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<blockquote data-quote="Jez" data-source="post: 445701" data-attributes="member: 2948"><p>Well Holy Crap that was amazing!! I'm home now and haven't even unpacked yet!</p><p>OK, first of all this was my 4th Celebration. I've witnessed every one of them get bigger and bigger as Star Wars fandom has exploded. Each of my Celebration experiences has been so different and so amazing.</p><p></p><p>1, Essen: Everyone remembers their first love. Essen was brilliant, but it wasn't a sell out. Disney had only just bought Lucasfilm. There was no Rebels, the most recent film was ROTS. I managed to get in every panel that I wanted to and there was still spare seats. Our secret wasn't out yet. We all knew Star Wars was cool, but the rest of the world didn't. </p><p>2, Anaheim: My first USA one, it was brilliant, some queues but the panels were still totally doable. I managed to fluke an exhibitors pass (as did Grant), so life was pretty easy and we were able to get in early every day. I was also recruited into a Military/Trooping Panel with John Morton (Dak). The SWFUK Podcast also managed to rock a pretty cool live recording so that was fun. But the big deal was the hugely anticipated Trailer for The Force Awakens. To ensure that we got in the main stage for the trailer we got to the queue at about 5.30am. Anaheim was awesome.</p><p>3, London: Was great for so many other reasons, The Vintage Rebellion Podcast had a fan booth and there was a great showing of SWFUK in the house. Some queues but the wristband system seemed to work well. Again we had exhibitor passes.</p><p>4, Orlando: As I had organised my own Running Stormtrooper Fan Table I was fortunate enough to have an exhibitor pass, so I missed all of the hassle of queuing etc. Except for the Opening Panel. Remember that we rocked up at Anaheim at 5.30am and managed to get in? There was no chance this time. At 5.30am the queue had stretched outside of the packed building and for about a mile around the block. Absolutely insane. </p><p></p><p>So what's happened? Two pretty awesome films have been released, both films have strong female leads, Funko Pops, Rebels, Star Wars Lego is still huge and the never ending exclusives bring out even more collectors. The secret is out, Star Wars is huge now and is a muti generational, family friendly day out for boys, girls, lads, chicks, in short everyone. Celebrations will no longer be like Essen. </p><p></p><p>The Running Stormtrooper Booth.</p><p>For those who don't listen to the podcast, I found out in February that Lucasfilm had agreed that I could have a Running Stormtrooper Fan Booth. My pitch to them late last year was that 'Celebration has never had a Stormtrooper running around or even on a treadmill, why don't I do a half marathon every day for charity'. They thought it was a cool idea, and after getting me to sign a legal waiver they welcomed The Running Stormtrooper onto the Celebration scene. Since mid February I have been desperately trying to get hold of a treadmill (no mean feet, as everyone in the USA appears to be **** scared of getting sued), fortunately last Tuesday i had confirmation that a Treadmill had been delivered by the Orlando Police Department. </p><p>I managed to deck the booth out with loads of bunting, balloons and posters, explaining all about my Make A Star Wars Wish project. Lucasfilm gave me permission to collect charity money and the rest is history!</p><p>True to the pledge, 4 Half Marathons were run during the Celebration, on what turned out to be a very ropey treadmill.</p><p>I could go on for ages about what happened on the booth, but suffice to say it was extremely popular and successful. Every day I needed to get a bigger collecting box and I managed to raise over $5100! </p><p>I must say that the lads of the forum all did me proud and everyone made sure that I was ok and well fed and watered. </p><p>One of the highlights was getting interviewed by Lucasfilm as part of The Star Wars Show. </p><p>About 32 minutes in</p><p>[youtube]YPvrArQPbjU[/youtube]</p><p></p><p>Plus every time I see this IGN quick piss take video it makes me laugh </p><p>[youtube]Nnc-Ur4tNOY[/youtube]</p><p></p><p>Star Wars has become so big now that these huge panels need to be shown in big stadiums rather than conference hall auditoriums. However when you appreciate that all of the main panels are now live streamed and available on Youtube the pressure is dropped to get up early and get a wristband. You can double dip when you get home. Watch the panels then and simply enjoy the rest of the Celebration whilst you are there.