It’s time once again to introduce you to the Capital City Garrison of the 501st Legion – in other words, it’s the Star Wars guys! You may have seen them at our past events, or maybe you even got your picture taken with one of them. Guys such as Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Storm Trooper, Darth Maul, and many others. Here’s a blurb from their website that explains what they do much better:

The Capital City Garrison is the Eastern Ontario chapter of the 501st Legion, an all-volunteer international Star Wars costuming organization with more than 4,000 members representing more than 45 nations.

We are here to lend assistance to charities and provide smiles to those most in need. We offer support at charity events, fund raisers, and social functions by appearing as film-authentic Star Wars characters. While there is no cost to engage our services we encourage donations to charity on our behalf, such as:

• Children’s Wish Ottawa
• Max Keeping Foundation
• Ottawa Food Bank
• Children’s Miracle Network Canada
• Champions for Children Foundation
• Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation
• Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre

And we will be accepting food donations for The Barrhaven Food Cupboard, so bring your cans!

The Capital City Garrison will be making an appearance between 12:00PM and 4:00PM at our 6th Anniversary Party on July 16th, 2011.  These are some of the best costumes I’ve ever seen, so if you’re a big Star Wars fan, you got to come out and see them!

Your favorite Star Wars characters will be back at Toys on Fire for the Halloween Hootenanny! They’ll be staying from 10:00AM to 3:00PM, with a 1 hour break somewhere in between! I guess Darth Maul needs to eat more candy so that he can keep that beautiful smile of his!

Come get your picture taken with your favorite Star Wars guys, and finally explain to the Storm Troopers once and for all that these are definitely not the droids they’re looking for.

Hey guys, thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us on May 7th and May 8th. We had nearly 90 people with us for Iron Man 2  and over 1000 guests to our 5th Anniversary Party on Saturday, May 8th! We all had a blast and hope you did too! We will cherish the memories forever in our hearts… and in these pictures below!  Some of them got posted twice!  We recommend making a matching game, or enjoying some photos twice as much for your viewing pleasure.  Hope to see you all again soon!