It may well be that others know this ..... but it completely passed me by until today.

Luke Skywalker's iconic Speeder in Star Wars was based on a Bond Bug chassis! .... and the Speeder itself was designed by Tom Karen .... the same man who designed the original Bug.

Here's a pic of it without the angled mirror skirts that gave the impression it was levitating.

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You can clearly see the three-legged underpinnings 🙂

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