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WORLDWIDE

CELEBR A TING THE S A G A

GATHERING GREEN carbonite, an Endor bunker
complete with Ewoks, and a
costume gallery.
AT EMERALD CITY $23,350, beating last year’s
The total raised for charity was
$20,000 by a signifi cant amount.
501st trooper Matthew Brown on how three fan
Next year’s goal is $25,000, and
groups raised $23k for a Seattle charity Legion members are already
planning and designing the
hree fan groups out of than 100 members, family, and 2018 booth!
Washington State teamed up friends volunteering their time over All three groups would like to
T in March to raise money for the course of the four-day event. extend their thanks to Emerald City
Seattle Children’s Hospital. Garrison Highlights of the experience Comicon promoter ReedPop, which
Titan of the 501st Legion, Rebel included a speeder bike for fans to is headed by Lucasfi lm alumnus
Legion Alpha Base, and Jet City ride on, an X-wing cockpit to ‘fl y’ in, Mary Franklin, for its invaluable
Saber Guild came together to create a blast-a-stormtrooper game, support. Thanks, too, to Thrawn
an interactive Star Wars experience lightsaber dueling, a Millennium author Timothy Zahn for stopping
at Emerald City Comicon, with more Falcon lounge, Han Solo in by and signing our carbonite statue!

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