Host: Dean Plantamura (TK-899), Scott Will (TK-408)

Content Development: Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Be sure to visit 501st.com/celebration for the Legion’s Star Wars Celebration V schedule of events.

Hosts:  Jesse Sharrow (TK-9311), Adam Scott (RC-6124) and Joe Stevenson (TK-6064)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

• 10,000 Facebook Fans Goal Achieved
• Star Wars Artist Kevin Graham is now TK-6709 (Forcecast interview)
• New Honorary Member Induction: Michio Kaku (induction video)
• Even more TK Helmet Project submissions
• Vote for your favorite Star Wars Fan Film (voting is now closed)
• Wrestling troopers in magazine

Mission Reports

• Costa Rica Outpost attends two birthday parties
  • correction: donation for 2nd party went to TELETON
• Empire City Garrison troops at product unveiling and book launch
• Bloodfin Garrison at Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Sci-Fi Spectacular
• Garrison Excelsior steps back onto the field for Red Wings Star Wars Night (photos)
• San Diego Comic Con (Museum Replica TK armor photos)
• Bloodfin Garrison troops with the Gary Indiana Railcats (press article, photos1, photos2)
• Taiwan Formosa Outpost at the Charity Together Fun Carnival (photos)
• Carolina Garrison visits Victory Junction Camp
• Midwest Garrison at Relay For Life event (photos)
• 501st on stage for more Weird Al concerts
  • MidSouth Garrison
  • Empire City Garrison
  • Star Garrison
    • Dallas
    • Houston
    • San Antonio

Upcoming Events

• Star Wars Celebration V updates
  • CV Store Exclusives PDF
  • Star Wars Speed Dating
  • 501st Official Hotel – Doubletree
• Dragon*Con coming up fast

Shout-Out
Congratulations to May 2010 Trooper of the Month Bernard Cocchi, TK-3368 from French Garrison.
Congratulations to Brandon, SL-2375 and Beth, TK-484 who were married the morning of preview night for San Diego Comic Con

Trivia/Giveaway

Unit Anniversaries

• Monaco Outpost – 8th Anniversary this month
• Flagship Eclipse (501st EU Detachment) – 4th Anniversary on August 17th
• August 17th – 4th Anniversary of the formation of the former squad now garrison – Bast Alpha
• German Garrison – milestone 10th Anniversary on August 18th
• Terror Australis Garrison’s Southern Star Squad – 3rd Anniversary on August 20th
• Mexican Garrison’s Green Bellies Central Squad – 1st Anniversary on August 21st
• Ohio Garrison – 7th Anniversary on August 31st 
• August 22nd – 3rd anniversary of the formation of the former Squad now Garrison for Wisconsin

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Writer/Director/Actor Kevin Smith – August 2nd
• Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine) – August 11th
• Roger Carel (French Voice of C-3PO) – August 14th
• Matthew Wood (General Grievous amongst other roles) – August 15th
• Ray Park – August 23rd
• Kenny Baker – R2-D2 – August 24th
• Shannon McRandle – aka Mara Jade – August 28th 
• Nalini Krishan (Jedi Barriss Offee) – August 30th

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Hosts:  Joe Stevenson (TK-6064 ), Jesse Sharrow TK-9311) and Adam Scott (RC-6124)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397),  Dean Plantamura (TK-899) and Adam Scott (RC-6124)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

• New Unit: UK Garrison’s Imperial Scottish Squad
• New Detachment Briefing: Sith Lord Detachment
• New CRL entries posted at www.501st.com/crl
• New Honorary Member Induction: Pepe Mediavilla (news, photos)
• Two new TK Helmet Project submissions
• Vader Project tour ended and auctioned off (article)
• Matt Busch’s Greak Lakes Garrison trading card (Facebook)
• R2-KT in Clone Wars Encyclopedia
• Girl Trooping Power
• Cloud City Garrison on MSNBC (video)
• Georgia Garrison featured on “What’s the Deal?”
• Dean interviews co-worker who’s a Star Wars virgin

