- The Outer Rim Guilds is a place where you could create a character, put on a costume, and perform that character in front of people.

If you want to do light Saber Combat, great.

We can teach you.

If you just want to put on a costume and talk to people, we could do that.

The Outer Rim guilds is for everybody.

We don't discriminate against any race, creed, or color.

Star Wars is made up of all kinds of characters and so are we.

The Outer Rim Guilds is a not-for-profit, Lucasfilm approved costuming group.

My name is Kevin Daniels and I am actually the local director for the Outer Rim Guilds.

We do cosplay, we teach people how to build sets and props.

We also do lightsaber choreography.

We put on shows and informational panels where people can come and see demonstrations and ask questions.

Our main focus is giving back to the community, the Star Wars community and the sci-fi community.

When we go to a convention, you know, we're presenting and performing.

- My name is Christopher Allard.

I am a board member and I'm also one of the characters.

My first day with the Guild, that was probably my first class for the Saber choreography.

Just like a lot of the new members now in the choreography class.

They don't know about the Guild yet.

The guild's still growing, it's getting out there, but it usually starts with the classwork from there.

I spread the word since I'm the instructor now, but they can continue on into the costuming and to the big production stuff.

Building a fight is a funny and slow process.

Usually you get paired up with a partner that's roughly your level, and then you stare at each other for a half hour and say, what do you want to do?

And the other one says, what do you want to do?

And that's about the first 30 minutes of it.

After that, you loosen up and you start saying, okay, I want to do this, this, and this.

And the other person says, okay, then I'm gonna counter with this, this, and this.

And from there you start putting a fight together.

- My name is Stephanie Moffitt and I, I believe my full title is Costume director.

What's really important when you're a Lucas Film Guild is that you stand up to the standards of what you see on the screens for Lucasfilm.

So when we go to start designing a costume, the first thing we have to do is we've gotta look at the source materials that we have so that when somebody sees you wherever you are, they go Star Wars and you go, yeah.

And there's a, there's a so many tricks of the trade from making that work.

And the early films, you don't see a lot of fasteners, especially on Jedi apparently.

They just use the force to hold their stuff together.

We use a lot of snaps.

The fabric you choose is incredibly important.

We use natural fibers and sometimes it's just the magic of how the fabric holds together.

This first thing I would do is I'd pop those buttons off of there.

I would stitch the the, the base of this up and I would close up these button holes.

And then up here, what I would do is I would put either a hook, an eye, a snap, or some magnets.

But if you did that, this is pretty much a shirt ready to go.

- What is it like performing as a character?

Well, it is a performance and it is a character.

So if you can make a small child or a teenager or even an adult think that you're probably really a Star Wars character and they don't have to be afraid and they can see how much fun you are having interacting with them, well that's a pretty good feeling.

People that have loved Star Wars their whole lives might not have ever thought that they could do this.

And we tell them, yes you can.

- We just got a request in to do a parade in Oldsmar.

This will be our second year doing that parade.

It's great because obviously they want a big presence in their parade and we're able to fill that gap.

They want that Star Wars, they want characters, they want people cheering for us.

So doing parades is awesome, you know?

Yes, it's a lot of walking, but that's why you wanna invest in a pair of boots that you can walk around in a lot.

When it comes to charities, we get contacted by local groups and they're looking to raise money, and so they're looking for that presence.

We could be there to do lightsaber demonstrations or run little shows, but we also had one of our members as a electronics expert.

He actually built a lightsaber and we raffled it off the outer rim.

Guilds helped raise $1,500 for kids in canines one year at a convention.

Once everybody learned there's a chance to win a lightsaber, I mean, it went crazy.

We love doing that Switch one.

- My name is Michael Pupa and I'm a new member for the Outer Room Guild.

From my point of view, the Outer Room Guild is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

We're a wonderful community that are all obsessed with Star Wars and we turn our dreams into reality.

- The sense of community and the outer rim guilt, well, it's a little more than a community.

- I would've to describe our community more like a family.

Everyone's welcoming, encouraging, very supportive, - Kind people who really wanna hang out with other people that are as geeky about Star Wars as they are.

- It is a family oriented group as well.

So parents, children, we invite the whole family in and everybody's so nice.

Everybody's there for Star Wars, everybody's there for the guild - And they just want the best for everyone and everyone's happiness.

Just to let me know that I can be myself and be this Star Wars nerd, it's okay - With you.

- If you're a fan of cosplay or all things fantasy, you might want to check out Anchor Con happening Saturday and Sunday, August 16th and 17th at the Ciero Recreation Arena in Clayton, New York.

Just visit AnchorComicCon .com to learn more.