FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, Mesa, May 2, 2009

Members of the Rebel Legion Mos Eisley Base will be appearing from 11 am to 2 pm at the Mesa location of Atomic Comics, 1120 South Country Club #105, for the annual Free Comic Book Day. The event allows comic publishers to promote their books by offering free issues at comic books stores around the country.

In addition to the free comics, this Atomic Comics location will be presenting comic book superstars Geoff Johns (writer of Green Lantern Blackest Night), Ethan Van Sciver (artist of Flash and Green Lantern Rebirth), and Sterling Gates (writer of Supergirl).

Bring your camera!

ACS RELAY FOR LIFE - April 4-5, 2009

Members of the Rebel Legion's Mos Eisley Base, along with guests from the Dune Sea Garrison of the 501st Legion, attended the overnight American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life event at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, AZ.

Among the highlights of the event included a raffle and button sales that earned $205 for the charity and an emotional Luminaria Ceremony. As well, a Pied Piper in the form of a little astromech droid (courtesy of Tiny from the Arizona R2D2 Builders Club), led a large group of younglings around the relay track.

We were greeted by smiles and warm feelings from many of the event participants.

Congrats Sandcrawler Squad!

Mos Eisley Base is proud to announce the approval of the Rebel Legion's VERY FIRST Clones of the Republic (COR) detachment, Sandcrawler Squad.

April 4 & 5 - ACS Relay for Life (Mesa)

The American Cancer Society holds many Relay for Life events around the country. Coming up in April, Mos Eisley Base will be participating in the East Mesa event at Red Mountain High School. This is an all night event, so come out and see out lightsabers glow!

Contributions can be made online at the American Cancer Society's website, Star Wars Legions page.

An on-site fundraiser will be held, details to come soon! So don't miss it!




Event Date and Time
April 4th & 5th, 2009

Event Location
Red Mountain High School - (7301 E Brown Rd, Mesa, AZ)

Event Contact
Eric Brown, Event Chair, (Email: only2putt@cox.net, Phone:480-628-7007)

Event Schedule
Opening Ceremony April 4th, 1pm.
Luminaria Ceremony April 4th, 9pm.
Closing Ceremony April 5th, 7am.


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Phoenix Comicon - Jan 23-25, 2009

Phoenix Cactus Comicon was a great success for Mos Eisley Base!

Our costuming panel was very popular, with a room full of people eager to learn the way of the Force! Or rather... the details of making Star Wars costumes!

The Saber Exhibitions were very popular, especially with younglings.

Thanks to the generous donation of three lightsabers from Ultra Sabers, our raffle raised $436 for Disabled Explorers.

A big thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets, and to PCC for giving us space to make this happen.

FIESTA BOWL PARADE - January 3, 2009

501st & Rebel Legion In Fiesta Bowl Parade


Arizona Members of the Rebel Legion Mos Eisley Base along with the 501st Dune Sea Garrison marched in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl Parade on January 3rd in Phoenix, Arizona. The parade was broadcast locally on KTVK- Channel 3, and on the web at www.azfamily.com.

The Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade presented by Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation remains a time-honored Valley tradition and Arizona’s largest single-day spectator event. The Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade features a dazzling array of colorful floats, magnificent helium balloons, harmonious marching bands and spirited specialty and equestrian units. Thousands of spectators annually line the two-mile parade route in central Phoenix to witness this spectacular celebration, making the Parade a holiday custom known and loved by locals as well as fans traveling to celebrate the Festival of College Football.

Happy New Year, everyone!

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Parade of Lights (Tucson)

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DEC 6, 2008 - TOY ANXIETY TOY DRIVE (Phoenix)

Another successful mission! Toys were donated and fun was had by all at the annual Toy Anxiety Toy Drive on Saturday, December 6. The Mos Eisley Base members were joined by folks from the 501st, the Arizona Ghostbusters, and even a WWII soldier and a famous droid for this big event!




From Toy Anxiety:

A BIG THANK YOU...
To the 501st Dune Sea Garrison for being well, just so "Impressive", to the Rebel Legion for providing the "Force" we needed to get through the day, and to the AZ Ghostbusters for keeping everyone's "Spirits" in line, and to All our Customers and Friends who joined in the fun! The visit from a couple of Robotic entities was a nice surprise as well. Thank you R2-D2 and KITT! Once again, we had a great day, and is THE highlight of our year. Many more children will have had a Happy Holiday Season from all your participation! THANK YOU!

NOV 8 - WALK ON THE WILD SIDE for MS

The 21st Annual Phoenix Walk on the Wild Side for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society took place on Saturday, November 8, 2008.

The Rebel Legion was joined by members of the Dune Sea Garrison, the Arizona Ghostbusters and many other volunteers, including cheerleaders and ASU's mascot Sparky!

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OCT 18 - Phoenix Children's Hospital Fundraiser

Spirit Halloweeen store sponsered a fundraiser for Phoenix Children's Hospital on Saturday, October 18, 2008.

