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Chapter 6Albin Johnson

Founder, The 501st Legion(www.501st.com)

Figure 6.1 501st Legion founder Albin Johnson. Photo courtesy of Albin Johnson

Figure 6.2 Photo courtesy of Albin Johnson

As founder of the world's largest Star Wars fan costuming club (holding the record in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records), Albin Johnson none the less remembers his beginnings as just an average Star Wars fan. Having been a casual enthusiast since the first movie hit the big screen in 1977, Johnson recalls that when "the original Star Wars trilogy [returned ...

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