This is a Japanese tuna (“sea chicken”) commercial made in 1978 that uses actors in cheap Star Wars costumes. I suppose that doesn’t sound all that crazy, given all the technological developments in panty vending machines and tentacle porn over the last three decades, but this is at least interesting as a milestone in international pop culture history.japanese-starwars-tuna

I mean, when you get down to it, this comes off as a cheap and weird middle finger to copyright law, but in 1978 the United States was taking Quaaludes, listening to disco, and relying on a color scheme comprised of orange, gold, and pea green. It’s the last time in history that Japan was less insane than America. Once the ’80s happened, we got Reagan and they made Hello Kitty. That was when the balance of panty-sniffing turned forever to the Land of the Rising Sun.

[Topless Robot]