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Speeder bike
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<p>Speeder bikes (also known as "jumpspeeders" or "hover bikes") and swoop bikes (or just "swoops") are small, fast transports that use <a href="/facts/Anti-gravity/z0z3FcKM">repulsorlift</a> engines in the fictional <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars/9Y5j3IPP">Star Wars</a></i> <a href="/facts/Universe/XbfpnDmM">universe</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Return_of_the_Jedi/DgH4n192">Return of the Jedi</a></i> includes a prominent speeder bike chase; speeders and swoops also appear in <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace/NCRujVRV">Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars:_Episode_II_%E2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones/H5op1Ss6">Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith/bKJfL3z4">Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars_(film)/J4eECtTN">Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope</a></i> (added in the 1997 Special Edition, but absent on every earlier print), the animated TV series <a href="/facts/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)/LU2Y016Y"><i>Star Wars: The Clone Wars</i></a> and <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars_Rebels/VITPIqyg">Star Wars Rebels</a></i>, and the <a href="/facts/Star_Wars_expanded_universe/LLIFRTHk"><i>Star Wars</i> expanded universe</a>'s books, comics, and games. </p>