The following was released on the 501st Yahoo Message Board by the Empire City Garrison XO:

Greetings troopers,

Lord Vader has been waiting long enough and finally gave the order to take finacial control of this backwater planet and will personally supervise this take over.

Actually, the CEO of the Children's Aid Society in NY will be there to open the NASDAQ tomorrow morning (May 2,2002) at 9:30 am EDT and Lord Vader and Queen Amidala (both members of the 501st) will be there to assure the transaction is complete. This is to start the ten day countdown to the Children's Aid Society Charity Showing of AOTC on May 12th, here in Manhattan.

I double checked and LFL actually gave them the "OKAY" to have us in costume at this event.

The opening is often shown on several of the Finacial Networks (MSNBC, CNNfn, etc.) and even some other networks that report business news.

If you aren't sure about being able to see it on TV, they do have a link to their webcam directly off thier website: http://nasdaq.com So, remember to invest heavily today and support the glorious finacial future of the Empire.