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THE 501ST
LEGION INVADES THE CON
The 501st Droid Hunt went very well also. Many fans and celebrities got to interact with the legion troops as they hunted for Droid Hunt badges. Once a trooper “confiscated” a participant’s droid badge, the participant then got a numbered ticket to keep. At the end of the hunt, everyone with a ticket gathered at the Legion table as numbers were drawn for donated S tar Wars prizes. The top prize was a custom built, force FX style lightsaber. The little boy that won it was extremely happy. Every day at 1:00pm, the 501st/Midwest Garrison organized a parade through the con. The parade worked its way through the con and would stop at the Star Wars celebrity tables, saluting the Honorary members and making different presentations. The parade would end back at the 501st booth, and it was made even better because any kid dressed in a Star Wars costume could join in. The fans really liked that.
Sandtrooper Chip Childress, out. PHOTO GALLERY
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Anyone
who wears a costume knows how important it is to have somewhere to
change. This was especially good because they had tables and chairs
to use, water and even snacks. I was even able to leave my costume
bin in the changing area for the entire con! No taking it back and
forth to the hotel room. Everyone who organized the Motor City 501st
Legion area should be proud of what they did. The table and displays
looked excellent and even Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) said that it
was the most professional 501st display that he’d ever seen.
Doug
Wangler and I made the trip over on Friday the 18th. Doug is the
model for the Star Wars Expanded Universe character, Quinlan Vos.
Doug’s table was next to Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) and at the next
table was Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca). Both of these celebrities,
including their wives, are always great to see and talk with. Doug
got to meet many Quinlan Vos fans, signed autographs and he posed
for pictures. On the other side of Doug’s table was Eddie Deezin.
Eddie was Eugene in the movie Grease and was the voice of Mandark in
Dexter’s Laboratory. Eddie was also the voice of the know-it-all kid
in the Polar Express. Eddie is a very genuine person and I was glad
to meet him. I stopped by his table, in my Darth Vader costume, and
he was nice enough to take a picture with me. I also got to meet
Connor Trineer and Dominic Keeting from Star Trek: Enterprise and
Jonathan Fra kes from Star Trek: TNG. Billy West, voice actor for
Futurama, Popeye and many other characters was another celebrity I
met. This con had a wide range of celebrities to meet and it helped
make the con a success.