http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2010-18%20Elgin%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20Sunday/IMG_0002_2_zpsxuqkrr5y.jpg The Elgin Symphony Orchestra was having a Music of Science Fiction performance. The show ended with 6 songs from the Star Wars saga, and they thought it woul...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2010-17%20Elgin%20Symphony%20Orchestra/12109800_1047362691965291_2537555951574406560_o_zpsktdouarv.jpg The Elgin Symphony Orchestra was having a Music of Science Fiction performance. The show ended with 6 songs from the Star Wars sa...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2010-27%20Halloween%20costume%20presentation/IMG_1566_zpstlo7pv4q.jpg This event was the perfect example of why I do this. A request came in last week from a Child Life Specialist. Good morning! I am wondering if you might be able t...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2010-20%20WGN%20News%20Episode%207%20Trailer%20Review/12188168_10207826728289169_5501991249816673449_o_zpswpkw2re1.jpg We had a last minute request from WGN Morning News to come in and talk about the new The Force Awakens trailer. T...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2009-19%20Learning%20Express%20Toys%20Geneva/IMG_9150_zpslk88leyz.jpg We were invited to visit the store for their anniversary event. It was a small little store, and they were super excited to have us there for the afternoon. We sa...

The Midwest Garrison has been trooping Relay Events in Chicagoland for a few years, but this year we wanted to do something different. We wanted to participate. So we formed a team, TIE FIGHTING CANCER. This year, we raised money and we walked. It was also the debut of a new booth put together by th...

We have plenty of events posted for it! Find one nearby and join us! Welcome to Illinois!

Welcome! Let us know what we can do to help. Hope to meet you at a troop soon!

With the release of the new toys, we were all surprised at the lack of troops, so we took it upon ourselves to find places. After a couple failures, we did get a hold of Target in Crystal Lake who was thrilled to have us out. We suited up at 11:00 PM, and wandered the line, entertaining the die hard...

For the second year, we were invited to help celebrate National Night Out in Bartlett. We had so much fun last year, that we had to go again. This year, we set up a table with brochures and cards, and they flew off the table. Its a simple troop, that promotes the community, the service people of the...

The Centralia Balloon Fest had the Darth Vader hot air balloon this year. The sponsor reached out to us for an appearance with the balloon. We, or course, obliged. The Fest had a Balloon Glow scheduled for Saturday night, so we set up the troop. Troopers from all around came: Chicago, Kentucky, Indi...

Welcome sir. I'm glad to see that you are making the choice to go Anovos. You will be happy with the results. We look forward to Meeting you and trooping with you soon

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/MidwestGarrison/2015/2015%2006-17%20MAW%20Presentation%20Hoffman%20Estate/IMG_3429_zpspwbeacpp.jpg We were asked to join in with Sears and Make A Wish to present a trip to Disney World to a little boy who had been fighting cancer for a long time. The family ...

Well it's about time Mark! Welcome. Miley us know if we can help in any way! There's lots of great people here who are glad to help.

Welcome Joe! There's a bunch of troopers and troops out here in the NW burbs. Plenty to do. Many of us have ordered Anovos armor. There will be plenty of people building it all once. You've taken your first step into a larger world.

I'm in!

Welcome. I'm in Dundee, not too far from Hoffman. I made a jawa for my son. It's super easy and rather inexpensive.

I found everything I needed on the Krayt Clan.

Ask questions. We're here to help!

The West Dundee Library was having a Star Wars Rebels day, and asked us to come out for support. The library is a small branch actually located in the basement of the rec center, but they made great use of their space. There was an amazing collection of Star Wars toys and collectors items on display...

I have a friend who's sister was getting married. Both her and her husband are into Star Wars and Disney. They were incorporating these things into their wedding. My friend asked if we would mind helping out. As the week went on, the bride kept cutting little Star Wars things from the wedding, inclu...

We were invited out by the Algonquin Public Library to participate in Free Comic Book Day. The library had free comics all over for the kids to take home. They had a photo wall set up, with comic book props people could pose with. They had arts and crafts, including build your own lightsaber. And fi...