It's no secret that we're all fans of Star Wars here at GeekDad. Given that, it's no surprise that we're all very impressed with the X-Wing styled soapbox derby car built by Instructables user, The Papier Boy.

The car was built as an entry in the 2011 Nazareth Adults Soapbox Derby, and as the builder says in his Instructables writeup:

"For the 2011 Nazareth Adult Soapbox Derby I wanted to design a car that people would like and made me feel heroic. So I decided I would model it after one of the most important vehicles of our nation's history: the T-65 X-wing fighter."





As well, the designer had his heart set on some must-have features:

*"1) I wanted an R2 droid that spun and made sounds *

*2) I wanted the wings to open and close. *

Very early on I abandoned the open/closing wing idea. I just couldn’t make it happen in the budget and time that I had. But I was pretty sure I could easily get the droid to spin and talk."

Head on over to the build page at Instructables for more photos and description....