Star Wars in Alicante

Alicante was invaded yesterday in true Star Wars style. Legion 501, the Spanish Garrison, celebrated their tenth anniversary with a parade through the town after an invasion of the Santa Barbara Castle where there is currently a Star Wars exhibition. You could get up close and personal with the super fans dressed as their favourite characters from the saga.  The costumes were really quite good.

Here is the promotional You Tube video of the exhibition in the Castillo Santa Barbára:

The exhibition, hosted by the castle, displays over 20,000 objects and figures collected by Gabi Navarro over some 35 years. Some figures are arranged in battle scenes...

and you can also imagine yourself as an action figure! (Thanks to my brother-in-law for this photo.)

The exhibition finishes next year to coincide with the release of the newest Star Wars film.