IL-Rockford Discovery Center-November 11, 2006

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IL-Rockford Discovery Center-November 11, 2006

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Troopers present :
Rich Markle – SL1781
Mark Van Silke – TB8063
John Fitzsimmons – TK6442
Mike Plesha – TK356
Ryan Day – TB7926
(Christopher Bernd -) – NEEDS to join us
Anthony Day – SL7956
Jennifer Loomis – SL5365
Cheryl Whitaker with Hailey – Rebel Legion with padawan
Diedra (Princess Dee) – Rebel Legion


What a night! Tons of kids of every age showed up for the three-hour event at the Rockford Discovery Center for a night of Star Wars and science. Two of the local stations showed up and filmed a bit for the 10 o’clock news. All those that showed up seemed to have fun and cannot wait until next year.
Most of the time, the 501st troopers remained upstairs in the museum as that was the “Imperial” zone, while the lower level was the Rebel Base. The objective of the night for the kids was to save Luke Skywalker. In order to do this, the kids had to find four codes hidden throughout the Rebel Base to get to pass through (go up the stairs) “Hyperspace.” Once they found the codes, the kids were to find five new codes hidden throughout the Imperial zone. Once they found all the codes, they were allowed to enter the “Imperial Base” where they could help rescue Luke. They made Stormtrooper masks in order to fool the Imperial lift guard (Chris, who owns armor, is NOT a legion member, BUT that will change soon) to allow them to take the lift down to the detention level to save Luke.
The kids were thrilled to see all of the troopers. One of the cutest moments from the night was the table where the kids made the masks. Many of the kids came to the event in costume and were excited to take pictures with the troopers or Jedi who had similar costumes, but once they made the masks, they would put them on and take pictures with the troopers. They also had the chance to make little X-wings down in the Rebel Base and little medals once they “rescued” Luke. Also in the Imperial base were a poll to see which was the best “Darth”- Vader won by a landslide, but his presence at the polling was suspicious- and a “Guess How Many Figures Are in the Jar” with the chance to win either the Luke and Han in Stormtrooper Disguise Galactic Heroes or Death Star Escape Galactic Heroes 10 pack.
One little girl came to the event in full clone armor with bucket that her father had made for her. All the MWG members who got to see it were amazed at the craftsmanship of the armor, which was complete hand sculpted and vac-formed using 40 and 60 gauge ABS by dad.

Photos from the event can be viewed at the following links :
http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d137/ ... %20Center/ (from Rich Markle)
http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/b ... er%202006/ (from Jen Loomis)
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/culpdee/alb ... 2338594292 (from Dee)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/whinter_f ... r=/82ebre2 (from Cheryl Whitaker)

Video from the news (both channels that came to the event) is here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMuFP0J2Ass
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