Mission Reports

• Mexican Garrison in promo ads for World Cup (YouTube videos)
• New England Garrison’s trio of troops
  • Trooping for the Trooper Blood Drive
  • Visit to Children’s Hospital
  • Special Birthday Visit
• Ohio Garrison at Star Wars Wedding
• Make-A-Wish boy receives Millennium Falcon (article, photos)
• Ohio Garrison troops with Cincinnati Reds
• Update on Afonso from last episode
  

Interview with Star Wars Artist Joe Corroney

Upcoming Events

• San Diego Comic Con updates from Lesley, TR-3774
• Star Wars Celebration V updates (ForceCast episode)

Shout-Out
Congratulations to Nordic Garrison’s Tina, BH-4706 and her newly-approved 4-LOM costume

Trivia/Giveaway

Unit Anniversaries

• 70th Explorers’ Squad 66: The Temple Raiders – 2nd Anniversary on July 1st
• Southern Cross Garrison – 1st Anniversary on July 1st
• German Garrison’s Echo Nova Squad – 1st Anniversary on July 5th
• Alpine Garrison’s Mustafar Squad – 5th Anniversary on July 11th
• Terror Australis Garrison’s Southern Dewback Squad – 1st Anniversary on July 11th

Honorary Member Birthdays

• David Prowse – July 1st
  
• Terri Hodges – July 3rd
• Friend of the Legion Milo Ventimiglia – July 8th
• Sound Wizard Ben Burtt - July 12th
• Richard LeParmentier – July 16th
• Fanboy’s Kristen Bell – July 18th
• Artist Joe Corroney – July 18th
• Artist Grant Gould – July 18th
• Mary “Luminara” Oyaya – July 18th
• Rena “Taun We” Owen – July 22nd
• Orli “Shaak Ti” Shoshan – July 23rd
• Anthony “Move Along Trooper” Forrest – July 25th
• Author Drew Karpyshyn – July 28th

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Sith Lord Detachment
www.501stsithlords.com

Host:  Nicky Blum (DZ-8397)

Guests: Mark (SL-3940) and Kris (SL-6247)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

For this Briefing, Nicky is joined by two members of the Sith Lord Detachment which is the detachment for the costumes Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus. The Sith Lords formed in mid January 2005.

The goal of these Briefings are to introduce you to the 501^st Legion’s Detachments which are the costume specialty groups for the Legion – they focus on a certain costume or costumes and provide a great resource for members and recruits to go to find out details about the costume they are hoping to build.

Hosts:  Nicky Blum (DZ-8397), Jesse Sharrow TK-9311) and Adam Scott (RC-6124)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

• Honorary Member Inductions
  • Scott Rorie
  • Meagan Finnerty
  • Christie Golden
• Legion Charity Challenge Update (Wampa’s crusade for Chile)
• New Unit: Capital City Garrison
• TK Helmet Project Updates (Denise Vasquez’ making of video)
• BH-1171 on Boba Fett electronic helmet packaging (image)
• Albin Johnson awarded Rebel Award (video)
• 501st Trooper in Mos Espa (RebelScum.com article)
• Southern California Garrison on GTTV (video)
• Boba Fett Day in Sioux City Iowa – June 11th 2010 (TwitPic)
• Al Williamson passes away (starwars.com article)

Mission Reports

• Dutch Garrison helps film TomTom commercial (video)
• Costa Rica Outpost visits A New Hope school (Facebook photos)
• Costa Rica Outpost participates in No More Tears campaign
• Carolina Garrison troops with Greenville Drive
• Garrison Excelsior troops Buffalo Bisons’ 3rd annual Star Wars Night (photos)
• Japanese Garrison’s recent troops
  • Star Wars Utility Knives (troop pics, company website)
  • Ronald McDonald House visit (photos)
  • Hike up Mt Takao (TwitPic1, TwitPic2, TwitPic3)
• New England Garrison troops for Make-A-Wish (news report, photos)
• Badlands Garrison in the Walk for Miracles
• Badlands Garrison participates in Make-A-Wish fundraiser
• Star Garrison troops at Sidney McMath library
• Spanish Garrison’s hospital visit
• Updates from last episode (Outpost video message to Afonso)

Upcoming Events

• Star Wars Celebration V updates

Trivia/Giveaway – win a 501stCast patch!

