On the Evening of Saturday, August 21st, Members of the Manda'galaar clan (Whitecrow1 and Chucko) were given the opportunity to invade the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium during their "Star Wars Night". This event gave us great public appeal and helped, once again, tie the bond between the Mercs and our fellow costuming clubs.
The event was lead by Linda of the San Diego Star Wars Society, who helped round up not only the Mercs, but various members of the 501st and Rebel Legion. There were storm troopers, jedi, rebel pilots, sith, mandalorians, and we were even fortunate enough to have a Chewbacca and tusken raider join the party. We were given a great location to hang out by the front gate where we had the death star door rigged up for photos.
This event took place on the same night as a Boy Scout get-together and campout at the stadium, which made it even more fun for the lot of us. We were bombarded with high-fives, beaten with noise-maker sticks, and quite constantly mistaken for Boba and Jango. Once again, this invasion was a huge success for us as well as our fellow costuming clubs. We look forward to doing similar invasions in the near future.