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Welcome Aidan! Great to hear you’re looking at taking the plunge and joining us. It’s also great to hear that you’ve wanted to join since around 2012. Even better that you’re now looking to give something back and hopefully inspire the next generation of young fans in the same way. The ANH Staff Officer is a solid choice for a first costume, especially if you want something relatively straightforward to get you started. I’d highly recommend having a good look through the relevant Costume Reference Library (CRL)null under ID: Imperial Officer before you start buying anything. It’ll give you a clear idea of what’s required for approval and can save you from accidentally buying something that needs a lot of work. In the meantime, have a read through our Welcome Postnull. There’s a good bit of useful information in there about the Garrison, how things work, costumes, troops and getting involved. I’d also recommend heading over to the Crew Rank Requestnull post and requesting crew access. Crewing is honestly one of the best ways to get started. You’ll get to see how our troops actually work, meet members face-to-face, and get a feel for the whole 501st experience before you even have your first approved costume. And don't worry about asking questions, we’ve all been the new person at some point, and there’s plenty of experience here to help you along the way. I also noticed you mentioned wanting to go down the Phase 1 Clone Trooper route next year. Excellent choice! I've a Clone Commando Boss, so if you start heading down the path of the Republic, you’ve already got at least one Clone trooper to bounce questions off of. Looking forward to seeing you around the forum, hearing more about the Staff Officer build, and hopefully seeing you at a troop sometime. For the Republic, trooper.....

Hello all! My name is Aidan and I am based up in Donegal. Looking to join the 501st this year. Going to go for A New Hope Staff Officer as my first cosplay as it seems like an easy start and is cheap enough that I can get my bearings without putting out too much money first time round as I am going to SW Celebrations next year and want to take the uniform with me! My heart truly lies with the republic and I have hopes of doing a phase 1 CT next year hopefully. Excited to meet you guys whether it be irl or through the forum. Been a fan of the 501st since I first met you guys when I was a wee kid around 2012 or so, now I am ready to take the plunge and get to do some trooping to inspire kids like my younger self. You'll probably see me posting around for some help with acquiring bits and pieces later elsewhere on the forum. For the Republic!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I have also joined the imperial officer forum to get some advice on where to source the uniform. A shame being in Ireland is that shipping from the US can be a real pain. Do you guys do group purchases from sites like Wampa Wear to combat that fact? I will definitely come to you with questions when I have them BandageMonkey. I remember at one of the SW cons I went to, there was a Sev and a Cpt Rex they looked amazing irl. Don't know if that was one of you guys that are still here. Might have been the NI Garrison as I can't remember if it was Belfast or Dublin that I seen them. Didn't some of you guys also go to the show down in Letterkenny? Thought I seen pics of some stormtroopers at the cinema there. Will be good to get some presence up in Donegal for sure. I take it that most of the Garrison is down south, are there any other people from Donegal here?

Hi Aidan, Good on you for taking the first steps! We've a couple of members up your way and we're looking to further growth in terms of new recruits / events. Our guys attended The Mandalorian & Grogu screening troop in Bundoran recently and our guys made a nice weekend of it. We're already planning to do the same for Starfighter in 2027 and hopefully this feeds into some local charity events etc. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to fire it up here on this thread or message any of us directly. Looking forward to having you as part of the family! Keith.C

Here talking with Shane at the drogheda tattoo convention, looking to join

Welcome Shane. It was great talking to you earlier at the tattoo convention in Drogheda. Here's a link to all the costumes in the legion to help you decide your 1st costume https://crls.501st.com/costume-reference-library

Welcome @Kc.291 I am also a new person here, looking forward to seeing your progress and what character/uniform you pick!

You are very welcome Aidan, looking forward to meeting you

Hi Aiden. Welcome onboard, I'm just over the border from you in Leitrim. So Hopefully we'll get to meet up sooner rather than later.

Funnily enough if the Dedra is your wife, I have been using your post about it to help source items like code cylinders and the like haha! I look forward to seeing it as she is a great character in the show.

Cheers I hope to be out with you guys sooner rather than later.... We will have to see if the force is with me on that one lol

Welcome Aidan to the mad house. You're going to fit right in. I'm based in the Louth area, but hope to see you at some stage at a future troop.

You're more than welcome! Linking up with the Imperial Officer forum is a great step, and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of people there who can answer your questions and offer advice. One of our members had a Sev kit alright, and he’s still active here @Petesbigpants. I got a great deal of help from him when I was building my RC Boss a few years back. I’m not too sure who the Captain Rex would have been; it might have been before my time. We have members dotted all over the country, although most would be located in Leinster, in or around Dublin. We have several members up your way — not exactly in your county, but close enough that I’m sure they’ll pop up. As for a troop in Letterkenny, none immediately come to mind. The closest troop I can think of up that way would have been Bundoran back in May.

Hi guys, I was on the Retro Con in Wexford on the weekend and I am the Darth Maul. Id like to get involved