How do I get my unit on the 501stCast?

Unit Anniversaries

• Spanish Garrison – 6th Anniversary – this month
• Cloud City Garrison – 4th Anniversary – June 1st
• MidSouth Garrison’s Mos Nooga Squad – 1st Anniversary – June 1st
• Special Operations Detachment – 5th Anniversary – June 2nd
• Outpost Venezuela – 2nd Anniversary – June 5th
• Portugese Lusitanian Outpost – 3rd Anniversary – June 12th
• Bloodfin Garrison – 8th Anniversary – June 15th
• Garrison Tyranus – 8th Anniversary – June 22nd
• Hong Kong Outpost – 4th Anniversary – June 22nd

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Daniel Logan – young Boba Fett – June 6th
• legendary artist Ralph McQuarrie – June 13th
• Steve Sansweet – June 14th
• C. Andrew Nelson – a digital artist for the prequel trilogy plus did voice work for the SW video games – June 22nd
• Blair Butler – G4TV host – June 28th 
• Denise Vasquez – Star Wars artist – June 29th

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Show Notes: Episode LV (June 3rd, 2010)

Hosts:  Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Nicky Blum (DZ-8397)  and Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Contributors: Jesse Sharrow (TK-9311)

Recent News

• How did you celebrate 501st Day?
• Honorary Member Inductions
  • Brian Muir (Facebook photos)
  • Bjørn Jacobsen
  • Alex Buechel
  • Justin Chung
  • Chris Trevas
  • Ron Marz (blog)
• New Legion Squads
  • Canadian Garrison’s Imperial Fortress Squad (website)
  • Mexican Garrison’s Baja Squad (roster)
• DK Publishing donates books in 501st Legion’s name
• Spike TV’s Empire Strikes Back promotion featuring TK-1245 (Facebook video)
• G4TV’s Slave Leia car wash (G4 video)
• BH-1171 models for new Star Wars poster (Facebook photo)

Mission Reports

• Costa Rica Outpost celebrates Children’s Museum’s 16th anniversary (Facebook photos, blooper video1, blooper video2)
• Garrison Titan partners with Wishing Star (photos)
• Southern California Garrison once again walk for MS in LEGOland
• Bast Alpha Garrison attends fundraiser for Dylan Tujague (Dylan’s Story, Event video, photos)
  
• Turkish Outpost attends Children’s Day Festival (photos, video)
  
• New England Garrison appears at Paw Sox Star Wars Day (photos, video)
  
• Portuguese Lusitanian Outpost visits Afonso (video)
  
• Ohio Garrison with Great Lakes Garrison appears with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra
• Garrison Titan helps snag a $35,600 donation for PBS
• Great Lakes Garrison entertains 350 children at Romeo Library (news article)
  
• Florida Garrison at Sunscreen Film Festival with Billy Dee Williams (photos, news article)
  
• Garrison Excelsior marches in Lilac Festival Parade (photos, video)
  
• Carolina Garrison visits Ft. Bragg (photos)
  
• New England Garrison troops Blood Drive then plays Lazer Tag!
• Golden Gate Garrison on The Amazing Race
• Mountain Garrison members auctioned off for JDRF (photos)
  
• Golden Gate Garrison on Ace of Cakes
• Mountain Garrison’s Dewback Ridge Squad marathon of events
  • Albuquerque NM Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Walk
  • SIDS Awareness Softball Tournament and Fundraiser
  • University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital St. Baldricks Fundraiser
  • New Mexico Symphony Orchestra’s Hollywood’s Greatest Hits concert
• Midwest Garrison’s Make-A-Wish visit to Vincent (picture, message from Yoda)
  
• Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (aka C2E2)
  • Empire Gives Back article with 501st TK Project mention
    
• Midwest Garrison assists Lucas at Empire Strikes Back screening (photos1, photos2, photos3, Lucas Q&A video)
  
• Mountain Garrison does Star Fest plus Interviews!
  

