Please fill out our Event Request Form. Once that has been completed, your event will be passed along to one of the Bluegrass Garrison’s event coordinators who will contact you directly.
Typically we ask for 2-3 months advance notice for an event. All of our members are volunteers, so in order to coordinate our troopers and best fulfill your request, the more lead time you can provide us with the better.
Sorry, no. While you may have seen some photos online of members of the 501st Legion attending birthdays or weddings, the decision to do so is based region to region and is at the discretion of local groups. Members of the Bluegrass Garrison have adopted an internal policy to not attend birthdays or weddings.
While we do not charge a fee for appearances, we enthusiastically welcome donations made to your favorite charity in the name of the 501st Legion/Bluegrass Garrison. If you do not have a charity of choice, we would happily provide you with a list of some of our favorite causes.
The Bluegrass Garrison covers the commonwealth of Kentucky, with the majority of our members located in and around Louisville and Northern Kentucky. Chances are there’s probably a 501st Legion member in your area already!
To join, you must own an approved Star Wars “bad guy/gal/trooper” costume and be 18 years of age or older. Please visit the 501st membership requirements page for more details.
Members have to be 18 years of age to join. If you’re under the age of 18 or have younglings who would like to participate, please visit the Galactic Academy.
That really depends on how involved you would like to be. The 501st Legion does require you to participate in at least one official event per year in costume in order to remain an active trooper.
All of our members costumes are “fan-made”. If your goal is to join the 501st Legion we STRONGLY advise potential new members NOT to purchase costumes from any retail stores or online before checking with us first. More often than not costumes purchased online or in retail stores do not meet 501st Legion requirements and will need drastic modifications in order to pass our standards. Typically it will cost you more time and money to modify one of these costumes rather then building it from scratch to being with.
Please visit our “Join Us” page where we can point you in the right direction of how to acquire and start building your own costume.
