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Japanese Army Builds Enormous Star Wars Sculpture For Snow Festival

Published 8 years ago

Geeks like to go all the way with their projects, and Japan is a country full of geeks. That‘s why they spent a month (and purportedly enlisted the help of the Army) building a giant Star Wars snow sculpture for the 66th Sapporo Snow Festival. And is truly enormous: 3,500 tons of snow went into making this 23 meter wide, 15 meter tall piece of geek art.The centerpiece of it all is a giant bust of Darth Vader, beckoning Luke to join the Dark Side. Vader is accompanied by three Stormtroopers and two TIE Fighters (one of them being his personal TIE Advanced).

A comparatively small Death Star looms in the background as well, for your very own “That’s no snow moon… that’s a snow space station” experience.

More info: snowfes.com (h/t: rocketnews24mymodernmet )

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Martynas Klimas

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funny snow sculpture, geeky snow sculpture, nerd snow sculpture, sapporo, snow, snow design, snow festival, snow sculpture, star wars
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