--- description: Sorry, Halloween is over! title: This Couple's Viral 'Levitating' Prank Has Won Halloween image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a25afd0c2e5a0bc/6988e3fa929fad82aebee495/star-wars-speeders-ny.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Couple Won Halloween By Pranking People With Their 'Levitating' _Star Wars_ Bike by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2017 7:13 PM CUT  YouTube by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2017 7:13 PM CUT It may be early on [Halloween](http://time.com/4999419/starbucks-zombie-frappucino-halloween-reactions/?xid=homepage "undefined"), but this couple already won the costume contest. YouTube vloggers Jesse Wellens and Carmella Rose dressed up as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, but not in their classic [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4788422/best-star-wars-moments/ "undefined") garb. Instead, they dressed as Luke and Leia as rebels zipping through the forest world of Endor from _The Return of the Jedi_ and the only thing missing was an Ewok or two. While that retro costume would certainly rate well with [_Star Wars_ fans](http://time.com/4931509/star-wars-rian-johnson-last-jedi-identity/ "undefined"), Wellens and Rose had a plan to put their costume over the top. With a little help from some friends at Lithium Cycles, they built a replica of a Speeder Bike that looked like it was actually floating and rode it through the streets of Manhattan. The sight was exhilarating enough that even wizened, seen-it-all New Yorkers couldn’t help but gawk. The entire escapade was captured on video by YouTube prankster Casey Neistat, who has teamed up with Wellens before for [Halloween](http://time.com/5003440/google-doodle-halloween-2017/ "undefined") pranks like [Aladdin](http://gothamist.com/2015/10/31/watch%5Fhipster%5Fbro%5Faladdin%5Ftake%5Fa%5Fma.php "undefined") and [Silver Surfer](http://gothamist.com/2016/10/31/video%5Fsilver%5Fsurfer.php "undefined") taking magic carpet rides through the city. Watch Neistat’s video to see how the custom _Star Wars_ Speeder Bike was built. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/"},"headline":"This Couple Won Halloween By Pranking People With Their 'Levitating' Star Wars Bike","datePublished":"2017-10-31T19:13:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:22.650Z","description":"Sorry, Halloween is over!","url":"https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a25afd0c2e5a0bc/6988e3fa929fad82aebee495/star-wars-speeders-ny.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a25afd0c2e5a0bc/6988e3fa929fad82aebee495/star-wars-speeders-ny.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-speeders-ny","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/","name":"This Couple Won Halloween By Pranking People With Their 'Levitating' Star Wars Bike"}}]}] ```