The Empire Splashes Back

December 30, 2016 10:23 AM

Real-life Star Wars speeder bike chase using water jets for the speeder bikes. Via Jim C. Hines.
posted by Lexica (14 comments total)

That was so badass.
posted by mgriffioen at 10:37 AM on December 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

So much duct tape!
posted by OverlappingElvis at 10:38 AM on December 30, 2016

Wilhelm Scream! Now that's dedication to verity.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:07 AM on December 30, 2016 [5 favorites]

The extra little little touches made it double awesome. Stepping on the stick, the Wilhelm scream, and the reflection of the light saber in the water put it over the top.
posted by cmfletcher at 11:33 AM on December 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

I love humanity sometimes.
posted by nevercalm at 11:57 AM on December 30, 2016

The ewoks were perfect.

Also I want to play with one of those water speeder bike things. That looks super fun.
posted by Phobos the Space Potato at 11:57 AM on December 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

I second the Ewoks. Wonderful performance.
posted by WizardOfDocs at 5:48 PM on December 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

Hey, this is great.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:38 PM on December 30, 2016

Your [amateur film-makers] were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:46 PM on December 30, 2016

Did chewbacca fire in the original?
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:08 PM on December 30, 2016

That looks insanely fun.
posted by Windopaene at 8:27 PM on December 30, 2016

Note that to use one of these, you have to hook them up to one of your spare jetskis.
posted by pwnguin at 10:43 PM on December 30, 2016

Little kid ewoks are the best ewoks!

Can we go back and cgi them into Jedi?
posted by mochapickle at 1:56 PM on December 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

And duck tape stormscout troopers are the best.
posted by Harald74 at 10:48 PM on December 31, 2016