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65 Costumes Roster

I currently have way too many costumes, and I thought it would be fun to create a visual representation of them with a contextual background. While this collection doesn’t include …

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Tokyo Comic Con 24

I love going to Tokyo Comic-Con. It’s probably the best convention in the Asia-Pacific region, and the 501st Legion is incredibly welcoming. The event is well organized, and there are …

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#StarWarsAllLifeLong

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Mission Complete: 54 for 50

I’ve completed the challenge! I now have over 50 registered costumes for my 50th birthday, with at least one costume representing each of the five detachments and one of each …

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Inclusive

Inclusivity is extremely important to me. I believe that being part of a costume club should involve being inclusive of people who share a passion for the same franchise or …

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May the 4th 2024

Been a while since I have worn the sandman ; needed to quickly adjust a couple of things including making a new respirator and just to realize I had the …

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Spire Outpost 2023

It took me way to long to find my way to Spire Outpost. Sadly by the time I was able to make it here the Galactic Starcruiser had closed its …

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Tokyo Comic Con 2023

I had to wait 4 years to come back to Tokyo Comic Con and I must say I was both extremely exited to meet the people who helped me so …

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Fan Expo San Fransisco 2023

Part of a research trip, I dropped by SF Fan Expo and I could not have been welcomed better by the 501st team present. It was amazing to meet some …

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Maker Faire 2023

Maker Faire reached out to have the 501st present and asked me if I could make a special booth; something less “printed” more real feel… so I spent about 10 …

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MrV

For the past 12 years I have been an active member of the global costuming communities known as the 501st Legion and the Rebel Legion. My passion took over my worklife and I eventually quit Academia in 2014 to focus on developing a project to support the community

A magnificent journey into the world of costuming, making, community building, outreach and pure geekdom is what my life has been since then.

At nearly 50, I am once again reconnecting with my love of learning as a doctoral researcher looking at how the concept of "identity" is evolving .

SciFi-Holic

If one’s life is shaped through powerful experiences and some key defining moments; one such moments happened to me in spring 1980 when I stepped in a cinema to watch Empire Strikes Back. It also happened every Wednesday afternoon when watching Star Trek TOS at my grand'ma after school…

Their combined influences both visual and philosophical have been foundational blocks to my creative career and life in general.

They were my first steps in the larger world of SciFi which helps me make sense of our world as we enter what I firmly believe is the crossroad of human evolution as foretold by so many screenplays.

In a Future Near You

Welcome to my world, a megacity of nearly 30 millions people living in communities defined by gated towers of apartments; where languages and dialects mixes, where the world culture meet and merge.

I live in a world where cash in no longer used, where the digital and physical self are closer than ever, where I am able to have a conversation with my vehicle while they zip through silently.

I live in a place where everything exists on demand, where interactions are mostly digital; from the daily conversation, to grocery shopping, to entertainment, to dining… where the very physicality of life could be questioned.

Welcome to Shanghai.

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