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San Diego Comic Con 2019 [T44]

San Diego Comic Con 2019

FREE EVENT! No Badge Required!

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups

San Diego Comic Con Museum

#501stlegion #rebellegion #saberguild #mandalorianmercs #droidbuilders

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups Program

FREE EVENT ! NO COMIC CON BADGE REQUIRED!

(seating subject to capacity)

Saturday July 20, 2019

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

The Theater - San Diego Comic Con Museum

Balboa Park, San Diego

Program

An introduction to the International Star Wars Fan Groups: The 501st Legion, The Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, and Droid Builders, with moderator Ramey Chanadet (executive officer of the 501st Southern California Garrison). Hear from the local and international leadership of each club on what the clubs are all about and how to join. Panelists include Todd Mullin (501st San Diego Garrison Commanding Officer), Blair Douglass (Rebel Legion Membership Officer), Victor Silva (Mandalorian San Diego Clan Commanding Officer), Kelley Moreno (Saber Guild Los Angeles Assistant Local Director), and Ashly Jo (Southern California Droid Builder).

Source: https://www.comic-con.org/cci/saturday

Scum Summary

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups Program @ Comic Con Museum

FAN GROUPS - visit the BUILD IT page for links to the different group pages etc. and learn how to become a member ! THEY ARE ALL FREE TO JOIN!

Representatives from the Droid Builders, Mandalorian Mercs, 501st Legion, Saber Guild and Rebel Legion Fan Groups had the awesome experience of leading panel discussion at the pop-up museum event for Comic Con this year! The museum was an incredible place with a perk of being filled with an awesome Batman exhibit. Unfortunately we were in such a hurry to hit the panel and hitch a ride back to the convention center we couldn’t explore — did see an awesome bat signal that I really need in my life haha

The fan group panel was super awesome. Best panel I’ve seen (participated in). Love hanging out with all the different clubs and working together. It adds so much diversity to a program as a unified group of Star Wars fans. Actually learned about how the clubs are the same & different, which is super beneficial as we often discuss it when mingling with fans and encourage joining of any and all clubs.

Some highlights was the uniqueness of the Saber Guild and Mandalorian Mercs in regards to costume customization freedom compared to the screen accurate requirements of the Rebel or 501st Legion. It is so interesting and awesome to have so much variety. Also awesome to learn is how the Saber Guild has practice weekly for their performances (something we haven’t been lucky enough to catch to date). So many great groups and awesome costumes available for anyone to build. Ardy Jo was repping the Droid Builders and didn’t crash and burn … so that was good. The droids added a nice touch to the panel we thought. Hopefully everyone gets some new recruits ! Ardy Jo is still finishing up a Rebel Legion Jawa and 501st Legion Inferno Squad …

Clubs are free to join
Most/all have mentoring groups etc. to provide support in joining and builds

SDCC2019 Museum Details:

Pop-up museum occurring all days of comic con 2019- no badges required and free admission. The Museum is is being converted from a 1935 Federal Building.

Preparations are underway to activate all three floors of the 68,000 square foot building with exciting exhibits, programs, and experiences. Specific features and attractions of the pop-up Museum will include:

Daily panels in the Museum theater, organized by Comic-Con. Four panels per day will give the broader community a taste of the great variety and depth of Comic-Con programming. Full details will be announced as we reveal the complete Comic-Con programming schedule.

Mondo Gallery: 80 Years of Batman, the first ever traveling exhibit from the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, celebrating the history of Batman through 19 iconic and fan-favorite comic-book covers, reproduced as screen-printed posters.

The Con

After the program the droids made it back to the convention center, which was awesome that the center provided handicap transportation for us and the droid!!!!! Per usual we wander around aimlessly … we did actually make it to the Brian Rood Art booth to hang out with our droid builder buddy and mooch some power for the MSE. Check out Brian Rood Art —- great star wars art! Ate some ok convention pizza and nachos and that was about it!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
- All day without charge & no incidents!
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo
- Recharged once and battery low by end of day - no trip ups or incidents !

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Jethawks Star Wars Night [T42]

Star Wars Night

Lancaster Jethawks VS Inland Empire 66ers

Public Event with ticket

June 15, 2019

Donation to: Jacob Hefter Foundation

https://jacobhefterfoundation.org

Star Wars Weekend June 14 & June 15

https://www.milb.com/lancaster/tickets/promotions

Scum will be tagging along with the host Mandalorian Mercs for Star Wars Nights supporting the Jacob Hefter Foundation this year.

“The mission of the Jacob Hefter Foundation is to provide assistance to young adults in their pursuit of higher education, who have displayed characteristics of leadership, integrity, and ambition, while at the same time maintaining a clear focus towards their goals, as well as supporting the community and raising awareness regarding positive choices and promoting healthy lifestyles, and emphasizing the important practice of safe driving.”

