The time has come to bid farewell to Celebration VI! And what better way to start the closing ceremony than with a little dancing and singing? In addition to a dance off between Jedi and Sith, Mark Daniel got the crowd to sing along to his Star Wars version of, “Feeling Hoth, Hoth, Hoth.” Even though it was the end of our SWCVI experience, there was a lot of energy and excitement amongst the crowd.
Our fantastic hosts of the closing ceremony were James Arnold Taylor, Pablo Hidalgo, and Dave Collins. Each of them shared some of their favorite moments from Celebration. For JAT it was having Carrie Fisher jokingly spank him during her panel. For Hidalgo, it was seeing Warwick Davis watch deleted scenes from Willow for the first time. For Dave it was, “the fantastic work from the cast and crew of The Clone Wars” at the premiere. He also shared the main reason he enjoyed SWCVI so much: “You have so many people here celebrating Star Wars but also celebrating each other and the community.”
Then came the answer to why everyone was handed 3D glasses as they entered the theater. JAT told the audience we were about to see a sneak peek of Attack of the Clones in 3D! Everyone put on our glasses and the lights went dim. Needless to say, the Episode II trailer looked amazing in 3D. The technology really made you feel like you were immersed in the film. The airspeeder chase with Anakin & Obi-Wan was particularly cool to see in 3D –it really felt like you were whizzing by all the buildings on Coruscant!
Attack of the Clones will be released in 3D on September 20, 2013. Then we got a second surprise. Not only will we get to experience Episode II in 3D next year, we’ll also get to experience Episode III in 3D as well! Revenge of the Sith will be released on October 11, 2013.
Then James Arnold Taylor introduced the woman behind the magic of SWCVI. In the words of JAT, “Star Wars Celebration would not be happening without Mary Franklin.” Franklin came out and explained that there is a “huge long line of people who worked on Celebration VI.” In addition to all the staff, hosts, and everyone involved in the making of Celebration, she also thanked the fans our contribution to the show. As she said, “it’s your passion and love for Star Wars that make the show what it is.”
Then JAT made the excellent point that Mary Franklin would be the perfect person to get information on the next Star Wars Celebration. Before she knew it, all three guys were on their knees begging for some news.
After much anticipation… she shared… that Star Wars Celebration is heading to Germany for Star Wars Celebration Europe II! A polka band came out playing and there was surprise and excitement in the audience. Star Wars Celebration will be in Messe Essen, Germany July 26-28th 2013. Well friends, that concludes our Celebration VI adventure together. It’s difficult to put into words what an incredible journey this has been. Until next time, may the Force be with you all.
Tags: Celebration VI, closing ceremony
Finally Celebration 2 Europe! I’ve been wainting for so long! For this moment (my little green, friend)
Too bad it doesn’t return to any contry(s) in Great Britain, I wonder why English would be so much more easy! I really dislike the German language, but I really want to go! I have no idea how to speak German so how will this end up?!
Blast it!
I dont know how whoever wrote this could put that the audience was excited . Sure at first the place was crazy especially after a host mentioned George. The trailers were amazing then it was time for a big announcement….you won’t have to wait a year for the next celebration it will be held in Germany 7 months!!! Other then the horrible band playing it was dead silent. People were still in their seats confused was that it no George and the next celebration in germany?!?! As a man behind me it what a shot to the groin. Surea celebration in germany is fine but two major problems you are making a announcement that is supposed to excite the fans at the celebration, um telling a merican rowd that thave 7 months to get passports and somehow save up thousands of dollars to go was dumb. All I heard leaving was how bad this was and how it was the worst one ever, and I agree huge key down after an amazing four days.
Maybe a headful of selfish disappointment deadened the roar on the crowd, because where I was sitting there was a lot of excitement. Then again I was sitting near some happy Europeans and passport-wielding Americans who were thrilled to take the party overseas to celebrate with distant friends. These guys though somehow managed to remember the whole point of the previous four days.
i agree entirely w/ Brad E. All weekend long, this panel was hyped as “the one not to miss,” as there was going to be some special guest.
Instead, it was the biggest waste of time of the entire weekend. Video montage of the weekend–i was there, so who cared? 3D of the next two movies–meh, we all knew it was happening anyway. And then the German announcement–again, we knew there would be another one, so rather anti-climatic.
The biggest pisser for me personally was the fact that i skipped the final Bounty Hunt to sit in line for over an hour for this panel.
Now those Bounty Hunts were hands down the highlight of the entire weekend, as far as i was concerned.
This was the biggest waste of time. I could have gone to Star Wars in 60 minutes. Instead, I wasted 2.5 hours in line for nothing! Otherwise CVI was great, but whoever put this thing together should be absolutely embarrassed. There were a lot of angry people afterwards.
Don’t advertise this event as something you do not want to miss and then tell me go to Germany.
I have to agree with the above comments. My kids sat in line for this for 2 hours, letting me go to the Del Rey Essentials panel (one of my favorites). I ducked out after I got to ask my question to join my kids. All weekend they mentioned CVII, but all we got was Germany next summer. I’d love to go to Germany, but not for a Star Wars con. I was hoping for Kathleen Kennedy to show up and give us a clue as to why she’d leave her own company to take over Lucasfilm. But…nothing. I wish my kids would have spent their 3 hours shopping in the main hall and that I would have stayed til the end of the Essentials panel. Other than that, we had a great time at CVI and hated to leave.
This was the absolute worst thing of the entire Celebration. Total waste of time, and if we are to be honest, James Arnold Taylor had to say goodbye and thanks for coming about four times before people realized it was not a joke, and it was over. The best part was the wrap up video that they showed (though the audio was awful and you could not hear a thing anyone was saying during it), and I would really like to see it posted somewhere, either here or on YouTube. Still, for having it so jammed that they literally had to escort people to the bathroom prior to the show, and then to everyone kneeling on stage begging for some awesome info and then… Germany. Don’t get me wrong, I fully agree with it being mentioned, but that was it? 99% of the people in that room will not go and cannot go. This was my second Celebration (and one of countless conventions in general) and the four days were, of course, near perfect, and I wish it could have gone on for another four, but to even pretend that the crowd was excited when this was over is absurd in the extreme, and walking out all you heard was laughter and negative comments. Still, anyone know where that video can be seen? That was great!
I’m sorry to say the “Surprise and Excitement” was from about ten people as the rest of us were shaking our heads going, are you kidding me? It might be great and we won’t know for sure until then, but This was my first celebration, and I was saying through the whole thing “Where do i sign up for CVII?” sorry guys, no dice.
Jessica.