Welcome to the 2025-2026 Term!

[BikerScout007]

Greetings Pathfinders!

Thank you once again for allowing me to continue to serve you all as Detachment Leader of the Pathfinders for the coming term.  And what a fun term we have coming up!

1.  The 20th Anniversary of "Revenge of the Sith"

ROTS turns 20 this year, which means so does the Kashyyyk Trooper!  The 2nd CRL of our Detachment, the Kashy has had a small but steady following here since 2006.  We've always had between 50-60 Kashys at any given time, but with more propmakers offering Kashy parts, now is the best time to get into this CRL.  And our Kashy DCA @Jakeputt, is here to help you be successful!

This also means we'll be offering Kashy 20th Anniversary merch this year.  We know Kashy merch is not one of our bigger sellers, so we're hoping to entice you all with some great design!

And currently we are working on a CRL for the Kashy Heavy from Battlefront 2.  If this interests you, feel free to chime in

2.  The 25th Anniversary of the Detachment!

Doesn't it feel like the 20th was just yesterday?  Hard to believe but we are now in year 25 for the Pathfinders.  From a Yahoo group to the mighty forum we are today, the Pathfinders have come a long way!  And we'll be offering some commemorative 25th Anniversary merch this term to celebrate.

3.  Celebration Japan!

18-20 April 2025 is almost here and we can't wait to see the Pathfinder group photo!  I unfortunately won't be there this time around, but I will be jealously viewing all your photos.  If anyone is interested in helping organize the group photo, please let me know and I will assist any way that I can.

4.  New CRLs?

We've already seen Scouts in the "Andor 2" trailer, so there's a good chance we'll be seeing a new CRL for them (unless they are just CGI copy-pastes from "The Mandalorian").  We are also working on the above-mentioned Kashy Heavy.  "Andor" is also known for being very Shoretrooper friendly, so we will keep our eyes peeled for any ST sightings! 

5. Videos!

For the Kashyyyk 20th we will be doing the Kashy CRL walkthrough.  And I am going to do that ROTJ Soft Goods Video once and for all this term!  I apologize for it taking so long; the scope of it has been a bit overwhelming.  But until then, we have great tutorials for just about everything soft goods related in our Scout soft goods armory

https://forum.501stpathfinders.com/forum/145-rotj-biker-scout-soft-parts/

6.  Staffing

And with a new term comes the usual flood of PMs asking me for a staff job.  Folks, the bunker is full up with some of the best Pathfinders around!  Take a look at the awesome team pictured above -- these troopers have put their time in, paid their dues and know the costumes inside and out.  If I ever need to replace anyone, it will come from folks already on the forum who are showing that level of aptitude.  I'll take our newest armor, @MikeRadness as an example.  He never asked me for anything.  He was already here on the forum, doing the work.  And when someone goes so far as to get THREE L2s for their various Shoretroopers, an Armor Team spot was a foregone conclusion.

Looking forward to another great term!  From the bottom of my Imperial heart, I want to thank you all for your support!

Mickey Bukowski
TB/ST-81974
Pathfinders Detachment Leader