Upcoming Events

• Star Wars Weekends
• Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
• Garrison Excelsior at 3rd Annual Bisons Star Wars Night
• Star Wars: In Concert tour continues (tour dates)

Unit Anniversaries

• Empire City Garrison – 11th Anniversary – in May
• Southern California Garrison – 11th Anniversary – in May
• Japanese Garrison – 10th Anniversary – in May
• Imperial Officer Corps Detachment – 7th Anniversary – in May
• Central Garrison’s Imperial 80th Squad – 4th Anniversary – May 8th
• Taiwan Formosa Outpost – 4th Anniversary – May 14th
• Garrison Excelsior – 4th Anniversary – May 15th
• Mexican Garrison – 4th Anniversary – May 15th
• Chinese Outpost – 1st Anniversary – May 15th
• Terror Australis Garrison’s Knightfall Squad – 1st Anniversary – May 15th
• Badlands Garrison’s Outer Rim Squad – 4th Anniversary – May 22nd

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Star Wars artist Adam Hughes – May 5th
• George Lucas – May 14th
• Peter Mayhew – May 19th
• Sir Christopher Lee – May 27th
• Constantino Romero (Spanish Voice of Darth Vader) – May 29th

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Show Notes: Episode LIV (April 7th, 2010)

Hosts:  Dean Plantamura (TK-899), Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) 

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Contributors: Scott (Mongo) Gibbs TK-9091 and Cheyenne IG-9686

Recent News

• TK Helmet Project updates – 3 new helmets (Robot Chicken video, Official Site) 
• Vader’s Vigilantes
• 501st Series 9 Trading Cards (website)
• Kevin Liell’s TK-899 sketch card
• Auctions for Chile
• Jedi-Con Theme Song (full song)
• Garrison Carida’s new blog
• Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton (article)
• ForceCast’s iPhone app (article)

Mission Reports

• Japanese Garrison assist with Star Wars t-shirt promotion (photos)
• Japanese Garrison troops with Kyle Newman for Fanboys premiere (photos)
• More Adidas troops for 501st
  • Turkish Outpost heads to Dubai (photos, Facebook photos)
  • Outpost Argentina at launch event (photos)
• Southern California Garrison teams up with the Los Angeles Kings (skating Clone video, photos)
• Belgian Garrison troops Star Wars: In Concert (video)
• Florida Garrison at MegaCon
  • Interview: Jason Sobol
  • Interview: Jeremy Bulloch
  • Interview: Matthew Wood & David Acord
  • Interview: Peter Mayhew
  • Interview: Steve Sansweet
• Outpost Romania helps promote Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Costa Rica Outpost with the National Symphony Orchestra (video1, video2, video3, press1, press2,  Facebook photos)
  
• Outpost Venezuela at Caracas Comic Con (photos, interview)
• Dutch Garrison Troops Breda’s Comic Fair
• Star Garrison goes all out for Comicpalooza
• Taiwan Formosa Outpost invited to Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
• Star Garrison at I09’s SXSW party
• New England Garrison
  • Teams up with Lowell Devils for Star Wars Night (photos)
  • Participated in Cub Scout Space Derby
  • Geek Week
  • Fall Brook Fair
• Dutch Garrison helps celebrate Gymnastics Association Rijsenhout’ s 50th anniversary
• Ohio Garrison’s Lazer Tag event for Make-A-Wish
  

Upcoming Events

• C2E2
• Celebration V update
• Dune Sea Garrison teams up with Phoenix Suns (promotional video)

