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I got started in costuming when I was young. I used to wear my
Halloween costumes when my brother and I played Star Wars. I was
either Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, or a Stormtrooper. The costumes
were pretty pathetic, but hey, I was 5 - 10 years old doing this.
After about 1983, I got away from costuming, because I was a "cool"
teenager. Time warp into 2005. My brother insisted that I go to the huge convention called Star Wars Celebration III. It celebrated the up-coming release of Revenge of the Sith, which in my opinion was by far the best of the "Prequelogy". (I consider myself to be the inventor of that term.) My brother had a Jedi costume that was pretty impressive. Then we walked around the convention. I was surrounded by excellent, movie or better quality costumes. I was hooked - again. I decided that a costume I could make, sew, myself was going to be the least expensive. A year and about $400 later, I had my very own Jedi costume. I also had to make one for my daughter. The younger daughter had to have a Leia costume. My first "trooping" experience in my Jedi robes was to walk around the Boston Museum of Science. I joined members of the 501st New England Garrison to promote the "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" exhibit and "An evening with Anthony Daniels". During that fantastic experience, several of the 501st people said I could pull off a very good looking Count Dooku costume. The seed was planted and 4 months later, I became an official member of the 501st with my Count Dooku costume of which I am particularly proud. I had to modify an existing pattern to more accurately match the tunic style and then I had to create the cape pattern from scratch. I think I did pretty darn good considering that was only the 4th outfit I've sewn. Below are links to my descriptions of the costumes I've done. Adult Sized Old Republic Jedi / Obi-Wan Kenobi Child Sized
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