Mos Eisley Base was joined by members of the Dune Sea Garrison and the Arizona Ghostbusters to pose for pictures for donations.

Thanks to all those who participated, hospitalized kids will have a chance to Trick or Treat this year!



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HOPE KIDS - October 4, 2008

Returning for our second year, the Rebel Legion and the 501st teamed up to brighten the day for seriously ill children at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale.

For more information on Hope Kids, visit their website at http://www.hopekids.org/




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OCT 24-26, 2008 - Reid Park Zoo Howl-O-Ween (Tucson)

Reid Park Zoo Howl-a-ween!

Friday, Oct. 24th - from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday, Oct 25th - from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Sunday, Oct. 26th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

This is a combination fundraiser for the zoo and a "Safe Halloween" alternative for thousands of children and their families in the Tucson area.

For zoo information, visit their website at: http://www.tucsonzoo.org/




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SEPT 15, 2008 - GAME STOP "FORCE UNLEASHED" RELEASE PARTY

Game Stop celebrated the long awaited release of "The Force Unleashed" on Monday evening, September 15, 2008 with a family oriented, fund raising party to benefit the Salvation Army, Make-A-Wish, and Phoenix Children's Hospital.

Rebels outnumbered the Imperials, but everyone got along and had a good time! Jedi training, stormtrooper training, picture taking, trivia and a video tournament took place. Topping it all off? The release of "The Force Unleashed" at midnight!

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SEPT 13 - POTTERY BARN KIDS APPEARANCE

Once again we'll be teaming up with the Dune Sea Garrison. On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 at Pottery Barn Kids at Scottsdale Fashion Square and Chandler Fashion Center, costumed characters will be appearing to help launch Pottery Barn's new line of Star Wars themed merchandise.

Bring your cameras! This event takes place between NOON and 2 PM.


Pottery Barn is making a large contribution to St. Jude's Research Hospital.

Check back for more details!

AUG 30 - RAISING MONEY FOR MS at Bookman's

There were lots of smiles at Bookman's in Mesa today, as over 60 fans had their pictures taken with Star Wars characters. A donation to the MS Walk was made by Bookman's for each picture taken!

Our thanks to Bookman's for the space and the publicity as well as their generous $300 donation!

Our thanks also go out to Ultrasabers for their donation of a lightsaber for the event!




Looking for your picture from the Bookman's event? Email to granny-wan@hotmail.com with your picture number!

PHOTOS FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - AUGUST 8 & 9, 2008

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Once again, the Rebel Legion teamed up with Dune Sea Garrison to help raise money for charity. On the nights of Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9, photos were taken in the lobby of Harkins Theater at Tempe Marketplace for a donation to Phoenix Children's Hospital.

Over $550 was raised, and we thank Harkins for giving us the space to make this event happen!

You can read all about is in the Phoenix New Times, our thanks go out to P.J. Standlee for his coverage of our event, and to Jonathan McNamara for the accompanying slideshow!

MAKING JEDI DREAMS COME TRUE - TUCSON, JUNE 7, 2008

A young man with a serious illness made a wish to go to Disney World for Jedi Training. On June 7, he was given a combination send-off and birthday party at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. Of course he had a Star Wars theme, but imagine his surprise when several Jedi entered the building, followed by Darth Vader and stormtroopers!

A mini-Jedi training session took place, with several younglings learning the basics of lightsaber dueling. A great time was had by all, but especially the birthday boy. What a privilege it was for us to help make this boy's dream come true!


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ACS RELAY FOR LIFE - SURPRISE, ARZIONA - APRIL 26, 2008

On Saturday evening, April 26, members of the Arizona contingent of Mountain Base participated in the American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life event taking place in Surprise, Arizona.

We shared a space with the Dune Sea Garrison of the 501st Legion... or to be more accurate, we moved into their space and set up our table and banner, and started recruiting members and fundraising. I have to say the 501st Legion members were great sports about our “Rebel Takeover” though!

ACS had dubbed the evening “Movie Night” and many movie themed costumes were present, but no one received as much attention as the Star Wars characters.

We held a raffle that raised $75. Also attending were several Jedi, Visas Marr, Slave Leia, a Rebel Fleet Trooper and a Tusken Raider.

The highlight of my evening was when a young man of about 10 came running up to me and said, “Look out Jedi, Darth Vader is coming!”

TROOPING FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE - PHOENIX - DECEMBER 10, 2007

Good guys and bad guys can sometimes get along.... when it's for a good cause!

Members of the Rebel Legion, the Dune Sea Garrison, the Arizona Ghostbusters, and many other volunteers costumed up to make the annual Toy Anxiety "Trooping for Tots" toy drive a huge success!



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HOPE KIDS - SCOTTSDALE - OCTOBER 6, 2007

What is "Hope Kids"? According to their website...
HopeKids provides ongoing events & activities and a powerful, unique support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. We surround these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope can be a powerful medicine.

We were lucky enough to be invited to help bring a little joy into these children's lives during a picnic and play day at the McCormick Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale.