Star Wars took the world by storm since it's early debut and has only continued to spread to every part of the globe. However, there are so many countries that you wouldn't even think about enjoying Star Wars, that it has actually reached.
The brand is even popular in places as far off as Japan, with the series getting a variety of unique posters for the country. Here are all the posters for the main Star Wars stories from over the years.
10 THE PHANTOM MENACE
The poster for Phantom Menace is unique compared to all the others on this list because there is a special anime style of art that has been applied to it. The main focus of this poster is of course the looming Darth Maul and a heroic Anakin Skywalker.
The main characters are all featured on this poster, but the style is so different from anything seen across the rest of the world. It's an impressive piece of art and likely a useful piece of advertising for the country in question.
9 ATTACK OF THE CLONES
The second film in the Star Wars prequel series left a lot to be desired in terms of its production. However, the marketing for the film we pretty great, with the poster truly capturing the spirit of what George Lucas was trying to put together.
This poster for the film isn't that far off from American marketing. While obviously the writing is in Japanese and the position of some of the characters is different, overall, it's the closest one on this list to the original. But, the next one on this list follows a similar formula.
8 REVENGE OF THE SITH
The focus of this next poster is very much the final battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan on Mustafar. It's front and center, with the other characters framing the fight in order to draw focus while giving them an equal amount of attention.
It's a powerful poster that represents the film well, although once again it isn't too far off any of the advertisements that we saw across other marketing campaigns in different countries. Note that they felt it was important to include the looming Vader in the background.
7 SOLO
This next poster has actually been used for marketing in different countries but was a main focus of the Japanese advertising for this solo Star Wars film. The poster puts the recognizable Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon as its main focus.
The reason for this is likely to demonstrate to international audiences that there are familiar elements in this film. The text has obviously been changed to Japanese, and the poster plays with the proportions of the characters; the bigger they are, the more important the character.
6 ROGUE ONE
The other spin-off project from Disney took quite a different approach for the Japanese poster. Strangely, the majority of the characters aren't actually featured on this massive display, only the main character of the piece.
What's more, there's a larger focus on recognizable items once more. The stormtroopers, Death Star, and AT-AT's are all drawing attention in this poster, along with the beautiful beach, which was a huge part of the trailer advertisements used worldwide.
5 A NEW HOPE
The first-ever Star Wars film needed a powerful poster to help it sell internationally. The experts behind the art of making posters decided to opt for a more consistent display, with the American posters. There's a few similarities and differences.
This is an earlier poster, with Vader's lightsaber not quite looking like the final version. It's also one of the posters that chose to give Luke a blaster, rather than a lightsaber, as to not spoil the plot. There's a nod to the Death Star here and a lot of descriptions from the writing.
4 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The fifth installment in the franchise has a remarkably different poster and one that is quite unique to Japan. It heavily details the battle of Hoth, with the giant walkers and scout droid, as well as the famous kiss between Han and Leia.
It also nods to other story points, including Boba Fett and the bounty hunters, as well as the ship that gets lost in the lagoon with Yoda. The big red writing is a departure from what we normally see from this text, as is the Star Wars logo at the top.
3 RETURN OF THE JEDI
This next poster actually continues on in the same way as the last, with the changing color text as well as the logo at the top, both of which are different on the other posters. The villains are also what draws the eye, with the Death Star and Vader being massive on this poster.
Luke has his classic green saber, and we see the infamous slave Leia outfit on the front. We also see Lando's return as well as Han Solo, potentially spoiling the fact the character will be returning in some form. Of course on the side, we also have the famous droids.
2 THE FORCE AWAKENS
The return to the franchise meant that the Disney company had to understand what kind of poster would work well in modern Japan. It seems to be a heavy focus on the villain Kylo Ren, perhaps because he invokes similarities to Darth Vader.
The logo is very different, with Star Wars actually spelled in Japanese. Han and Leia are a big focus of the poster, and there's several major characters completely missing in order to make the newer characters stand out a little more and provide a less confusing campaign.
1 THE LAST JEDI
The final poster is a little bit of a return to form, capitalizing on the success of the previous film and invoking some of the same characteristics of other global posters. More characters are featured this time, as is the famous salt planet.
Rey is now at the top of the poster, and Luke is also a key focus, with a lightsaber returning to his hand. This is likely to keep some continuity for new fans of the franchise. Like the US posters though, this one is far more stuffed with ships, droids and even a Porg featured.
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