--- title: This Couple's Star Wars Speeder Bike Costume Won Halloween description: Sorry, Halloween is over! canonical: https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-31T19:13:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:33.775Z og:title: This Couple's Viral 'Levitating' Prank Has Won Halloween og:description: The speeder bike looked like it was floating through the streets of Manhattan og:url: https://time.com/5003661/viral-star-wars-levitating-bike/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a25afd0c2e5a0bc/6988e3fa929fad82aebee495/star-wars-speeders-ny.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2563 og:image:height: 1442 og:image:alt: star-wars-speeders-ny og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Couple's Viral 'Levitating' Prank Has Won Halloween twitter:description: The speeder bike looked like it was floating through the streets of Manhattan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a25afd0c2e5a0bc/6988e3fa929fad82aebee495/star-wars-speeders-ny.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Couple Won Halloween By Pranking People With Their 'Levitating' _Star Wars_ Bike > Sponsored content. 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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/) 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/), 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/) pranks like [Aladdin](http://gothamist.com/2015/10/31/watch%5Fhipster%5Fbro%5Faladdin%5Ftake%5Fa%5Fma.php) and [Silver Surfer](http://gothamist.com/2016/10/31/video%5Fsilver%5Fsurfer.php) taking magic carpet rides through the city. 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