Give-Away/Contest

• Shout-Out: Legion Members Wed
  • Shed to Wed
• Give-Away/Trivia Question

Unit Anniversaries

• Outpost 42 Garrison – 6th Anniversary – this month
• Alabama Garrison – 3rd Anniversary – April 3rd
• MidSouth Garrison – 3rd Anniversary – April 3rd
• Star Garrison’s West Texas Squad – 1st Anniversary – April 6th
• Turkish Outpost – 2nd Anniversary – April 10th
• Italica Garrison’s Squads: 3T Squad, 77th Alpi Squad, Praetorian Squad and SubZero Squad – all turn 2 on April 21st
• UK Garrison History
  

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Star Wars artist Tom Hodges - April 5th
• Star Wars artist Cynthia Cummens-Narcisi – April 6th
• Billy Dee Williams, Lando Calrissian – April 6th
• John Ratzenberger aka Major Bren Derlin in Empire Strikes Back – April 6th
• Don Bies – April 7th
• Tom Kane, Voice of Yoda and Yularen from Star Wars: The Clone Wars – April 15th
• Hayden “Anakin Skywalker” Christensen – April 19th
• George “Sulu” Takei, voice of Lok Durd in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – April 20th
• Rob Coleman (ILM Lead Animator) – April 27th
  

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Show Notes: Episode LIII (March 10th, 2010)

Hosts:  Dean Plantamura (TK-899), Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Bert Montoya (TD-7528)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) 

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Contributors: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

• Legion Elections conclude
• Krayt Clan Tribesman Award (photo)
• Japanese Garrison helps dub Fanboys (webnews1, webnews2, webnews3
• Darth Vader beats cancer (article)
• 501st mention in new novel (Escaping Earth)
• Ohio Garrison interview on Community TV (video)
• French Garrison Vader in McDonalds promotional ads (photos)
• Newest TK Helmet Project helmet completed 501st TK Helmet Project
• New Friend of the Legion: Bryan Humphrey (website)
• more press for Makazie One (Fan Film Follies interview)
• Saints Fett
• 501st Stormtrooper backpack buddies
• Congratulations for Dany Pepin’s Star Wars: In the Shadows (article)

Mission Reports

• Adidas troops for the 501st
  • South Africa (video)
  • New York City (pictures, video)
• 501st at Mardi Gras Parades
  • Mobile, Alabama
  • Krewe of Little Rascals (photos)
  • Krewe of Caesar (photos)
  • Krewe of Tucks (photos)
  • Krewe of Zeus (photos)
    
• New Orleans Children’s Hospital Lundi Gras parade (photos, video1, video2)
  
• Florida Garrison with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
• Three 501st units at Migennes Collector Show
• Carolina Garrison patrols Fayetteville FireAntz game (photos1, photos2, photos3)
• Japanese Garrison participates in Star Wars Day
• Redback Garrison troops at Dreamworld theme park (promo video, trooping video, MotoMag photo)
• Star Wars: In Concert promotion in Portugal (Facebook photos)
• Northeast Remnant Garrison visits Middletown, NJ library (photos)
• Japanese Garrison at Shizuoka Cinepark Festival (article1, article2, photos)

Upcoming Events

• STS-131 Space Shuttle Launch event canceled
• Star Wars day camps at Space Center Houston

