WE WANT YOU!

Have you ever Dreamed of becoming one of your favorite Star Wars Action Figures?

Well Dream no more…Garrison Carida is always looking for new members and encourages anyone to sign up for our Imperial Academy program. All that is required for 501st membership is that you be 18 years of age and have an approved costume re-creating one of the villainous characters from the Star Wars Universe.

When you sign up you will get a user name and password which will allow you access to our forums. You will be assigned an advisor and be given your own build thread on our forums where you can post up your progress and questions. Your advisor will walk with you every step of the way to ensure that you build a quality costume which meets or exceeds the standards for 501st membership.

No matter your experience or skill level our dedicated advisors will help you learn everything you need to know to become a fully approved 501st member. All you have to do is work hard and be willing to post up your progress in your build thread on our web site. Our members will be eager to offer advice and encouragement to help you along the path to 501st membership

These costumes are not cheap, in fact they can be quite expensive, and it can take a considerable amount of time to build one, but there is no time limit to finish your costume. All that is required of our cadets is that they post to the forums at least once a month to demonstrate to our Academy staff that they are still interested in joining.

The Academy regularly holds “Armor Parties” where our members and Cadets get together and work on building costumes. This is an awesome opportunity to get to know the other members and see what different costumes are available to make. Who knows, you may decide to make a totally different costume once you have a chance to see the different options in person.

Our cadets are also encouraged to join us as "Squires" at trooping events where you can learn exactly what we do once we have our costumes built and what a difference Garrison Carida makes in the lives of our communites. As a Squire you will be tasked with assisting our members with getting their costumes on, and guiding the members through the field of fans that come to see us at our events. Squires are also tasked with taking photos of these events for our website which helps with our Public Relations efforts. There is nothing more motivating for a cadet to finish their costume than squiring an event.

To sign up for our Academy program and enlist in the 501st Legion at Garrison Carida head over to http://501stgarrisoncarida.org/enlist/ and follow the instructions on how to sign up. We hope to see you join us on the battlefield soon!