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    The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    A Man And His Car: George Lucas' Senior Thesis Film Found!
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    Image of 68Fastback 68Fastback
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    I'm almost ashamed that I know this, but...

    Luke lived with his uncle Owen and his aunt Beru. Guess where auntie got her name:

    [www.turnermotorsport.com]
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    John Krewson promoted this comment 68Fastback was starred 68Fastback was unstarred
    Image of Wunno Sev Wunno Sev
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    Among the more controversial changes made to the original trilogy for the Special Editions, the Milennium Falcon is seen sporting a pair of Truck Nutz hanging under the sublight engines.
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    P161911 promoted this comment Wunno Sev was starred Wunno Sev was unstarred
    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    Fancy Opera Attendee: "You got your io9 all over my Jalopnik!"

    Monocled Opera Attendee: "You got your Jalopnik all over my io9!"

    This actually went a lot better than I expected. And yes, I expected a Camaro getting pounded by a Sleestack. The one nice scientist Sleestack, specifically.
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    eggwich del fiero was starred eggwich del fiero was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    The Rebels and the Imperials are clearly metaphors for privateer and factory race teams.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    This may be obscure, but didn't Qui-Gon/Anakin/Jar-Jar take a ride in a Rinspeed sQuba in Ep I?

    I also like to believe that Darth Vader was something like our Sultan of Brunei: he can just ask Sienar Fleet Systems to build him a special TIE fighter to his specs, and they'll make it happen with a smile. Same deal with his bespoke Star Destroyer.
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    Edited by bmoreDLJ at 08/27/09 3:06 PM bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    Duh! Thank you so much for pointing out the painfully obvious. Next you'll be pointing out that the spaceship battles are inspired by World War II or that Chewbacca's personality was modeled on Lucas's dog.
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    John Krewson promoted this comment Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    Anyone remember this ad?
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    Scandinavian Flick: Reply now! Get free text added to your comment! promoted this comment Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred
    Image of racerx racerx
    08/27/09


    @Bigbadbikernerd: I always thought he'd drive something more like this.
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    Image of Muscles Marinara Muscles Marinara
    08/27/09


    @racerx:

    come on now, Darth Vader drives one car and one car only:
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    John Krewson promoted this comment Muscles Marinara was starred Muscles Marinara was unstarred
    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    08/27/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Anyone remember what it ripped off?
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    John Krewson was starred John Krewson was unstarred
    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    08/27/09

    @Muscles Marinara: Ah, there, you're close...
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    John Krewson was starred John Krewson was unstarred
    Image of Kuang Kuang
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    You missed a trick on the Falcon writeup - on the first interior shot of the cockpit you can see a pair of dice hanging from the roof, which then mysteriously disappears. Urban myth says they're fuzzy, but they're actually golden.. probably made of fragamantium, or unobtainium or somesuch.

    Your movie fetishist/conspiracy nut types claim that's one of Lucas' in-joke references to the pair hanging in the '55 Chevy driven by Harrison Ford's character in American Graffiti. Unfortunately they forget that they weren't actually in that car but in the Impala. He did sneak in a few THX references though.
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    P161911 promoted this comment Edited by Kuang at 08/27/09 3:04 PM Kuang was starred Kuang was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    08/27/09

    @Kuang: Don't forget THX used actual Can-Am racers for the chase scene at the end.
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    George must really like Auto racing. Here he is in an interview wearing a Simpson Neck Brace!

    [upload.wikimedia.org]
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    Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it was starred Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    I remember about 10 years or so the Air and Space Museum had a Star Wars exhibit. The large scale (maybe 4-6ft. diameter) Millennium Falcon model that was used for a lot of the filming was covered in little decals from model cars. There were several Champion Spark Plug decals, maybe some Valvoline ones, and I remember a "Drive Safely" decal too. These are things that would never be visible on film.
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    08/27/09

    @P161911: Here's a picture I was able to find of the actual model from filming>
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    Image of Goes Like Stink Goes Like Stink
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    This always make me laugh
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    layabout promoted this comment Goes Like Stink was starred Goes Like Stink was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    08/27/09

    @Goes Like Stink: Now that is cool
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    layabout was starred layabout was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/27/09


    @Goes Like Stink: Which was, I believe, a response to this photo...
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    SeanKHotay promoted this comment Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    08/27/09


    @Goes Like Stink: There is this one too
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    SeanKHotay promoted this comment CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was starred CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    08/27/09


    @Goes Like Stink:
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    Pessimippopotamus was starred Pessimippopotamus was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    08/27/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Dang. I didn't know that GIF animation was disabled in the new threads. Well then, click on the pic.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    I was going to comment on the #9 caption...."refer to girls as counterweights, cupholders or passenger seat warmers", but decided against it. Besides, the cupholder thing has been discussed and recussed in length already today. Besides that, I make a damn good counterweight, cupholder and passenger (and driver's) seat warmer. I hereby submit my photo, Gentlemen.
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    skaycog was starred skaycog was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    Hot Rods -> Star Wars Pod Racer -> Keg Racer!
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    layabout promoted this comment engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    08/27/09

    @engineerd: How have I never seen this?! Where does this take place?
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    acarr260 was starred acarr260 was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    08/27/09


    @acarr260: It's in the Illegal Soapbox Derby. Something that, if I lived in the Bay Area, would be a part of my life.

    Here's another photo. The link is [telstarlogistics.typepad.com]
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    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of Roberto Grijalva Roberto Grijalva
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars

    Im diggin' the hood decal.
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    SeanKHotay promoted this comment Roberto Grijalva was starred Roberto Grijalva was unstarred
    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    08/27/09

    @Roberto Grijalva: Need to get ditch those fluidics and get some real circuitry in there...
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    SeanKHotay was starred SeanKHotay was unstarred
    Image of Roberto Grijalva Roberto Grijalva
    08/27/09

    @SeanKHotay:
    Id really like to know what C3-PO was messing with under the hood.
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    Roberto Grijalva was starred Roberto Grijalva was unstarred
    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    08/27/09

    In reply to The Hot Rod Culture of Star Wars
    given Lucas's love of hot rod culture and racing, was it any surprise?
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    Jim Topoleski was starred Jim Topoleski was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    08/27/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Yeah,i always thought there was more than a hint of car culture in Star Wars. That's why i thought this thread was stating the obvious
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    layabout was starred layabout was unstarred
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