On Saturday, May 17th, the Mercs own Wampa Squad invaded the Newport Library and Cultural Center for their special Star Wars Day events. The members in attendance, Biohazard, Arden Fisk, and Mereel A'denla, suited up and made their way through the crowd of enthusiastic Maine Star Wars fans, signing autographs and posing for pictures.
During the Trivia Contest, the squad took turns posing harder and harder questions to the audience of some eighty-plus children and parents. Afterward, during the costume contest, six lucky costumed kids took home Star Wars books as prizes for their costumes ranging from Han Solo, to an home-made aluminum foil and soda bottle Jango Fett.
A special visitor arrived to help keep the kids in line, too. R2D2 rolled in with Paul Bussiere, a member of the Builder's Club. Together, the little droid and the Mercs promoted both Star Wars and reading in the same exciting day, between blaster bolts and beep, the kid's had an amazing time, and Wampa has already been invited back for a future Star Wars day scheduled for sometime in 2011.
