501stcast episode 138 Jan 2026 (Normally we will have 501stcast on the 5th but this is released early to let people check out the charity auction listed in show notes)

Recorded Dec 27, 2025

For general podcast questions and comments contact us at: [email protected]

To contact the individual hosts:

Michael Hinton TK5351

• [email protected]

• Instagram @hintonstarwarsfamily

• Tiktok @hintonstarwarsfamily 

Anthony Pizzuto

• [email protected]

Matt Schraeder

• [email protected]

Chris Mitrotasios

• [email protected]

Mikey TB60604 

• TBA (He was on an imperial mission this episode)

Show Notes

Mike Hinton, TK-5351 from Garrison Carida with….

Chris Nitro, TR-82065 from the Northeast Remnant Garrison

Matt Schraeder, TB-99920 from Starkiller Garrison.

and Anthony “AP” Pizzuto, SL-22381 from the Northeast Remnant Garrison

Mikey Bouchereau will be back from his mission by the next episode.

Overview/Highlights -

Legion by the Numbers

As of December 27, 2025

12,889 active troopers with 29,206 approved costumes with 3,140 new or pending members in the database.

7 Ready for Duty.

And in 2025 there were 814 total costumes approved in 2025.

Number one costume is that with a TI designator with 5,436 approved costumes, like the TIE reserve, fighter, etc. 

The costume that has the lowest number of approved members is the Clone Pilot or CP designation with 22.

Recent News

• Trooper fest recap

• More items are being auctioned from Trooperfest like an E-11, R1 TK Soft parts & Star Tours Artwork. 

• The auction runs until January 6th

  Click here for the Facebook link

• Search for TrooperFest 2025 on Facebook to find the info 

• All proceeds go towards Give Kids the World Village 

• Give Kids The World Village is an 89-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.

Newest CRLs - https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=91327&hilit=crl&start=400

Book of Boba Fett Boba Fett

Dec 15th  The 501st Bounty hunters guild announced a new costume has been added to their CRL Library: Boba Fett: The Book of Boba Fett.  After parting ways with Din Djarin on Tython, Boba Fett, the legendary bounty hunter, navigates the galaxy's underworld in repainted armor and gear when he returns to the sands of Tatooine to stake his claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.

If you would like to join The 501st Legion with this costume, or find out more information about this build, please visit:

https://crls.501st.com/bhg/boba-fett-book-of-boba-fett

For more information about The Bounty Hunters Guild, please visit:

https://thebhg.net/

Mission Reports

Please add your mission reports to the 501st forums.  We would love to share the amazing things that our garrisons are doing each month.

Here is a quick link to get your mission report or other information to us quickly

What do you wish you knew before your first troop?   

Dedication: 

This episode of the 501stCast is dedicated to :

• Heather Anda-Cabrera TI-11189 of the Dune Sea Garrison

• Linda Ward TI-62216 of the Old Line Garrison

• Derek James TK-9634 and Melissa James TK-9644 of North Texas Squad of Star Garrison

• Larry Peterka TD-1529 of the Old Line Garrison

Buckets off to all the troopers and their families.  You will all be missed.  You all will not be forgotten, and your legacy and memory will live on among the Eternal Legionnaires. 

Shout Out - 

To Anthony Pizzuto, Chris Nitro, Matt Schraeder, and Mikey Bouchereau for the willingness to restart the podcast. We would like to extend a deep and heartfelt thank you to all the previous hosts of the 501stCast.