"Who knew Sith Lords could be so darn cute?!"

Reportedly, it's impossible to walk more than a few feet at the San Diego Comic-Con without running into a fan dressed in character: superheroes, supervillains, video game characters, horror film creatures, pirates, vampires, werewolves, comic book-manga-anime characters, and lots of SF icons . . . especially from Star Wars.

We like the little pretty-in-pink-princess-turned-to-the-dark-side at left. You can see a nice selection of Star Wars-themed costumes at Star Wars Blog.

Of course, these folks are dressed up at a special occasion. For a look at people all dressed up and situated eerily within their home environments, we suggest a look at The Land of the Free gallery from Steven Schofield.

In the British Journal of Photography, Schofield explains his project:

Land of The Free explores the fascination the British public has with American popular culture and the sub-cultural world of fandom. I have shown people in their own homes and environments in costumes they wear to attend events with other like-minded individuals. I made the work in response to Bush's involvement in Iraq as I wanted to make a political reference to globalisation and America's ongoing ability to infiltrate all cultures via various channels of popular media. By working in the individuals' homes and personal spaces, I have sought to present my sitters in a their very British 'found' environments and to allow the viewer to evaluate the juxtaposition of cultures and how neither appear to sit comfortably with each other.