A Stormtrooper Goes Shopping in Japan

This is kind of silly, but entertaining to any Star Wars fan--a couple of the guys over at AkihabaraNews.com decided it would be fun to follow a guy dressed up as a stormtrooper as he went shopping for various items. Surprisingly enough, the Japanese still think Star Wars is cool--or at the very least, that stormtroopers are. ;) Here's how cool it is to have a stormtrooper costume on in Japan:



[http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10536-Shopping+spree+with+a+Storm+Trooper+at+Akihabara.html|Head on over to see all of the pics they took]. My personal fave is the trooper playing a DS. Thanks be to Kotaku.com for [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/only-in-japan/stormtrooper-hits-tokyo-plays-nintendo-ds-134580.php|blogging on this]. Photo credit goes to AkihabaraNews.com, natch. Cropped by yours truly.