GALAXY AWAITS requires all players to wear an appropriate Star Wars costume. You are creating your own Star Wars-inspired design that must adhere to the specific guidelines below.
Your costume must be of your own design and inspired only by Star Wars. Empire and Mandalorian costumes have stricter specifications, see below.
Consider that your Character's Species, Faction, Role, and history may inspire your outfit design. There are plenty of outfit ideas in the Star Wars movies and TV shows.
Your costume should be rugged enough to withstand a weekend of in/outdoor LARPing activities. Shoes should be comfortable and durable, and must be a plain un-noticable muted color with no visible real-world logos.
We don't require shaving beards, cutting hair, or any other real-life body alterations. If you want to, great! But certainly not required.
FIRST STEPS: A DETAILED STAR WARS COSTUME GUIDE
If you're stuck and could use some inspiration, or need assistance with your costume, props, weapons, and character, we highly recommend joining our Discord for support from our community!
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If you're not sure you're going to like GALAXY AWAITS, or you don't have time to put together a costume for your first event, go for all plain black clothing. You can always upgrade to an appropriate costume after the event.
During CHARACTER SUBMISSION, you will be asked to upload a 1) photo of you in your costume, or 2) artwork of your planned costume.
If a costume is too real-world military / medieval / western, not Star Wars, not as described herein, or doesn't fit the game, Staff may ask you for pics of your Star Wars inspiration and ask you to make modifications to your costume.
Staff has the final say on all costuming, armor, props, and weapons.
If you are playing an ALIEN, please review the SPECIES LIST for specific makeup requirements to look like the alien as realistically as possible. For Aliens with non-Human skin colors, we recommend two-piece body suits as a base layer.
Droid Characters are humanoid represented by a full body costume and helmet. Star Wars Droids are the most challenging to costume, thus you may design your own unique Droid using generic sci-fi cyberpunk elements. We recommend pattern-printed two-piece body suits as a base layer.
Cosplay puppet costumes, as seen here, are NOT permitted. RC droids are NOT Characters, instead are simply props.
Wearing armor increases your Character's hit points described in the RULEBOOK.
Armor appearance may be determined by your Character's Faction, Role, and culture. Armor must be as seen in Star Wars media, or of you own design inspired by a Star Wars piece. Also, you can repaint Stormtrooper armor, for example, for your non-Empire Character.
Armor can made of any MATERIAL, such as EVA foam, 3D prints, and sintra board, as long as the end result looks real. Thanks to light-touch combat, real metal armor is not necessary.
Star Wars REPLICA armor and helmets offer special bonuses found in the RULEBOOK. We accept replicas depicted in any Star Wars canon and Legends media.
COLORS: Black, Red, White, Gray, Tan, Olive Green
Your Empire Character must adhere to a specific dress code as seen in Star Wars and based on your Role. However, creative modifications to suit LARPing are allowed.
IMPERIAL MILITARY Officers wear black, tan, green, or gray uniforms based on their division, and accessorized with distinct belt buckles, hats, and armor. RANK INSIGNIAS
Stormtroopers wear black jumpsuits with white armor from helmet to shin guards. Other Trooper variants include Scout Trooper, Mud Trooper, and Death Trooper as a few examples.
Each INQUISITOR wears a uniquely designed outfit based on individual preferences using black and red colors with accessories such as armor, cape, and helmet.
An ISB AGENT uniform is like an Imperial Officer with the same accessories and rank insignias, but with a white jacket and black pants. If your ISB Character is undercover, wear the costume you've decided for your cover.
COMPNOR may dress how best fits the situation they are working in, choosing garments from military uniforms to citizen plainsclothes. COMPNOR aims to appeal to the local people by fitting in while still representing the Empire.
Mandalorians are known by their specific armor and helmet design. Though some Mandalorian non-warriors don't wear armor instead choosing outfits that best fit their Role.
Mandalorian armor and helmet design variants do exist. Remember, Star Wars REPLICA armor and helmets offer special rules bonuses and we accept replicas depicted in any Star Wars canon and Legends media.
You may create any color scheme based on Family, Clan, and personal deeds and current or former allegiences. Be aware that certain color combinations have specific representation in Mandalorian culture, such as Death Watch and Imperial Super Commandos.
Learn more about MANDALORIANS
Star Wars itself has been inspired by these genres:
If you have a costume from another LARP, or an outfit from a non-scifi genre, the number one tip to help incorporate the look into Galaxy Awaits is to add GREEBLES.