Obviously, the Star Wars phenomenon is international, but we rarely see the fanboy fervor from more Asiatic climes: the Japanese cosplay conventions where a raven-haired school girl puts her hair in buns and plays Leia, or a middle-aged salary man puts on an orange jumpsuit and pretends to be Luke Skywalker despite the discrepancy of his complexion and epicanthic folds.
But I personally think it's all pretty neat, which is why I was fascinated with this article over at Rebelscum.com which explains the history of Japanese Star Wars collecting.
The whole thing should be read, but I found this part to be fascinating:
