Serving the Empire and the Golden Gate Garrison since 2016

My name is Craig Gaylord.

I grew up in Marin County. But I have lived in Sonoma County since 1997, and in Santa Rosa since I got married in 2011.

 I saw Star Wars when I was 7. The moment the Stormtroopers blasted through the door I thought they were the coolest looking costumes I had ever seen.

If you would have told me that when I grew up, that I would get to be a Stormtrooper I wouldn't have believed you.

I always did big-time Halloween costumes all my life. But this journey really started when I decided to actually write up a Bucket List. I have done about half of that list now. And the thing that I actually thought would never be checked off was to "Build myself Stormtrooper armor."

In 2015 I found out about the 501st Legion and attended the Santa Rosa Toy Con just to see the troops and find out how to join and where could I get armor? I met some great people who were more than helpful and they steered me in the right direction.

I got my kit as a bunch of vacuformed plastic pieces with nothing trimmed. I had to trim, size and glue together almost the whole thing.

I was approved in Sept 2016 as TK-77776 as A New Hope Stunt Stormtrooper.