It's 'Star Wars' day in Australia and Asia, and people are going interstellar crazy

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Ariel Bogle
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Thanks to the wonders of the International Dateline, Australia and much of Asia get to celebrate Star Wars on "May the 4th Be With You" day for a good few hours before the rest of the world wakes up.

And celebrate it they did. With parades, tweets and cosplay, people were nerding out on Monday from Sydney to Seoul.

There were Stormtroopers browsing in multiple Australian libraries.

Get in touch with your roots in our Family History & Newspapers Reading Room. #StarWarsDay @501stlegion pic.twitter.com/qsM7aO4Cdi— State Library Vic (@Library_Vic) May 4, 2015

A photo posted by Sunshine Coast Libraries (@sclibraries) on May 3, 2015 at 8:46pm PDT


A giant Lego Millennium Falcon was built from almost 250,000 bricks.


Australia celebrates @starwars day, with the help of LEGO Master Builders! #StarWarsDay #LEGOStarWars pic.twitter.com/tU9ifoLHjZ— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) May 4, 2015


A panda Stormtrooper dominated social media.


May the 4th be with you! #MayTheFourth #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/C0CtUp6JJe— WWF_Australia (@WWF_Australia) May 3, 2015


Even a Yoda-esque koala celebrated the day in a very chill way.


May The 4th Be With You. (Photo via IG / sphynxss) #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/2jiMqGbEUx— Australia (@Australia) May 4, 2015


Along with a surfing Chewbacca.


A photo posted by Choqy Satria (@choqysatria) on May 3, 2015 at 8:58pm PDT


Darth Vader was stuck on the train in Bogor, Indonesia with the regular commuters.


A photo posted by Rama Prasetya (@ramaprasetya_) on May 3, 2015 at 9:48pm PDT


There was a Star Wars parade through Seoul.


A photo posted by Joon Young_Yang (@joonyoung_yang) on May 3, 2015 at 8:45pm PDT

A photo posted by Joon Young_Yang (@joonyoung_yang) on May 3, 2015 at 8:48pm PDT


And another one at Malaysia's Lego Star Wars Miniland.


A photo posted by Umi Hanim (@umi_hanim) on May 3, 2015 at 7:46pm PDT

A photo posted by Umi Hanim (@umi_hanim) on May 3, 2015 at 8:39pm PDT


Stormtroopers even walked on treadmills at Pitt Street Mall in Sydney to raise money for charity.


May the 4th be with you #StarWarsDay #Sydney #pittst pic.twitter.com/iwfKT2P21I— Nazm Khan (@Nazm_83) May 4, 2015

Happy #StarWarsDay! Go to Pitt St Mall in Sydney from 12-2pm to support Scott Loxley! May the 4th be with you! pic.twitter.com/kroAxd41xX— Osier Belle (@OsierBelle) May 4, 2015

A photo posted by s h e b a h a i d e r (@shebahaider) on May 3, 2015 at 8:14pm PDT


Happy Star Wars day, everyone!


A photo posted by David McBride (@moemcbride) on May 3, 2015 at 9:06pm PDT

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