The weather was bleak
And the rain sheeted down.
But we knew armour floats
So at least we won’t drown!

So we donned our white armour,
We tightened our kits.
Then we marched out to glory,
And to go do our bit.

For we trooped for the kiddies,
In the bleak pouring rain…
Though quite often sidestepping
All the lakes ’round the drains.

In a sea of umbrellas
In the mist of festive cheer
We strode forth for the Empire
And cried “Christmas is here!”

After several damp hours
And many photos taken
We called it a day
Our task unforsaken.

For no rain, nor snow,
Nor gloom of night,
Can keep a Knightfaller
From fighting the fight.

And Christmas was saved
From soggy disaster
By the Emperor’s finest…
With waterproof blasters.

Clone Wars voice actor Stephen Stanton has been using these helmets to help raise awareness for the family.  The helmets were first displayed at FanDays 2011 in Texas.  6273 travelled to the convention to help with the task of getting the helmets covered in signatures from Star Wars Celeberities and personalities attending FanDays.

Once the convention was over Stephen Stanton took the helmets to Long Beach Comic Con and to some voice recording sessions of The Clone Wars to continue collecting signatures.

These helmets will be auctioned off starting on Nov 25^th.  Some of the signatures include Stephen Stanton, Dave Filoni, Tom Kane, Rick Fitts, Stephen Sansweet, Seth Green, and many many more.

For more information on Leah you can visit http://princessleahdiaries.blogspot.com/

For information on the helmet auction visit Stephen Stanton’s Facebook fan page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stephen-Stanton/142208022510169

follow the link below to check it out

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/26919565/the-stormtroopers-aussie-adventure/

This is the 3^rd year the troops have attended the Kids’ Carnival and Phone Room, but the first under the title of their newly formed squad.

The troops can been seen from 10am-12 midday both Saturday and Sunday at the Kids Carnival, held in the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, before heading over to the Phone Room from 1pm-3pm on the Sunday afternoon.

Information on the Telethon can be found at the link below

http://www.telethon.7perth.com.au/

Here is a video that we did on how to spin up a helmet. This is for a Republic Commando helmet for Princess Leah’s Angels to be displayed by Stephen Stanton at FanDays to help raise Money and Awareness for May the Force be with the Princess Leah. Hope you enjoy.

Ever wanted to know what it takes to be a trooper?  How uncomfortable those suits are to wear?  Why the troopers can’t shoot to save their lives?  Stop by the 501st table and find out.  All the information you will need to start your path to service in the Empire will be available.

There’s no better place to find out than by asking your local troopers.  Coming from out of state?  There will be Troopers from other Garrisons in Australia attending the show.  Feel free to ask them questions.

Jacob at the start of his Epic trek across Australia – Photo courtesy of facebook

This ambitious endeavour is testimony to Jacobs’ dedication to the 501st, and heart of gold, as he aims to raise $50,000AUD towards the Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia, with a donations page setup http://www.everydayhero.com.au/troopertrek to process the donations.

All of us here in the West wish Jacob well as he embarks on this journey, and hope you donate to this brilliant cause. Jacobs’ journey can be tracked via his facebook page, or via twitter.

Good luck and safe travels Jacob!

Jacobs’ Links:

Donations: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/troopertrek
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Troopertrek-2011/191534147550377?sk=info
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/troopertrek

Extra’s

Help us track Jacob’s travels. If you spot him on the journey, take a photo, geotag it and share it on this flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/troopertrek/

Amro get’s approval of his latest costume, an Empire Strikes back version of Darth Vader.   Well done.

Troops,

please welcome TAG’s newest Squad, the Thylacine Squad – geographical area – Tasmania.

- Jason CO

The guys in Tasmania have been successfully operating automonously similar to a squad for some time and now it’s all offical.  Well done guys!