Chapter 607 Star Wars Universe
Since the establishment of the 501 Legion, the founder Albin and his friends have been trying to carry out external propaganda and communication, and the 501 Legion has expanded its influence in different rhythms and ways in all corners of the world. An important part of that was working with stars from the Star Wars universe: the cast and crew of the Star Wars films, as well as the writers and artists who worked to keep Star Wars hot in between the main and prequel trilogies.
For more than 20 years after the film's release, the stars actively participated in various Star Wars fan activities and maintained a wonderful connection with Star Wars fans, during which Arbin interacted with these stars in various ways, and the opportunity for the 501 Legion to enter the Star Wars world was born.
In 1999, while Arbin was writing more backstories for the Legion, setting it as a personal guard of Darth Vader, one day, on a whim, he solemnly wrote a letter to the manager of Dave Blause, the actor of Darth Vader, telling him what Squad 501 was and setting it up as Vader's men, establishing a complete backstory for it.
In the letter, Albin made a direct request: "If Mr. Blause is willing to be the honorary leader of Team 501, we will be honored to be the 'Fist of Vader'. ”
In retrospect, it was a bit presumptuous, as Albin felt that a big man like Vader's actor must have received tons of emails from Star Wars fans every day, and to his surprise, he quickly received a reply from his agent, saying that Dave was thrilled that the 501 Legion had invited him to be the leader, and that he was very much looking forward to the Legion's future achievements.
Later in the event, Vader's actor Dave Blause also participated in the event they organized, which of course had something to do with the official push to push the boat.
Albin was so inspired that in 2002 he embarked on a somewhat bold plan. He hoped that the 501 Legion would be able to do what other fan clubs couldn't, to organize the Imperial soldiers and establish partnerships with these legends. The Legion will welcome Star Wars stars to join the Legion as honorary members, and when they come to the location of the Legion branch, they will be supported by the Legion, and the 501 Legion can accompany them in prop costumes for autograph events, as well as take them to eat and drink, and can also pick them up at the airport, and the Legion members will be very professional and regardless of the reward.
Of course, there are always a bunch of difficulties in everything. This is indeed a difficult task, in what capacity does the Legion do this? how do you invite these stars, how do you approve them to join? what does the Legion give them as proof of membership, how do you award it to them, and who pays for it?
Later that year, Comic Con in Highpoint, North Carolina, would feature three of Star Wars' most famous Star Wars writers: Alan Alston, Michael Starkpole, and Timothy Zahn, and it was a great time to implement the new idea.
As he did, Albin began to look for souvenirs suitable for the honorary members, and one day Albin wandered into a small trophy shop in a dilapidated building in the center of Columbia, which was black and full of mold spots and stuffed with old antiques. An old man feeling sick took him to the back of the store and showed him a gorgeous shelf of commemorative plaques. "It's hard for you to find these things now," said the shopkeeper, "and giving them to someone else will give you more weight." "At the top of each commemorative plaque there is an oval groove with a black background, and Albin takes out the embroidered badge of the 501st Regiment and puts it inside, which is exactly the right size. So he pulled out the only credit card that hadn't been maxed out yet, "All of them!"
As the comic book opens, Albin arrives at the hotel and meets the newly appointed commander of the Carolina garrison and a group of local legionnaires who are busy with the event, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner, and eventually, 7 Stormtroopers and 3 Scouts line up to present the commemorative plaques, and the three writers express their heartfelt gratitude to the Legion and accept the invitation. They carefully held the commemorative plaque presented by the Legion and asked for the details of the 501st Legion, and were full of praise for the prop uniforms.
The ceremony seemed to be a success, and Arbin could report to the entire Legion that the three Star Wars heavyweights had become friends and companions of the 501st Legion, and a successful example for future events, but the event was much more than that, and that night, the most important moment in the history of a Legion suddenly arrived.
After a long day of Comic-Con, the Legion members gathered in the lobby to rest and chat, when Timothy Zahn appeared, and the world-renowned Star Wars writer walked over to the large table where everyone was and took a look at the Legion's props, costumes, and photos, as well as the seven-page introduction to the 501 Legion in the latest Star Wars magazine. "Tell me a little bit more about the 501 Legion. Timothy said, sounding just curious. The other soldiers looked at Arbin, and he began to tell the story of the fan club.
