Attack of the Storm Troopers

We woke up this morning to find Storm Troopers running through the streets of our neighborhood.


It turns out that one of our neighbors works for the Cartoon Network, and they were filming a commercial for their upcoming Star Wars Storm Troopers animated series. It seems that the premise was to have the storm troopers running through a neighborhood as kids played (if you look closely, you'll see one of the "neighborhood kids" getting run over by a storm trooper), but they wanted a place that looked different and unique. Seems our neighborhood fit the bill.


It was fun to watch all the action. Lots of equipment and staging. But what was also really great was seeing all the neighbors come out to check out the action. There were kids running around and playing, dogs (including Thea) walking and barking at the people in costume, and people just generally hanging around and chatting.


The actors playing the Storm Troopers were quite friendly (the one in green even tried to get Thea to come say hi, but to no avail, given her terror of anyone in costume), and they were more than happy to pose for a picture with us and Sean. Someday, he'll realize how cool this picture is!