BOBA!!!!

With its disorienting, Caligari-like lack of right angles, the Jawa sandcrawler is probably my favorite vehicle in the Star Wars saga.

The landspeeder, Luke's hot-rod from ANH. This was one of the few full-sized vehicles on display. (Another was the full-sized speederbike on display outside the museum.)

Here's a closeup of the cockpit.

When I was growing up, my dad would drag us to just about every car show in town, where we could drool over new model Corvettes and the latest Mustangs. But I'll admit it, I have never been so tempted to just jump behind the wheel and take 'er for a spin as when I saw this landspeeder nonchalantly parked in the middle of a Bay Area convention center.

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