Yes but if they know Jabba well enough to call you a geek for evoking him in a comparison the know him well enough to be culturally significant.

I remember as I mentioned previously, showing Star Wars for the first time to a friend from India (he was a big fan of Jackie Chan but hadn't even heard of Star Wars).

He was mocked by a lady he was seeing at the time for watching, "those films for children".

She was from Kenya and had taken her children to see them.

He was much more impressed by "those films with that girl" (Alien and Aliens).

But now he and his sister have seven children between them and they all have Star Wars toys, computer games and DVDS.

I'm not sure if Star Trek is a big deal in Japan but none could show you some pretty bizarre Japanese Star Wars love.