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Star Wars Landspeeder Built from Scratch Is Nerdalicious

Land seeder? No, Landspeeder. If you're a fan of the Star Wars universe, that's the name of a famous open-air cockpit civilian craft. More specifically, that's what Luke Skywalker happens to own, and it's also part of the famous "these aren't the droids you're looking for" scene.
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As part of the show Junkyard Empire on the Velocity channel, Tommy Built Design Studios made a complete Landspeeder using only fiberglass and their wits.

The fictional machine is built pretty much like a boat, using moulds and fiberglass. The chassis si made from tubular steel and because hovering is not yet something us humans do, it needs wheels and an electric motor to move about. That will disappoint some Star Wars fans, but the mould is built by a couple of model makers that made the original in 1976. How's that for authenticity!

Oh, and for the record, Tommy is also the guy who made the Purrari and all those funky mouse headpieces for Deadmau5. The guy has the skills and is not afraid to use them.

Here are a few interesting facts about the X-34 Landspeeder that Luke piloted in A New Hope. In the movie, the machine was said to be built by SoroSuub Corporation and cost 10,550 credits when new. However, the prop was made around the Bond Bug.

In 1999's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, a green X-34 can be seen on the planet Tatooine. It's actually the original from 1976, but repaired and painted. The machine is 3.4 meters long, and its three turbines give it a top speed of around 250 km/h (155 mph) across all terrain types.

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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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