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Legendary Designer Behind Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder Tom Karen OBE Dies

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Tom Karen OBE, whose designs included the Raleigh Chopper and the Bond Bug which later formed the base of Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder in Star Wars: A New Hope, died aged 96 on New Year's Eve surrounded by his family.

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