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One of the best parts of Celebration is meeting in person many fans I’ve known online for years. This time, I finally had the chance to meet Shea Standefer, an incredible cosplayer of Jaina Solo and many other characters.
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Like Del Rey, Dark Horse only made a small number of new product reveals this time around at Celebration VI. One of their upcoming titles, though – Brian Wood’s Star Wars – definitely earned showcase attention, with a Friday evening session in the Star Wars University room dedicated simply to Wood and editor Randy Stradley holding an hour-long casual conversation with fans about the series.
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For all the high-profile events a Celebration convention can bring – Mark Hamill or Carrie Fisher, Last Tour to Endor or The Clone Wars Red Carpet Premiere, even The Maker himself – there is always great fun and insight to be had at the smaller, less prominent panels. One of this year’s true highlights for me was a Thursday evening panel in the Star Wars University room: Ryder Windham’s “Secrets of the Chiss Jedi,” discussing the Secret Missions young-readers series and its starring character, Nuru Kungurama.
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George Lucas visited the WeLoveFine booth at Celebration VI.
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With the world premiere of Season Five held at the Digital Stage on Friday night, it was no surprise that The Clone Wars had a major presence at Celebration VI.
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Celebration VI featured two panels to discuss upcoming Del Rey products in the Expanded Universe: Friday morning’s panel on the novels and Sunday afternoon’s panel on the Essential guidebooks. Although the number of new product reveals was small, especially with San Diego Comic-Con’s announcements just a month before, fans did learn about a number of new initiatives to help increase the EU’s visibility and availability.
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Celebration VI is over, and the fun begins of writing recaps and finalizing various posts. For starters, here’s my funniest convention tale.
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After Friday night, I thought the first two days of the convention would be pretty difficult to top. But the weekend was amazing too, again thanks in large part to fans and friends who made the experience one I’ll never forget.
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I can’t believe Star Wars Celebration is half over.
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Star Wars Celebration VI officially begins tomorrow, so I thought it would be fun to take a look ahead at the panels, events, and other funs things I’m most anticipating about the convention.
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