About the 501st MALAYSIA-BRUNEI OUTPOST
The 501st MALAYSIA-BRUNEI OUTPOST was activated in the ranks of the 501st LEGION on 23 January 2006 with TR 2870 a.k.a. "The Sith OverLord" as the Founding Member and its first Commanding Officer. Since then this Outpost has grown steadily with members located accross Peninsular Malaysia and Brunei. Aside from trooping in local events, our 501st Outpost members have trooped in international events such as the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, USA on 1 January 2007 and the first Asian 501st unit Joint Trooping in Taiwan from 5 to 7 October 2007.

What is the 501st Legion?
The 501st MALAYSIA-BRUNEI OUTPOST is part of the 501st LEGION, an Internet-based worldwide Star Wars costuming organization who create our own movie accurate costumes based on the "bad guys" characters in the Star Wars movies and Expanded Universe. 501st members proudly wear our costumes in public to celebrate our affinity to the STAR WARS movies and stories. We offer our services to lend support to charity and fund raising events and to the overall promotion of the STAR WARS franchise.

OUR MISSION
Our mission from Article I of the 501st LEGION Charter :

". .. . The Legion is a volunteer club formed for the express purpose of bringing together costume enthusiasts and giving them a collective identity within which to operate. The Legion's aims are to celebrate the Star Wars movies through the wearing of costumes, to promote the quality and improvement of costumes and props, and most importantly to contribute to the local community through charity and volunteer work . . ."

To Celebrate
Star Wars fans come from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, but no matter how diverse they may seem, common bonds become evident when people come together to celebrate their passion for George Lucas's modern mythology. Some fans are content to collect action figures . . . other fans want to be action figures. Our goal is to appear as if our characters have just stepped off the big screen and into this world.

To Contribute
While our organization was founded to simply provide a collective identity for costuming fans with similar interests, the 501st is proud to put its resources to good use through fundraising, charity work, and volunteerism. Read more about our charity work here (http://www.501stlegion.org/charity.php).

Thank you.

Peter "The SITH OverLORD" Lai
TR/DZ/TK/TS (soon TD) 2870
Commanding Officer, GML and Garrison Public Relations Officer
501st MALAYSIA-BRUNEI OUTPOST