Something very different. TM Lucasfim and the Nankai Electric Railway have created a Star Wars train to promote the film in Osaka, Japan. The train is a Nankai Rapit 50000 series which links central Osaka with the Kansai International Airport.
The first video is the official Nankai Electric Railway video on the making of the train. The second is a video by Japanese rail fan ayokoi.
This train will operate until November 21, 2016.
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So can we call this the Star Wars heritage unit? This was a great idea on the part of that Japanese railroad.
I can only think of the line, “Aren’t you a little short to be a stormtrooper?”
The guy in the armor, I guess, can say in response, “No, I’m just Japanese…”
Love it, 
I cannot imagine an American railroad doing it, unless it is subsidized by some government agency. 
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