Give-Away/Contest

• Shout-Out: Legion Member Car Crashes
• Give-Away/Trivia Question

Unit Anniversaries

• Sovereign Protectors and Armored Cavalry Detachments – both celebrating 8 years in March
• Garrison Titan – 12 Anniversary in March
• 70th Explorer’s Gateway Squad – 2nd Anniversary – March 2nd
• Bloodfin Garrison’s Northern Darkness Squad – 2nd Anniversary – March 2nd
• Dijbouti Outpost – 2nd Anniversary – March 3rd
• FanWars Garrison – 4th Anniversary – March 8th
• Rancor Raiders Garrison – 2nd Anniversary – March 8th
• Belgian Garrison – 8th Anniversary – March 13th
• Austrian Outpost – 4th Anniversary- March 18th
• German Garrison celebrated the birth of 3 squads back on March 18th 2006
  • Arma Candida Squad, Coastal Hammer Squad and White Shadows Squad
• 9 years ago on March 20th saw the birth of 2 squads for Empire City Garrison
  • Eastern Squad which later became Garrison Carida and
  • New England Squad which later became New England Garrison
• Florida Garrison’s Parjai Squad – 4th Anniversary – March 20th
• Mountain Garrison’s Dewback Ridge Squad – 4th Anniversary – March 21st
• Costa Rica Outpost – 3rd Anniversary – March 22nd
• United Kingdom Garrison – big 10th Anniversary – March 23rd
• Southern California Garrison’s Inland Empire Squad – 1st Anniversary on March 26th

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Star Wars Author Steven Barnes – March 1st
• Jake Lloyd (Young Anakin) – March 5th
• Conceptual Artist Iain McCaig – March 19th
• (the late) Maestro Erich Kunzel – Conductor, Friend of the Legion – March 21st
• Julian Glover (General Veers) – March 27th
• Star Wars Author Kevin J. Anderson – March 27th
• Kyle Newman (Fanboys Director) – March 16th

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Hosts:  Nicky Blum (DZ-8397), Lor (TK-7883) and Jesse Sharrow (TK-9311)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) 

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Contributors: Shawn Crosby (TK-5967) and Steven Kocsis (TS-4159)

Recent News

• New Friend of the Legion: Adrianne Curry (starwars.com article)
• New Legion Garrisons:
  • Redback Garrison
  • Timberline Garrison
• 501st in Bantha Tracks (again…)
• Legion Charity Challenge: Toy Drive results
• 501st TK Helmet Project updates and interview
• How to Dress a Biker Scout and more… (Biker Scout, Sandtrooper, C-3PO)
• Biker Scout spotted in iPhone app (developer’s site)
• Interview: “Weird Al” Yankovic
• Steve Sansweet beardless?! (Facebook note)
• Informal Mando/Deathwatch Guard discussion

Mission Reports

• Dutch Garrison at Space Expo
• more Adidas troops for the 501st
  • Taiwan Formosa Outpost (photos and video)
  • Hong Kong Shadow Outpost
    • Causeway Bay Parade (photos 1, photos 2)
    • Tsim Sha Tsui Parade (photos 1, photos 2)
    • Video 1, Video 2
    • Shopping Babies poster
      
  • Philippines Outpost (Facebook photos)
  • Malaysia-Brunei Outpost (Facebook video, newspaper article)
• Carolina Garrison keeps the peace at FireAnts Game (photos, videos: puck drop, duel)
• Midwest Garrison’s 10th Anniversary Formal
• R2-D2 and R2-KT invited to roll down the aisle (photos)
• Star Garrison’s Crimson Nova Squad’s Literacy event

Upcoming Events

• R2-KT, Peter Mayhew and the 501st at March 18th Space Shuttle Launch
• Midwest Garrison to troop the Fox Valley Symphony Concert on February 6th
• ConCarolina’s selects Legion Founder Albin Johnson as Fan Guest of Honor (website)
• Garrison Tyranus invites fans to Shevacon 2010

Give-Away/Contest

• Shout-Out: Armando, TK-4110 (article)
• Give-Away/Trivia Question

Unit Anniversaries

• Old Line Garrison’s 6th Anniversary this month
• Florida Garrison’s Makazie Squad – 5th Anniversary this month
• Garrison Carida – 8th Anniversary on February 10th
• Bolivian Outpost – 2nd Anniversary on February 18th
• Central Garrison’s Minnesota Wolf Pack Squad – 1st Anniversary – February 20th

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Warwick Davis aka Wicket W. Warrick – February 3rd
• Composer John Williams – February 8th
• Robot Chicken creator Seth Green – February 8th
• Jeremy “Boba Fett” Bulloch, BH-5211 – February 16th
• Anthony “C-3PO” Daniels – February 21st

