Heidi Mae: We recently moved closer to St. Louis. In our Bruno Mars video, the 501st Legion (the International Star Wars costuming organization) was a group that we connected with, and they’re all bad guys in Star Wars, and they do charity work. When we were working with them on the video, we both really fell in love with the organization and everything that they stand for, and Joseph is actually going to be a Storm Trooper and join the organization officially. So that’s super exciting. We get to go with them to local conventions, which we just started doing. In April we started going to Anime conventions and Comicons. They have a lot of local ones in the area. We actually get to go with the 501st Legion and help represent their charity, and introduce people to them, and then also just get to meet and spend time with the fans that are watching our videos and are enjoying it. It’s a really good way of promoting charity, and also getting to interact with the people that we’re making these videos for. Joseph: We get to be around more people like us. (laughs) Heidi: Not everybody understands dressing up like your favorite character. (laughs) Joseph: You probably didn’t notice this, but we’re not exactly normal. So it’s great to be around other creative people. so, how excited are you guys about the new star wars movie? Heidi: Oh my gosh! Joseph: Do you want to hear a story about this? Heidi and I were in this little town in Arkansas right after we put out our “Gamer Girl” video. We were working for a Chevrolet event, and Heidi tells me that the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is out. So as soon as I get a break, I run to the car and get out my phone, and I watch it. And I’m like, ugh, that’s kind of lame. So I tell Heidi to watch the trailer and that I’m really disappointed. This is a big Star Wars movie and I was so excited! And then I found out the next day that it was a fake trailer. When we watched the real one, we geeked out about it for days. I’m still geeking out about it.
Heidi Mae: I’m so excited, words cannot even describe! I’ve decided that I’m going to go in Cosplay to it! I can remember watching the fans at the The Phantom Menace. The first time I ever watched Star Wars, I was probably eight. It was bedtime, so our parents sent us to bed, and they were watching it downstairs. I snuck out of my bedroom and crawled on my belly, and layed in the hallway of the second floor to peer down the stairs and watch what they were watching. This TV was like 12 inches, and I watched the scene where Luke Skywalker goes in to rescue Han Solo in The Return of The Jedi. So the first time I ever saw Star Wars I was sneaking in all James Bond style. Ever since then I’ve loved Star Wars. Joseph: What’s so funny about that is a perfect example of why Heidi and I work so well together. I actually, believe it or not, did the exact same thing. But it was ironically the film before it, The Empire Strikes Back. But the exact same thing, sneaking out onto the top of the steps. The very first thing of Star Wars that I ever saw was when Darth Vader cuts off Luke Skywalker’s hand. We were raised in a small town, so we had never seen anything like that, and it was absolutley amazing. Of course because we snuck it, we couldn’t talk to our parents about it, and ask to watch the movie, because how would we know? So the next day I was really nonchalant about it, and said, “Oh, hey guys, you see any cool movies lately?” We actually kind of tricked our parents into talking about it, and finally they let us watch Star Wars. From that moment on, I’ve been a huge Star Wars fan. Heidi Mae: Actually, from that moment on, he’s been honing his Jedi skills. (laughs) And I can remember him telling me one time, “Heidi, I need to tell you something. I have the force.” (laughs) Joseph: It’s really influenced what we do now. Basically we are like, be a nerd, be you, be cool. Whoever you really are, whatever you love, that’s awesome, and be proud of that. It’s important for everyone to just do what they love and be who they really are.