Well, it won’t have Darth Vader quaking in his boots, but this Star Wars-inspired rocking speeder bike is definitely light years ahead of its Earth counterparts in terms of coolness.

A gent and super-craftsman by the name of Tez Gelmir built this (slower) replica of the 74-Z Speeder Bike – as seen in the 1983 Star Wars flick Return of the Jedi – for his daughter to mark her first birthday.

He said:

I have built my son lots of projects but with my daughter’s first birthday coming up I felt it was her turn to get some project love and what better way than with her own Speeder Bike?!

Indeed.

She obviously loves it, and so do we – we want one for the SuperUnleaded office!

See the amazing rocking speeder bike take shape and in action below:

Fancy building one yourself? You won’t need a budget the size of Tatooine. Go to http://www.instructables.com/id/Rocking-Speeder-Bike/ – and may the DIY force be with you…