501st Legion - Apply for
Member Registration
FIRST
OF ALL -- WHAT IS THE 501st LEGION ??
The Fighting 501st Legion is
the premiere organized group for people who own and proudly wear the
costumes of the stormtroopers (and other imperial characters) from
the Star Wars movies. We participate in all sorts of activites,
including but not limited to attending Volunteer Charity and Fund
Raising Events and 'trooping' at Conventions.
SO
NOW THAT YOU KNOW, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO JOIN??
If you own a suit of
stormtrooper armor of any kind and would like to enlist, just follow
the steps below. All you need is a suit of armor (or other approved
imperial costume) to join - there are no fees, no requirements. This
is just a fun, non-profit gathering of fans honoring the characters
of George Lucas' wonderful imagination. This page is dedicated to
him and to his vision.
For further information
regarding our club mission, please read Article 1 of the
Club charter.
STEP ONE : Do you qualify for membership??
- Are you at least 18 years
old??
- Do you own a professional
quality Star Wars costume ? Costume can be Imperial, Bounty
Hunters, Denizens of the Empire or other "bad guy" costume.
Rebel costumers should join the
Rebel
Legion, our sister organization.
For further information
regarding our club membership qualifications, please read Article
2 of the
Club charter.
STEP TWO : Fill out the 501st Legion Application Form to apply for
membership.
APPLY in English
With the exception of the information you deem 'public' which
will be posted on your "member" page (click here to see the
Legion Founder - Albin Johnson's record for an example of
'private' versus 'public' information), all information
submitted will be kept confidential and will be used only for
501st Legion registration purposes. Information obtained by the
Rebel scum (through search engines) is still under investigation.
You will need to determine what ID number you want. Your ID
number can be anything from 0000-9999. The prefix will depend on
your costume . TK-#### would be a stormtrooper.
Check the database or our
full roster listing of current IDs in use for available
numbers before selecting your top 5 choices.
For further information
regarding our club costume prefix designations, please read
Article 2 of the
Club charter.
STEP THREE : Prepare your imperial identification pictures
Upon submission of your
application, the 501st Legion Membership Team will be made aware
of your request to join. A membership officer, most likely your
Garrison Membership Liaison, will contact you to verify your
qualifications (click here to see the 501st Legion Garrison
Listing with CO, XO and
GML assignments), and will most likely ask
for pictures of you in your imperial gear for validation.
We will need two pictures of you, ALONE,
with a PLAIN BACKGROUND, one with your helmet on and one with
your helmet off. This picture will not only serve as your
verification for the membership officer, but will be edited and
placed within an imperial frame, for eventual posting to the
Legion Website (click here to see the
Legion Founder - Albin Johnson's record for an example of
what your pictures will end up looking like).
For further information
regarding our club oragnization , please read Article 3 of the
Club charter.
STEP FOUR : Wait for communication from the 501st
LMO, 0895, Michael Washko
After communication has
terminated between yourself and your GML, that GML will advise
the LMO of their findings.
If your application is approved,
you will receive an email confirmation to that effect, at which
time you will get your TKID assignment and be approved (only
done by the LMO) and your record is marked is 'ACTIVE' in the
Empires database, which auto-generates a webpage on our site
under the approprate costumes that have been validated (please
refer to the
501st Legion Members Area for reference).
If you are not validated for membership,
your record will be deleted from our database and your
enlistment information will be sent to the Rebel Command for
enlistment in a lesser organization (just kidding -- your record
does get deleted from our database but we would never give the
Rebels ANY information! :)
PLEASE NOTE: This process
should take only a week BUT it can take up to three weeks!
STEP FIVE : Start 'TROOPING'!!
Your GML will be able to
let you know how to find out about local events so you can get
out there and make the Empire proud!
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LMO:
Legion Membership Officer
-
CO:
Commanding Officer (for a garrison)
-
XO:
Executive Officer (for a garrison)
-
GML:
Garrison Membership Liason (update your current 501st.com
information or find out about your pending application for the
501st from this person for your garrison)
-
GWL:
Garrison Web Liaison (send your pictures for your member page on
the 501st.com information to this person for your garrison)
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TBD:
This unit does not have this position filled at this time. If
you are interested in this position, please contact the
Captain Of The Guard, listed on
Legion Officers page.
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