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion

Hosts:  Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Jesse Sharrow (TK-9311)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

• Top 12 Troops of 2009
  • Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Tour
  • 501st Invades LEGOland 2009
  • Ohio Garrison & Garrison Carida visit Jeff Romanoff & Eric Seeman
  • Robot Chicken Skate Tour
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic announcement at E3
  • 501st helps open NY Stock Exchange
  • Star Wars: A Musical Journey & Star Wars: In Concert Tours
  • Today Show’s Halloween Special
  • The Inaugural 501st Cruise & TrooperFest
  • Trooping the White House with President Obama
  • Nordic Garrison troops in Moscow
  • Trooping the Great Wall of China
• 501stCast Holiday Special
• Star Wars Weekends 2010 dates announced
• 501st TK Helmet Project updates
• 501st member on the Uncle Milton SW Science Electrobinocular packaging
• New Honorary Member – Kevin Liell
• German Garrison’s new trading card set
• 501st members spotted in Glamour magazine (article, snuggie.com)
• The Family Guy’s Something Something Something Dark Side on DVD
• Well Wishes for Kevin Graham (zazzle site)

Mission Reports

• 501st rings opening bell for NY Stock Exchange
• 501st Asia helps launch Star Wars Adidas line (catalog)
  • Singapore Garrison (Reuters pictures, news report)
  • Hong Kong Shadow Outpost (photos, commercial)
  • Taiwan Formosa Outpost
    • Day 1
    • Day 2 (photos)
    • Day 3 (photos, video1, video2, video3)
    • Day 4 (photos, video1, video2, video3)
• Central California Garrison supports Coats for Kids (news video)
• Garrison Carida leads Philadelphia’s Mummer’s Parade

Upcoming Events

• Midwest Garrison’s 10th Anniversary Formal on January 23rd
• Northeast Remnant Garrison to troop One Man Star Wars show January 30th
• 501st visits libraries for February recess
• 501st units at Hockey games
  • New England Garrison will be at the Worcester Sharks game on January 10th
  • Carolina Garrison will be at the Fayetteville FireAntz game on January 16th
  • New England Garrison will be at the UMass Lowell game on January 23rd
  • Garrison Excelsior will be at the Binghamton Senators game on January 23th
  • Great Lakes Garrison will be at the Port Huron Icehawks game on January 30th
  • Ohio Garrison will be at the Youngstown Phantoms game on February 6th
  • Garrison Excelsior will be at the Rochester Americans game on February 20th
  • Great Lakes Garrison will be at the Grand Rapids Griffins game on March 6th
  • New England Garrison will be at the Lowell Devils game on March 19th
• Garrison Tyranus invites fans to Shevacon 2010

Give-Away/Contest

• Shout-Out
• Give-Away/Trivia Question

Unit Anniversaries

• Alpine Garrison – 7th Anniversary – in January
• Icelandic Outpost (which consists of Hilmir, SL-5269) – 7th Anniversary – in January
• Sith Lord Detachment – 5th Anniversary – in January
• Belgian Garrison’s Prospectors Squad – 1st Anniversary – January 8th
• Dune Sea Garrison’s Judland Wastes Squad – 2nd Anniversary – January 14th
• Terror Australis Garrison – 6th Anniversary – January 18th
• Malaysia-Brunei Outpost – 4th Anniversary – January 23rd
  

Honorary Member Birthdays

• Lucasfilm Artist Randy Martinez – January 7th
• Author Terry Brooks – January 8th
• Star Wars and Comic Artist Tommy Lee Edwards – January 8th
• Ewok Glider Pilot Felix Silla – January 11th
• Voice of Darth Vader James Earl Jones – January 17th
• A New Hope’s Lt. Pol Treidum Peter Sumner – January 29th
• Author Matthew Stover – January 29th
  

Join us on Facebook – search for 501stCast under groups And follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/501stlegion