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Tag: 501st Legion

Events / August 23, 2021

Video – Palmerston North Armageddon Expo Highlights

The inaugural Palmerston North Armageddon Expo took place at the Fly Palmy Arena, Central Energy Trust Arena on the weekend of the14th-15th August…

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Events / June 15, 2021

Video – Star Wars Costumes at Tauranga Armageddon

The Armageddon Expo Tauranga event took place over the past weekend (June 12-13th, 2021) at the Trustpower Baypark Arena. This slightly smaller venue…

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Events / October 29, 2020

Auckland Armageddon Expo 2020; Star Wars Costumes

The Auckland Armageddon Expo took place at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane over the past long weekend (23-26th October). One of the main…

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Star Wars Costumes at Armageddon
Costumes & Props / October 23, 2018

Star Wars Costumes at Armageddon

The Auckland Armageddon Expo took place at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane from Friday 19th October through to Monday 22nd October 2018. The…

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Heroes of the Empire
Features / June 27, 2018

‘Heroes of the Empire’ on TVNZ OnDemand

The unofficial documentary about the 501st Legion Star Wars imperial costuming club, “Heroes of the Empire” is currently available to stream via TVNZ’s…

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Armageddon 2003
Events / October 19, 2017

Flashback: Auckland Armageddon 2003

On the eve of Auckland Armageddon 2017, we’re taking a look back at another historic Armageddon convention. In April of 2003, SWNZ worked…

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SWNZ News Digest – 02 October 2018
Features / June 9, 2017

SWNZ News Digest – 09 June 2017

Welcome to this week’s News Digest, with more Star Wars news headlines and links than you can shake a gaffi stick at. Donald Glover Talks…

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Events / October 24, 2016

Armageddon Auckland 2016 Full Gallery

  As we can expect now that we are living in a world with Star Wars movies coming out every year, Star Wars…

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Source: Stuff.co.nz
Features / December 16, 2015

Disney Asks Star Wars Fans to Lay Down Their Weapons

Chris Gardner at Stuff.co.nz talks to yours truly about the decision by Disney to restrict prop weapon use amongst costumers promoting screenings of…

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Costumes & Props / December 12, 2015

Star Wars Costuming in NZ

Star Wars costuming as a hobby has really grown in New Zealand in recent years, especially with local conventions like Armageddon Expo providing…

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