I participated in the Ralston 4th of July parade for my fourth year in a row. This is my event report for this year.

Show Notes:

• Photo by Mick H. (a member of the costuming group discussed in this episode), reposted with the photographer’s permission. (That’s me in the white Jedi outfit, behind and to the right of Kylo Ren.
• Standing in for the Star Wars main title theme is “Consort for Brass,” by Kevin MacLeod at Incompetech.com. This song is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. (The new site wants me to include the following text block, so I will gladly oblige:)
  • Music from https://filmmusic.io
    “Consort for Brass” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
• The theme song for Thread Snippings is “Puzzle Pieces,” by Lee Rosevere, from the album Music for Podcasts 2. This song is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and is available via freemusicarchive.org.
• Links to previous episodes in this series:
  • DDoP 2016 Ep28: Thread Snippings 014: An Encounter with the Sith
  • DDoP 2017 Ep02: Thread Snippings 016: Return of the Encounter with the Sith
  • DDoP 2018 Ep10: Amy Talks About Stuff 037: An Encounter with the Sith, Episode III
• And just for fun, here’s the “opening crawl” I wrote for this episode, in text form.

Not so long ago, in a town not so far away…

An Encounter with the Sith
Episode IV: A New Lineup Spot

It is a day of celebration. The Ralston Fourth of July parade has arrived once again, offering an opportunity to showcase the might of the evil Galactic Empire.

Sent by the Emperor to deal with an emboldened Rebel cell, DARTH VADER must entrust his grandson, KYLO REN, with the task of commanding the parade squadron on his own.

The young dark knight races to the rendezvous point with the troops, consumed with ambition to be as powerful and feared as his grandfather…

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