We are very happy to be a part of this event and hope it generates a nice sum of donations!

MAKE A DONATION

Event Summary

Scum droids joined some 501st members and Mandalorian Mercs Saturday for Star Wars Night in support of the Jacob Hefter Foundation. Monster MSE went down onto the field for the anthem and after the 1st 3 outs ran down the 1st based line to pump up the crowd ! We were happy to see some familiar fan faces and meet new ones as we roamed around the crowd and entertained the kiddies. Perfect day for baseball!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster MSE & Ardy Jo

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STAR WARS DAY 2019 [T41]

STAR WARS DAY 2019 at Victoria Garden

AKA STAR WARS READS

#rcstarwarsreads2019

Free Public Event

RANCHO CUCAMONGA PAUL A. BIANE LIBRARY

SATURDAY MAY 25, 2019 12-5PM

Going to be a big event the Droid Builders and sister clubs Rebel Legion, 501st Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild and Road Squadron! Check out their website and social media information over on the BUILD IT webpage.

Additional Event Media:

Star Wars Day Blog by Anakin and His Angel
Victoria Gardens & Paul Biane Library on Facebook

Star Wars Day 2019 aka Star Wars Reads Paul A. Biane Library/ Victoria Gardens Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA May 25, 2019 Parade: 00:00 - 01:52 Video of some of the fun at Star Wars Day 2019 provided by Desert Scum footage, which represent a very small portion of the day!

Scum Pix:

Some pictures from the event below!

Scum Report:

It was a grand day out Saturday at Victoria Gardens! The Droid Builders were most pleased to attend with extended invite through the Rebel Legion Sunrider Base! We had 3 droids from the lovely Bakersfield Droid Builders (Will, Brian & Jackie) show along with 2 Scum droids and B1-H1 and his lil MSE buddy! We were able to be ready in time for the procession this year ! Event kicks off with the character procession through the gardens and into the library to get everyone excited for the day! Droid Builders brought up the rear and closed the procession in style.

The event was lively and full of activities for the kiddies a live cover band and plenty of photo opportunities with all of the many awesome characters that came out to play. The Rebel Legion & 501st Legion had an awesome Endor backdrop complete with Endor bunker and full size speeder bike ! Was a warm lovely Southern California day and the snow cones hit the spot! The Droid Builders got to meet and take a quick picture with Daniel Logan who played young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones! among many other things.

A day full of Star Wars smiles !

Hope to see you next year!

Scum Muster:

RD-2D & Krank
- RD-2D mooned the crowd twice with the rock road knocking the back panel off
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo
- Monster MSE made it all day without re-charge on the 10000 mAh battery !

Clubs

If you are interested in joining any of the super amazing costuming clubs, (501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, Droid Builders) head over to the Build It page to find social media and website information to help you out ! The costuming clubs have basic standards to follow for approval . The Droid Builders have guidelines but not official requirements for joining.

From the Hosts:

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of crafts, games, character procession, Darth Vader storytime, music, and some very special guests!

Character Procession (starts at Kew Ave./North Mainstreet East)

Featured Guests and Performers

Danial Logan

Obi-Shawn

John Cloughery (magician)

Jimmy Purcell (artist)

Robert Zailo (artist)

DJ ROTNerd

Star Force Band

Inland Empire Cantina Band

Events

Bank of America Courtyard Main Stage

Character Procession (starts at Kew Ave./North Mainstreet East)

Opening Ceremony (with Master of Ceremonies Obi-Shawn)

Darth Vader Storytime

Mad Science

Star Wars Costume Showcase (Public participation, sign-ups begin at 1 p.m. in Courtyard)

Closing ceremonies featuring Inland Empire Cantina Band

Chaffey Town Square

DJ ROTNerd

Star Force Band

Victoria Gardens Cultural Center—Celebration Hall

Light Saber Guild Demonstration

Victoria Gardens Cultural Center—Rehearsal Hall

Vader Episode 1: Shards of the Past Fan-Film Panel Discussion

Star Wars Holiday Special Panel Discussion

Lewis Family Playhouse Lobby

California Vintage Star Wars Collectors’ Club

Attractions

Bank of America Courtyard

Rebel Legion

501st Legion

Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club

Saber Guild

Star Wars Day Info Booth

Friends of the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library

North Mainstreet East

Galactic Art Studio: Star Wars Artists Demonstrations by Robert Zailo and Jimmy Purcell