</p><p></p><p>The socials were great, the camaraderie was great, the amount of vintage was great, the cosplayers were brilliant, I bloody loved it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jez, post: 445701, member: 2948"] Well Holy Crap that was amazing!! I'm home now and haven't even unpacked yet! OK, first of all this was my 4th Celebration. I've witnessed every one of them get bigger and bigger as Star Wars fandom has exploded. Each of my Celebration experiences has been so different and so amazing. 1, Essen: Everyone remembers their first love. Essen was brilliant, but it wasn't a sell out. Disney had only just bought Lucasfilm. There was no Rebels, the most recent film was ROTS. I managed to get in every panel that I wanted to and there was still spare seats. Our secret wasn't out yet. We all knew Star Wars was cool, but the rest of the world didn't. 2, Anaheim: My first USA one, it was brilliant, some queues but the panels were still totally doable. I managed to fluke an exhibitors pass (as did Grant), so life was pretty easy and we were able to get in early every day. I was also recruited into a Military/Trooping Panel with John Morton (Dak). The SWFUK Podcast also managed to rock a pretty cool live recording so that was fun. But the big deal was the hugely anticipated Trailer for The Force Awakens. To ensure that we got in the main stage for the trailer we got to the queue at about 5.30am. Anaheim was awesome. 3, London: Was great for so many other reasons, The Vintage Rebellion Podcast had a fan booth and there was a great showing of SWFUK in the house. Some queues but the wristband system seemed to work well. Again we had exhibitor passes. 4, Orlando: As I had organised my own Running Stormtrooper Fan Table I was fortunate enough to have an exhibitor pass, so I missed all of the hassle of queuing etc. Except for the Opening Panel. Remember that we rocked up at Anaheim at 5.30am and managed to get in? There was no chance this time. At 5.30am the queue had stretched outside of the packed building and for about a mile around the block. Absolutely insane. So what's happened? Two pretty awesome films have been released, both films have strong female leads, Funko Pops, Rebels, Star Wars Lego is still huge and the never ending exclusives bring out even more collectors. The secret is out, Star Wars is huge now and is a muti generational, family friendly day out for boys, girls, lads, chicks, in short everyone. Celebrations will no longer be like Essen. The Running Stormtrooper Booth. For those who don't listen to the podcast, I found out in February that Lucasfilm had agreed that I could have a Running Stormtrooper Fan Booth. My pitch to them late last year was that 'Celebration has never had a Stormtrooper running around or even on a treadmill, why don't I do a half marathon every day for charity'. They thought it was a cool idea, and after getting me to sign a legal waiver they welcomed The Running Stormtrooper onto the Celebration scene. Since mid February I have been desperately trying to get hold of a treadmill (no mean feet, as everyone in the USA appears to be **** scared of getting sued), fortunately last Tuesday i had confirmation that a Treadmill had been delivered by the Orlando Police Department. I managed to deck the booth out with loads of bunting, balloons and posters, explaining all about my Make A Star Wars Wish project. Lucasfilm gave me permission to collect charity money and the rest is history! True to the pledge, 4 Half Marathons were run during the Celebration, on what turned out to be a very ropey treadmill. I could go on for ages about what happened on the booth, but suffice to say it was extremely popular and successful. Every day I needed to get a bigger collecting box and I managed to raise over $5100! I must say that the lads of the forum all did me proud and everyone made sure that I was ok and well fed and watered. One of the highlights was getting interviewed by Lucasfilm as part of The Star Wars Show. About 32 minutes in [youtube]YPvrArQPbjU[/youtube] Plus every time I see this IGN quick piss take video it makes me laugh [youtube]Nnc-Ur4tNOY[/youtube] Star Wars has become so big now that these huge panels need to be shown in big stadiums rather than conference hall auditoriums. However when you appreciate that all of the main panels are now live streamed and available on Youtube the pressure is dropped to get up early and get a wristband. You can double dip when you get home. Watch the panels then and simply enjoy the rest of the Celebration whilst you are there. The socials were great, the camaraderie was great, the amount of vintage was great, the cosplayers were brilliant, I bloody loved it. [/QUOTE]
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