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Star Wars Is Everywhere: Episode XLI Posted By Mike on June 1, 2011
We hope our U.S. friends are enjoying a nice truncated work week due to the Memorial Day Holiday. To our Star Wars-loving friends around the world, we hope you're having a lovely spring day. Now that the formalities are behind us, enjoy the latest edition of Star Wars is Everywhere!
Check out the following nicely done video displaying members of the 501st doing their thing to help support Heart Kids Tasmania. (Thanks Nick!)
Saturday, May 21st was Star Wars Day at the Higgins Armory in Worcester, MA and our friend Don sent over this link to some photos from the fun event. (Thanks Don!)
Geeks of Doom list their choices of "10 Star Wars Novels Worth Checking Out."
Apparently the new Cheetah Hunt Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa drew inspiration from the speeder bike chases of Return of the Jedi. You can read about the new coaster and it's inspiration over at TBO.com.
Kotaku directs us over to Video Game Den where you can view the rather interesting manual for the 1987 Japanese video game relase of Star Wars for the Famicom. This was never released outside of Japan and featured a number of non-canon enemies.
The electric Honda Chopper concept motorcycle, which you can view at inhabitat.com, not only drew inspiration from Star Wars, but a Stormtrooper sure would look right at home riding on one.
Offbeat Bride shines their spotlight on the fantastic looking Star Wars-themed wedding of Dale and Nadia of Australia.
The 501st Alpine Garrison of Utah recently got some nice press from The Salt Lake Tribune.
Gizmodo takes a look back at a real-word AT-AT-like walker created by the US Military back in the 1960s.
CapitalOusiders.com compares the Washington Capitals NHL team to Star Wars characters in the following video...
Heidi McDonald at the ForestHills-RegentSquarePatch recently took her 7 year old son to the Jefferson United Methodist Church for the first time. Star Wars managed to wiggle it's way into the boy's impression of what he saw...
"The first thing he noticed about the sanctuary was the words, ?I am with you always? carved into the altar. He wanted to know why. ?Well,? I said, ?It?s because that?s what Jesus said to his friends. He wanted to remind them that part of him would still be with them, even though he knew he was going to die.?
?Oh! Like Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of Star Wars?? he asked.
I guess I never really thought about the religious implications of Star Wars. ?May the force be with you,? in a way, could qualify, as could an epic battle between good and evil. And between Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan, you do actually have a father, a son and a ghost. Just sayin?.
Our son behaved very well during church and sat with a boy near his own age. He helped them collect the offering, though he was just visiting. He said that he loved it there."
And last, but certainly not least, Diana Schwartz puts the call out to Star Wars fans while promoting the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion in Georgia...
"If you?re 6 or 60 the Star Wars theme connects us and we remember Saturday movies and sleep overs with friends, and dreaming of Jedi Knights. Some fans hear the Star Wars theme and consider it a calling and embrace it as a mission. That?s where Vader?s FIST 501st Garrison and the Rebel Legion come in, and do they come in. They come in fully costumed, armed and dangerously on the verge of having too much fun. They ?Troop?, meaning they gather together, at parades, malls and where ever they?re invited to bring joy to children?s faces, joy to those who are children at heart and to support charitable organizations.
Georgia Troopers, Pana Thitaram and Lynn Duffield are serious about their costumes. Pana a Sand Trooper with the 501st. Members of the 501st (the ?Bad? guys, i.e. Darth Vader) and the Rebel Legion (the ?Good? guys, i.e. X Wing Pilots) painstakingly recreate costumes from every Star Wars episode, cartoon and game, with Storm Troopers costing about $1,200 to Darth Vader between $3,000 and $4,000 and Bobo Fete topping at $6,000, and that doesn?t include Light Sabers, E-11 Rifles or DC-15 and T-21 weapons carried to complete the look. These costumes and as the various Troopers and Clones call them, ?armor?; are all about honoring Star Wars creativity and wonder. ?Trooping? since 2001, Pana also enjoys the ?Hothlanta Rebels?, named for the planet Hoth, featured in Episode #5. This group does not costume but meet for movie marathons and discussions about collectibles and trivia. Pana loves the Toys for Tots appearances and added that the best part of costuming is seeing the children?s smiling faces. His Savannah College of Art & Design degree in animation and visual effects feeds the fantasy role; ?Wearing armor stems from loving Star Wars as a kid and it keeps me young?. Contrary to the stereotype, there is a woman behind this warrior. Rebecca also loves Star Wars and has been tempted to try the armor on, bucket (helmet) and all. Pana has trooped with Lynn and added that she is an amazing costumer.
Lynn Duffield earned her first Girl Scout Badge in sewing and loves the craft. She found her Star Wars calling in ?Phantom Menace? where finally there were female Jedi. Lynn has created 3 Star Wars costumes and has enjoyed ?trooping? in parades and at charitable events. Whether it?s Boo at the Zoo or DragonCon, Lynn dons her Mon Mothma (a Rebel Leader) costume and reveals her inner Jedi. ?My challenge is to make the costumes as close as possible to what is seen on the screen, but mostly it?s fun, and it?s a chance to be somebody else for a while.? Lynn added that she looks forward to expanding her costume wardrobe. For more info visit: www.ga501st.com."
The image above far left is of Lynn Duffield as Mon Mothma, 501st Commander Jason Rutledge, and a Jawa. The image above far right features Pana Thitaram. Click on the thumbnails for full views. (Thanks Diana!)
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