4 Color Fantasies Comics/Collectibles

Star Wars Origami Art with Chris Alexander

Mad Science

Star Wars 20 Podcast

Booma Ball Toss

Rancho Cucamonga Library Foundation

North Mainstreet West

NASA

Creative Brain Learning

Planetary Society

Jedi Archivist presented by Cosplay for Science

Galactic City Crafts: Yoda Ears and Amidala Headbands

Watto’s Droid Shop

Kamino Manufacturing Plant

Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Bookmobile

Paul A. Biane Library — Displays

501st Legion Rebel Legion Prop Display — Storytheater

Star Wars Collectibles Display — Library MainStreet

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WonderCon 2019 [T38]

WonderCon 2019

Public Event with ticket

March 29-31, 2019

Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, CA

https://www.comic-con.org/wca

This was Scums 2nd Wonder Con! Really fun con and not as intimidating as San Diego. We slacked on purchasing tickets this year so Saturday sold out. Sunday flew by! We wondered around a bit and andventured outside to the Hilton to avoid the food truck lines for lunch (thank you Aare). Mostly we hung around the fan tables of the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Droid Builders & MSE Builders booths.

The Rebel Legion Sunrider Base had a super amazing Endor Bunker setup for photo opportunities and the 501st had their awesome space walls!

SCUM MUSTER:

RD-2D - ran out of battery on the way back to the car :)
Monster Inferno MSE - took 1 charge during the day

Event footage from Wonder Con Anaheim 2019 Saturday March 30, 2019 Links: https://www.comic-con.org/wca http://www.astromech.net http://www.sunriderbase.com http://southerncaliforniagarrison.com https://forum.mousedroidbuilders.club http://bb8builders.club/ Desert Scum Event Blog https://www.desertscum.org/blog/2019/2/25/wondercon-2019 Audio Credit: Bensound Compaq272 via Newgrounds #wondercon2019 #wondercon #wca2019

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Spark of Love Toy Drive [T33]

Spark of Fun Toy Drive

Super Wal Mart Hesperia

San Bernardino County Fire Department &

501st Legion Southern California Garrison with Droid Builders

https://www.calfund.org/abc7-firefighters-spark-love-toy-drive-fund/

ABC7 and Southern California Firefighters are celebrating their 25th Anniversary of the Spark of Love Toy Drive. Over the past twenty five years, the Spark of Love Toy Drive has successfully collected more than ten million toys for underserved children and teens.

Fun and chilly night with the troops!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

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Walk to End Alzheimer's - Ontario [T26]

September 16, 2018

FIND A WALK NEAR YOU !

www.alz.org

This was the 1st Walk Scum & Scum Droids! The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest even to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This even call on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.

The walk is a very inspiring event and calls attention to the individuals and families impacted by this terrible disease. The cute different colored flowers represented specific people or teams at the event who have been impacted by the disease. There was 1 white flower at the event. The white flower represented hope for a cure.

Awesome time with the 501st Legion at the event as usual. Everyone seemed to enjoy the droids and the troopers! Yay!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

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Star Wars Night: IE 66ers vs Modesto Nuts [T23]

Star Wars Night - The force is strong with this one! Star Wars Night will take place on Saturday, August 4th. Come meet your favorite Star Wars characters, while we feature Star Wars promotions and activities during the game!

Another great event helping to raise money for a great cause!

Leave No Paws Behind- PLEASE VISIT THEIR PAGE AND CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION

https://www.leavenopawsbehind.org

"Leave No Paws Behind is the voice for those who cannot speak. We are an all breed , all foster based rescue, specializing in seniors, End of Life, and animals with special medical needs.When possible we step up to help save the lives of those that are in most danger of being left behind to die on a cold shelter floor."

RD-2D and Monster Inferno Squad MSE had fun taking pictures with fans to raise money for Leave No Paws Behind. LNPB even brought some doggies to the park! They were so cute with their little shoes and so well behaved.

http://www.milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t401

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

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Star Wars Weekend: Jethawks vs Storm [T21]

Star Wars Weekend: Lancaster Jethawks vs Lake Elsinore Storm

June 14, 2018

Donations from the 501st Legion & Rebel Legion booth to www.milossanctuary.org

Photo ops. with characters throughout the park. Ardy Jo & Monster Inferno MSE participated in the opening ceremony and got to escort 1st pitch to the mound! RD-2D got to hide behind the ropes at the booth throughout the night but ventured out into the kiddie play area later on and got swarmed! They have a super yummy beer mustard brat at The Hangar Stadium! Hot day and fun event!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

Scum footage from Star Wars Night: Lancaster Jethawks VS Lake Elsinore Storm! Lancaster, CA July 14, 2018.

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4th of July 2018 [T20]

Celebrated the Fourth in Fontana raising funds for ALS.

Fun day!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo