So about the Piltover Disc-Runner

RyzeTheSmurfMage·8/31/2018, 11:01:10 AM·2 votes·3,659 views

Who stole General Grievous's vehicule? It looks exactly like it minus the legs.

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Chembaron Yamada8/31/2018, 12:12:21 PM3 votes

And General Grievous stole it from Richard C. Hemmings, who called it "Flying Yankee Velocipede". https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hemming%27s_Unicycle.jpg/220px-Hemming%27s_Unicycle.jpg

The concept of a monowheel is fairly old as you can see (Hemmings got a patent for it 1869) and became a pretty common trope for science fiction and steampunk thematics. Just because you saw it in Star Wars the first time does not mean they invented it.

The concept of a monowheel is so old, it is free to use for everyone nowadays and that has nothing to do with "someone stealing it" or "copying from another franchise".