From the details of the club's concept, to the potential to gather fans, and most importantly and coolly, the backstory of Vader's Fist.
In the year since, the Honorary Members' program has continued and expanded, and many stories have happened. A year later, at another Comic-Con, Albin met Timothy again, and he told Albin the news: in his upcoming Star Wars titles, the 501st Legion would appear as a character.
On February 3, 2004, "The Test of Survival" was released, which described the 501 Legion, a group of "Vader's Fist" storm soldiers, and then another electronic "Fool's Protocol" involved more 501, this fledgling fan club was awarded the highest honor, was mentioned in the official written work, and Timothy also deliberately wrote in the book about the real 501 Legion engaged in some charity activities as a Star Wars character.
In 2005, the 501st Legion officially appeared in the film "Revenge of the Sith", following Anakin Skywalker, who had fallen into the dark side of the Force, into the Jedi Temple to purge the Jedi Knights, the guardians of the Republic.
From fan groups to official characters, this is how the 501 Legion entered the world of Star Wars, which did not end up after its release like other movies, but has always had a strong vitality. This stems from the love of Star Wars, and the reward of this love also deepens the affection.
Today, the 501 Legion officially followed their leader and came to the great Star Wars father Luji Lucas to pay tribute to him, and the supreme leader of this legion is actually played by King Inmark, the tycoon who has taken over the Star Wars world, and is also one of the Star Wars fans, which makes all Star Wars fans proud and excited, this world belongs to us, let the buddies have fun.
In fact, it is a large-scale media public relations show, and now there are hundreds of reporters, and they are also broadcasting live on YouTube, and it is not to promote the brand of Star Wars, which can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Lucasfilm every year, which makes countless film companies envious and jealous! If there is a movie on the film, it is even more incredible.
And MM spent so much money to take Lucasfilm, the cash alone amounted to two billion, and the rest was stocks, of course MM had to make a few Star Wars movies to make up for this part of the loss.
MM layout merger and acquisition of Lucas has been a long time, has already owned 10% of the shares of Industrial Light & Magic, these years have been bought, holding about 15 percent, if you have patience, willing to wait a few more years, wait until 2012, like the original Disney acquisition of Lucas, the price may be more favorable, Lucas is old and frail, he is not exhausted, maybe he does not use the original shares, and he can pay cash directly.
But this industrial light and magic is really important, they don't control a world-class special effects company, they don't dare to create any Transformers universe and Marvel universe, because it is easy for people to get stuck, and others get stuck at the source, and this joke will be big, so only by controlling Lucasfilm can they dare to follow up on others.
Mark also has his gossip, this Disney's Katzenberg is also a person with a strong eye, he also sees the value of Lucasfilm, in the lack of Pixar and Marvel Disney, more eager to get Lucasfilm than the original, they have set up a team to specialize in the acquisition of Lucasfilm, Mark and others decided not to hesitate anymore and speed up the move.
Now it's time to get ahead of the curve and bring Lucasfilm under its umbrella, and Mark can imagine how shocked Disney was when they jointly announced the merger agreement, and how angry the bald man Katzenberg was.
In Lucasfilm, there is a meaning of preparing to shoot a new Star Wars trilogy, but because the Star Wars prequel trilogy has a bad mouth, it is scolded by Star Wars fans, so they have always had doubts, Lucas said that he will only consider this Star Wars prequel if he gets the perfect story.
On his personal Facebook homepage, he also reiterated this matter again and again, to put it bluntly, it is to please these fans, Lucas is well aware that Lucasfilm is a fan of success and a fan of defeat, and on this issue, he has always crossed the river with his eggs in his hands, and he is cautious.
In an online voting activity that he secretly masterminded, he was undoubtedly the first in the selection of the best director of the new Star Wars, Mark second, "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight" fully demonstrated Mark's imagination and control, and was a more reliable character in the eyes of Star Wars fans.