Mansfield Library

When you've been around the world of Star Wars costuming for as long as I have, you start to look for things at each venue that makes them unique/special in comparison to all the others.

GLB, OG and Mercs at Mansfield Library

So this past weekend, Great Lakes Base, Mando Mercs and Ohio Garrison were invited to the Mansfield Richland County Public Library as part of their "Star Wars Extravaganza" event.  On the surface, the mission sounds easy enough: we get dressed up, stand for a few pictures as kids as they play Star Wars-themed games the local library staff have come up with to spark interest in children reading more - Star Wars related or otherwise.  Last year, we trooped at 15 individual events (just in Ohio) at pubic libraries... so you'd assume these types of events would have become fairly routine?


The truth is, what makes each one of them unique and special isn't the "Star Wars characters" we volunteer our time providing, but the people who make those libraries part of their local community!  We have NEVER visited Mansfield before, and it showed in the looks on the faces of every kid (and even the parents) as they battled each other with balloon "lightsabers",  or playing "Trooper Bowling" (my favorite) and taking part in the Star Wars "scavenger hunt" throughout the library.

You can view pictures from all our adventures from the various "Jedi Archives" across Ohio (including some - courtesy of Mansfield Richland County Public Library)