X-34 landspeeder (Patreon)

Ever since the XP-38 came out, they just aren't in demand.

Luke Skywalker

Happy May the Fourth to everyone!

The X-34 landspeeder is Luke Skywalker's iconic civilian hovercraft from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. It's the beat-up, brown vehicle Luke uses to zoom around his home planet of Tatooine before being swept into the Rebel Alliance

A vehicle made for the desert, battered and repaired a hundred times, Luke's X-34 is the perfect example of that universe defined by the worn futuristic aesthetic so typical of Star Wars. The rebuilt and incomplete port-side turbine with its internal components exposed gives us a sense of the work Skywalker put into that vehicle — perhaps as a nod to those old cars repaired and modified by the young people of the 1960s that George Lucas so admired and portrayed in his film: American Graffiti.

Manufactured by SoroSuub Corporation, the X-34 was a civilian landspeeder model that enjoyed widespread popularity across the Outer Rim during the height of the Galactic Empire. It was affordable, reliable, and easy to repair with salvaged parts — all qualities that made it a staple of frontier worlds like Tatooine.

I wanted to bring you, dear friends, this vehicle to celebrate May the Fourth today. This is a model I built many years ago and have now chosen to completely rebuild, adapting it for multicolor printing — for those of you who have that option — although, of course, it can always be printed in a single color as well.

Printing tips

I have printed this model in a 0.2 mm layer height so that's my recommended print resolution.

It is very important to print the different pieces in the provided orientation to prevent undesirable fillings. No glue needed (althogh you can glue the pieces together for a more permanent fix). No additional support is needed (for the pre-supported files). Clean carefully the brim and supporting parts before assembling the model.

You can follow the assembly guide to put the model together — although it is very straightforward, it will always make the task easier.