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In 2019 oHollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and
Fantasyo exhibit opened at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los
Angeles, which included the X-34 Landspeeder. It was built by the
SoroSuub Corporation and uses a powerful repulsorlift engine to hover
over rough terrain. In the opening scenes of A New Hope, Luke
Skywalker (Mark Hamill) uses the X-34 to traverse the arid planet of
Tatooine. originally developed from a Bond Bug, a British three-wheel
car from the 1970s, a number of otrickso were employed to achieve a
hovering illusion, including a large side-mounted jib and angled
mirrors affixed to the undercarriage to hide the wheels!
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