Why I love building Star Wars troopers
I remember the first moment I wanted to make a stormtrooper outfit: I was riding home after seeing A New Hope for the first time in theaters. The idea consumed me for several years, until shortly after high school, when I bought my first one with a bit of money I saved from a summer job.
I’ve since joined the 501st Legion (a worldwide costuming group) and constructed several other trooper costumes: another (film-accurate) stormtrooper from The Empire Strikes Back, one from The Clone Wars animated show, a Phase One Clone Trooper from prequel film Attack of the Clones. For those costumes, I drew on copious stock images, video footage, and the expertise of other builders.
Just before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hit theaters, I was s…
