Wars was around for the sci-fi genre. B-movies, sure, but sci-fi universes? Little to none, not to mention nothing so grabbing.

Then we have Firefly, which is an idea that, while good, had been done, perhaps not in such detail and light, but done all the same. It's an excellent series, I enjoy it, but it's not a breakthrough and as grabbing as Star Wars. So while the Falcon is such a small part of its universe, it's still the vastly more well known and liked name due to the reputation and life that Star Wars had and has.

It was close for me, but I just am more enamored by the Star War universe than the Firefly/Serenity one, with its unlimited facets and stories. Hence the Falcon won in my book, even though it's got less air-time and story. (Though I've read most of the books, so not really.)