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SWCVI: Smuggler’s Gambit – A LIVE Audio Adventure
It was the late 80’s and Star Wars was officially dead. Bantha Tracks had vanished in the sand and Star Wars quickly turning into a fading franchise. During those dark days of fandom I was desperate to get my hands on anything Star Wars to keep the magic alive. Thankfully I discovered the Star Wars NPR Radio Dramas by Brian Daley!
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SWCVI: What I Want to Do, Part Two
If I were enjoying Celebration as an attendee rather than enjoying it as a worker, here’s what I would do after I took Joel Aron’s photography class (discussed in my previous blog, Part One).
Build Some Tatooine
Tusken Hut
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UPDATED WITH WINNERS: Star Wars Celebration VI Fan Video Contest
Congratulations Week 4 Winner: Jedi Jesse
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SWCVI: What I Want to Do, Part One
Mary Franklin Self Portrait
Each Celebration, while working on the programming for the show, I come up with a mental list of what I would do if I were coming to the show as an attendee rather than as part of the production.
Don’t get me wrong – what I do is really fun. I can’t think of any job I would rather do, nor really of anything I would rather do than be behind the scenes at a Celebration. But if I could sneak away from responsibility for a bit here’s where I would go:
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SWCVI: Come get Dirty with us… Return To Tatooine Diorama Builders Booth
As you can see, Katie is already painting her Slave Quarters Tatooine creation that you and your family can also choose to build at this years Celebration VI Diorama Builders booth, but I am getting ahead of myself…
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SWCVI: Why I Love Star Wars Fans
If you were around in the ’70s, there’s no way you could not be aware of Star Wars, and in the summer of 1977, I saw A New Hope on the big screen at least sixteen times. I bought the novelization, I bought the comic books, I read the newspaper strips. I was a fan.
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SWCVI: The Holocron Keeper at Celebration
It has been five years since I last attended attended a Star Wars Celebration and I am more excited than ever to be making the trip to Orlando this year. With the big event just around the corner, here are some of the places you’ll definitely be able to find me.
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Star Wars things you probably don’t remember
Star Wars Celebration VI is approaching, and I’ll be there, doing panels and a number of signings for Dark Horse and Del Rey. I’ve always enjoyed these kinds of appearances immensely. Working in my office at Faraway Farms at the end of a dead-end road in Wisconsin traveled only by deer and other ungulates, I’m well removed from contact with readers. Or, well, primates of any kind. (The UPS guy is my only friend.)
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SWCVI: Mission Report: The props are now in Florida
Last minute furniture part…guess who is working at this console?
‘My Lord… The shields will be down in a moment, you may start your landing…!’
The Belgian Celebration VI prop crew is now entering the ‘HOT’ phase of the preparations…
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