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Before there was Han, Luke and Chewy, or even Indiana Jones and a whip, George Lucas created A Man and His Car , his senior thesis film at USC focused solely on Peter Brock and his Lotus 23 race car. Also knows as 1:42:08 , the short is essentially a quickly edited representation of a racecar driver testing his vehicle. Filmed at California's Willow Springs Raceway, it features a script which makes Le Mans look like it was written by Aaron Sorkin. The barren hills even hint at Tatooine and, if you squint your eyes, the Lotus 23 looks just a bit like an XP-34 Landspeeder. Thanks to the guys at VODCARS for finding and posting the video. [ VODCARS ]
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This wasn't the design direction Honda was looking for with the Honda FC Sport concept . Move along. galleryPost('hondafcsporthyLA08', 6, 'Honda FC Sport Uses The Force?');
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Yes, that's a real landspeeder, just like Luke Skywalker's X-34 in Star Wars . No computer-generated Hollywood movie magic here. Well, except that it doesn't exactly hover. The fiberglass body is mounted on a custom aluminum electric car chassis. With a top speed of only about 25 MPH, it's going to take awhile to get across the Tatooine desert, seeing as the three thrusters are non-functional. But it sure does make the neighbor kid's Power Wheels truck look lame. galleryPost('reallandspeeder ', 6, 'The Force Is Strong With This One'); Builder Daniel Deutsch, a Lucasfilm employee, has also made a custom R2-D2 complete with a built-in video projector. Fans of his work apparently include Joey Fatone (if you don't know who that is, consider yourself lucky). We're fans too, but Daniel says he doesn't have any interest in selling off his creations. Too bad, because this would be the perfect way to out-pose the DeLoreans at the Woodward Dream Cruise...
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It's a good thing Photoshop didn't exist when I was a kid, because if it had, these images would have blown my fragile five-year old mind. Cedric Delsaux adds Star Wars characters to otherwise mundane cityscapes, highlighting their alien nature and in the process combining my two biggest adult childhood obsessions: cars and Stormtroopers. [ Cedric Delsaux via Lost in a Supermarket ] galleryPost('cedricdelsaux', 6, 'Star Wars Vs The Parking Lot');
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This 1977 Dodge Tradesman200 van represents years' worth of lonely Saturday nights filled with geek-love and rightly so. It's adorned with a Star Wars mural fit for a Jedi. The van itself has seen some better days. This ladies-mobile has 100,000 miles on the V8 engine and the inside boasts a poorly-maintained lounging area and mini-bar. galleryPost('starwarsvanebay', 3, 'Would You Like A Side Of Battlestar Galactica With That?'); As of posting time, the current bid is at $1,050 and the reserve has already been met. It's located in Akron, OH and can be a project car in no time--as long as you don't touch the paint job. [ eBay via BBG ]
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While Murilee and Jonny continue to trek towards their mission of TOTAL LeMONS COVERAGE DOMINATION , we're here at the home base scouring the comments for the commenter with the mysterious power known around some parts as "the force," or in France as le force . It's what allows a reader to take a subject worthy of something greater than mere mockery or reflection: allusion. We go way back to the first movie in a series of six movies that was actually the fourth movie. There was much ire directed towards the aeromodded Civic from earlier today, but there was one clear reference that jumped out at us as appropriate and hilarious. From FatBraff : Uncle Owen... Can I take the Aerocivic over to Toshi Station to pick up some Power Converters? We agree this ride looks like the land speeder from A New Hope , maybe crossed with Imperial Landing Craft?
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While Murilee and Jonny continue to trek towards their mission of TOTAL LeMONS COVERAGE DOMINATION , we're here at the home base scouring the comments for the commenter with the mysterious power known around some parts as "the force," or in France as le force . It's what allows a reader to take a subject worthy of something greater than mere mockery or reflection: allusion. We go way back to the first movie in a series of six movies that was actually the fourth movie. There was much ire directed towards the aeromodded Civic from earlier today, but there was one clear reference that jumped out at us as appropriate and hilarious. From FatBraff : Uncle Owen... Can I take the Aerocivic over to Toshi Station to pick up some Power Converters? We agree this ride looks like the land speeder from A New Hope , maybe crossed with Imperial Landing Craft?
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newVideoPlayer("xwingfeature2_gawker.flv", 475, 286); var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/The_Flight_and_Death_of_the_Rocket_Powered_X_Wing_Fighter_Video_Feature'; If you don't have a girlfriend, you know it as the Incom T-65. Else, it's the X-Wing Starfighter, pride of the Rebel Alliance's strike fleet. Here's the backstory. A gang of aerospace hobbyists created a workable model of the X-Wing out of plywood, fiberglassed foam and whatnot. Then they hooked it up with booster rockets and RC gear, and hauled it out the desert, where the proceeded to send it on its maiden voyage. You have no idea how hard it is not to give away the ending. [ Gizmodo ]
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