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June 13, 2009 |
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FORCE CONTINUES TO BE AMONG US
PHOTO GALLERIES WGN
Morning News
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June 13, 2009 |
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THE
FORCE CONTINUES TO BE AMONG US
PHOTO GALLERIES WGN
Morning News
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It
has been over two years since we took part in filming the Star Wars
fan-film The Force Among Us. It has been quite a journey since the
staff of Sandtroopers.com spent a Saturday with the crew of Cris
Macht and company. Even though some of the names have changed on the
roster since the movie has been completed, our mission has remained
the same. I will say when we took on the honor of taking part in
this project, I didn't think we would be doing any sort of press at
all. Yet much to my surprise years later, the Midwest Garrison was invited to WGN
studios to help promote the one night only Chicago premier of the
film at the Gene Siskel film center.
The
morning would begin with a lovely tour of the Illinois highway
transportation system, as we only have two seasons here: winter and
construction. With traffic as thick as Master Yoda's soup, I decided
it would be best to put the Dewback on the road early. A landing
party of several Storm, Snow and of course Sandtroopers would serve
Lord Vader for the morning festivities. There was also a TIE Pilot,
Jawa, Boba Fett and several other characters. The places that I have had
to travel to take on the persona of TD 7306 of the 501st Legion has
led me down many different paths in the few years I've been in the
group, but I did not recall ever being on television! Even in
costume I still couldn't help but to be a tad nervous. Also it
wasn't since the days of Bozo the Clown had I ever thought of WGN at
seven o'clock in the morning. To think I was getting dressed in the
very dressing room as one of my childhood icons was pretty
flattering if not just a tad humbling.
We
kicked off the morning with a siege of the newsroom. The cameramen
worked their magic as several of use looked to run things Imperial
style in the control room. Lord Vader accompanied our merry band
through the weather and several other news segments. It was also
great for Cris to let the entire Chicagoland area know where they
could see The Force Among Us for one night only tonight. It was no doubt a
pretty cool experience and we can only look forward to our weekend
of the Windy City premier. We hope any of our local ground forces
can come out and join us. As the Empire IS the news! United We Find.