Star Wars

May 4, 2015March 27, 2020

7 Things that Only Happen at a Star Wars convention

A few of the things we witnessed at the Star Wars Celebration convention that I doubt happen anywhere else:

- A panel on Star Wars vegetable carving — that was full to capacity.
- The feeling you’re being followed, and then realizing that behind you is a full-size working R2D2 made out of LEGO.
- An emcee, who, immediately after showing a movie trailer, asks “Do you want to see it again?” and an audience that shouts “YEAH!” and stays to watch a second time.

A guy who cosplays as George Lucas.
A room full of non-Navajo speakers going to a screening of a movie in Navajo.
Carrie Fisher casually wandering out to a food court patio to give her dog some water.
A 3D movie experience that keeps getting disrupted by people walking in late and using light sabers as flashlights.

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April 6, 2015March 5, 2020

Star Wars Geeks Unite!

Yes, we are really going to the Star Wars Celebration convention.

It’s held every 2-3 years-ish (bi-triennial? quasi-triennial?) This time it’s at the Anaheim Convention Center, so we’ll be right across from Disneyland without time to actually go to Disneyland. Maybe we’ll catch the fireworks.

I will, of course, be focusing on the makers. And there are a lot of them. (At the Re:Make Conference, Chris Taylor said that most of the Star Wars fan community makes something.)

Anyway, we may sneak in a tiny bit of sightseeing on the way there or back. Either way, I’m sure we’ll have interesting stories to tell you.