Stormtroopers, basketball and nudity
by Russell Johnson
We end up over at Dave's house on Sunday during the NCAA Tourney. They have a big screen HD TV set so it's hard not to watch but we manage to tear ourselves away long enough so we can get cracking on the Stormtrooper suit. We ordered this thing on-line and it arrives in a million pieces. The helmet was a daunting task in it's own right, so we decide to work on the suit first. That was a much easier process although a tedious one. We call up Dave Silvernell (otherwise known as D) who has the other outfit. He has the helmet together but not the suit. So with all resources handy we have at least one complete suit to work with. I hadn't seen the helmet yet and of course that's what makes the whole frickin' thing work.
While we wait for D. to arrive we head back downstairs to watch with much dismay as both Louisville and Duke advance in the NCAA. Curse you Pitino! So we peruse the latest issues of Playboy and Maxim the latter of which had a awesome spread of Jennifer Love Hewitt, now if she'd only follow in the footsteps of her former Party of Five co-star Neve Campbell and loose the lingere. But I digress.
Anyway, D. shows up to raise our spirits with said Trooper helmet and we attach the final piece to a very patient fully outfittied, sans helmet, Matt Raney who will play Stormtrooper TK221, (yes we have names for them, you wouldn't?). With the helmet on we marvel at what is a true Stormtrooper standing in front us. Matt reveals several times that a longtime childhood dream has been fulfilled, as it has for all of us. There are some tweaks that have been yet to be made some paint, the O2 canister needs building, and few bells and whistles, but just this test makes the reality complete. We also have to wait for our blasters to arrive and they still need painting. Once they are I may take aim in hopes that I can vaporize Pitino and J. Hewitt's clothes. Into the night, we head off, D and Dave to work on the unfinished helmet, me to do some touch up on the lower body piece and Matt to dream of his on camera Star Wars moment.
We end up over at Dave's house on Sunday during the NCAA Tourney. They have a big screen HD TV set so it's hard not to watch but we manage to tear ourselves away long enough so we can get cracking on the Stormtrooper suit. We ordered this thing on-line and it arrives in a million pieces. The helmet was a daunting task in it's own right, so we decide to work on the suit first. That was a much easier process although a tedious one. We call up Dave Silvernell (otherwise known as D) who has the other outfit. He has the helmet together but not the suit. So with all resources handy we have at least one complete suit to work with. I hadn't seen the helmet yet and of course that's what makes the whole frickin' thing work.
While we wait for D. to arrive we head back downstairs to watch with much dismay as both Louisville and Duke advance in the NCAA. Curse you Pitino! So we peruse the latest issues of Playboy and Maxim the latter of which had a awesome spread of Jennifer Love Hewitt, now if she'd only follow in the footsteps of her former Party of Five co-star Neve Campbell and loose the lingere. But I digress.
Anyway, D. shows up to raise our spirits with said Trooper helmet and we attach the final piece to a very patient fully outfittied, sans helmet, Matt Raney who will play Stormtrooper TK221, (yes we have names for them, you wouldn't?). With the helmet on we marvel at what is a true Stormtrooper standing in front us. Matt reveals several times that a longtime childhood dream has been fulfilled, as it has for all of us. There are some tweaks that have been yet to be made some paint, the O2 canister needs building, and few bells and whistles, but just this test makes the reality complete. We also have to wait for our blasters to arrive and they still need painting. Once they are I may take aim in hopes that I can vaporize Pitino and J. Hewitt's clothes. Into the night, we head off, D and Dave to work on the unfinished helmet, me to do some touch up on the lower body piece and Matt to dream of his on camera Star Wars moment.
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