1 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:05,900 (Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Wargo) I stumbled on a yard sale. 2 00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:07,300 There was a box. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,020 There was all this plastic in it. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,720 I recognized the chest piece. 5 00:00:15,460 --> 00:00:17,000 I was like, wow, I know that from somewhere! 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,540 I wonder what else is in here? 7 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:28,300 When I finally got it all together I was ecstatic. 8 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:29,660 I wanted to wear it everywhere. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,660 I was wearing in the house for hours at a time. 10 00:00:34,670 --> 00:00:36,250 I was like, this thing is getting a little hot. 11 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:37,660 I didn't know it would get this hot. 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,760 Instead of seeing in a book, or on a screen, I saw it in the mirror. 13 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:49,580 That was hilarious to me. 14 00:00:49,580 --> 00:00:50,320 I loved it. 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,740 I didn't really know anything about Star Wars before I actually went to the theater. 16 00:00:52,750 --> 00:00:56,379 Once I saw the movie, I went on my own detective journey. 17 00:00:56,379 --> 00:00:57,379 I wanted to investigate. 18 00:00:57,379 --> 00:00:58,379 I wanted to know everything. 19 00:00:58,380 --> 00:00:59,449 That was it for me. 20 00:00:59,449 --> 00:01:02,380 After the movie, I did approach one of my best friends. 21 00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:06,980 I went to his house and I told him, I was like, hey you gotta watch Star Wars man. 22 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:08,180 It's such a great film. 23 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,920 He said, oh my Dad says that's for nerds. 24 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:12,940 I was like, whoa, what do you mean? 25 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:15,800 It's cool. 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:16,700 It's a cool series. 27 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:17,520 You've never seen it? 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,380 And he's like, no, my Dad says it's for nerds and we don't watch it. 29 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,020 I thought that was so odd. 30 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:30,490 I don't think he knew what he was doing, but you don't want to be the kid that's different 31 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:31,520 from the other kids. 32 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:32,520 You want to belong. 33 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,450 You want to feel like you have a place among your friends. 34 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:41,860 You're not doing anything wrong, but you're being wronged because you're different. 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,720 I think I always had like a spark for adventure as a kid. 36 00:01:57,420 --> 00:02:00,540 Seeing everything that happened because Luke made all the decisions that he did - 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,200 I'm just comparing it to his experience. 38 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,820 I'm not saying he's my favorite character or anything. 39 00:02:04,180 --> 00:02:07,520 You could tell, he wanted something more than what he had. 40 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:09,100 He wanted some adventure. 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,980 He wanted to make something of himself. 42 00:02:13,540 --> 00:02:16,760 And he wanted to go out and explore the world. 43 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:19,220 I directly identify with that. 44 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:23,840 I felt like I would get that in the Coast Guard. 45 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:32,740 This is where I work. 46 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:37,180 This is where I come to uh find stories that I can produce for the Coast Guard to increase 47 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:39,900 visibility on us, among everything else. 48 00:02:41,380 --> 00:02:44,660 It was also important that I agreed with the philosophy behind the branch that I joined. 49 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:50,640 There are a lot of aspects of the Coast Guard that I agreed with, like natural resource preservation, 50 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,460 protection of human life, uh so on and so forth. 51 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:03,120 I think Star Wars revealed more to me, I didn't just want to fit in with people. 52 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:08,130 I wanted to fit in with people who shared the same enthusiasm in something that I was 53 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:09,100 passionate about. 54 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:22,040 There was a show in Houston called The Galactic Empire. 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,780 It was a Star Wars metal band. 56 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,020 And I thought, holy crap this is the perfect opportunity for me to wear my suit. 57 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:38,020 But members of Vaders Fist, the 501st Marching Legion, 58 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:39,440 there were members there, I didn't know. 59 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,240 And so they were coming up to me like, whoa your suit looks great. 60 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,280 What garrison are you with? 61 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,420 And I'm like, garrison? 62 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,040 There's garrisons out here? 63 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:49,900 And they're like, you're not with anybody? 64 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:51,240 But your suit looks so good. 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,720 And I was basically told that if I wanted to, I could approve the suit. 66 00:04:05,660 --> 00:04:07,620 It's one thing to wear a Star Wars shirt. 67 00:04:07,630 --> 00:04:10,300 And it's one thing to have a Star Wars poster. 68 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:16,630 But to be a part of a group of people that takes the time to meticulously research and 69 00:04:16,630 --> 00:04:23,069 discuss among each other how they can be an even more intimate part of Star Wars by recreating 70 00:04:23,069 --> 00:04:27,870 it... that is astounding to me and that's the kind of people I want to be around. 71 00:04:27,870 --> 00:04:29,500 That's the kind of people I like to be around. 72 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:33,960 It was surprising the amount of that, that I was able to get through... 73 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,360 I want to own stormtrooper armor.