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I TRIED to come up with a sensible reason for this post, I really did but ultimately STORMTROOPERS IN SANTIAGO! I understand that they do this once a year every year in May and it is sort of awesome (although were I a Pilgrim arriving on that particular day I'm not sure that I would be happy, well I might be but I can definently see why others wouldn't be). Has anyone seen this when they were in Santiago?

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  1. Diogo Martins8 June 2015 at 20:46

    4th of May? 4th of May it's the "May the Fourth Be With You", the International Star Wars Day.

    And those probably stormtroopers from the Spanish Garrison/Outpost. I know that there is an Outpost in Galicia. I've met them in 2013, when I was in Santiago. they where collecting donations for one of the children institutions that exist in Santiago.

    People don't know this, but the 501'st work, it's mainly this: charity for kids.

    http://www.501st.com/

    FOR THE EMPIRE!

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  2. thomr8 June 2015 at 22:04

    I've seen them at some of the events in the UK and know that they are allowed to operate by George Lucas because if all the charity work they do - he was so impressed with them he even made them Darth Vader's own troops from Episode III onwards, lucky you to have seen them in Santiago Diogo!

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