'Star Wars' superfan builds career crafting 'lightsabers'

The clock strikes 8pm. Dozens of people wearing outlandish costumes and waving LED glow sticks gather in a park in front of Songshan Station in Taipei. An energetic voice suddenly pierces through the night sky, before a stocky man runs through the crowd toward a platform, upon which he stands and begins to make a speech.

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