ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: When cinebeth got her stormtrooper armor assembled and fitted, she knew there was only one place to go to find out if the costume was an accurate representation of a stormtrooper from the original Star Wars trilogy.
. So, if you're looking to build a costume or you're not quite sure how to build it, or you're working on something and you don't know how to do something, but you know somebody else will know how to do it, you come here, and everybody gets together and works on the costume together."Lindsey Cepak is dressed as General Hux in this undated photo. She is also the Legion executive officer for the 501st.
The 501st has very strict standards for approving a costume. For my stormtrooper, there is a highly detailedSuiting up to be a stormtrooper Dean Amstutz, the Garrison membership liaison, is in charge of approving all the costumes for the San Diego and Imperial County areas."It's basically the list of requirements you have to meet for the costume to be screen-accurate," Amstutz said."So part of the 501st Legion is that we are all about film accuracy. So we don't want to look like just guys in stormtrooper costumes. We want to look like we stepped right off the film set and we look like stormtroopers.
Ermer Michelle Twaño had his first costume rejected as not 501st material, but that just inspired him to work harder. He even started to learn skills such as sewing and 3D printing to bring his costumes up to the next level. "First, it was a hobby," Twaño said."I still work full time, but at the same time doing Etsy. Someone asked me: 'Hey, can you print me a stormtrooper helmet?' I'm like, 'Yeah, sure.' And then my friend said, 'Why don't you create an Etsy shop?' And so I did, and then, next thing I know, I put some stuff on there, like robots and droid parts, and then, all of a sudden, it blew up. And then, now on my Etsy site, it's actually official now.
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