HOME | DD
rlkitterman — Vader-kyo wa, anata o hitsuyo toshite iru.
#akiba #akihabara #armor #ashigaru #bandai #blaster #figurine #japan #katana #lightsaber #propaganda #star_wars #sword #taisho #tokyo #weapon #yodobashi #meisho #actionfigure #starwarsfanart #galacticempire #darth_vader #japanesesamurai #imperialstormtroopers #darthvaderfanart
Published: 2018-03-28 13:51:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1997; Favourites: 170; Downloads: 2
Redirect to original
Description
ベイダー卿はあなたを必要としている。銀河帝国の軍に参加せよ！ 皇帝陛下万歳。Lord Vader needs you. Join the army of the Galactic Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor.
Seeing the Bandai Meisho Movie Realization figures of Samurai Taisho Darth Vader and the ashigaru stormtroopers at the Yodobashi-Akiba megastore in Tokyo reminded me of the British Empire's famous Lord Kitchener recruitment poster, which was captioned "Britons: Lord Kitchener wants you. Join your country's army! God save the King." I then tried to find the Japanese translation of that caption and fit it to Star Wars. I could genuinely imagine the Galactic Empire making a propaganda poster (or hologram) similar to this, and then Sabine Wren painting a silly mustache over it.
Related content
Comments: 3
Maybe they're more skilled with swords than laser guns.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Irony here is the empire was based off of the samurai in the "7 samurai classic Japanese film"
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
