No Rancho Obi Wan at Celebration

Rancho Obi Wan have just put out that they won't be at Celebration. But gutted as I was hoping they'd have a exhibit like at Germany. Oh well, just got to save them pennies for a trip to Petaluma.

This is my first Celebration so I don't know; do they always attend? If so, is there anything to be read into this? Regardless, it's a shame.

It's my first one too. I know that they attend the ones in the US but don't think they've done them all. They had an exhibition at CE2 if I remember right too ( I'm sure someone on here will confirm). Was hoping they'd bring some things over but I had a feeling that they weren't during the recent Rebel Force Radio special when Steve Sansweet didn't mention it in his upcoming events. It's a real shame but can imagine it must be a logistical nightmare to get the stuff shipped safely. Maybe a cost thing.

This was mentioned a while back and is no surprise. It's too expensive to ship over, in Essen there was a small area for Rancho.

We need some good announcements soon.
All i am hearing is USA this, Orlando that. I appreciate that you can't beat the big USA Celebrations but come on, give us some big news soon please!

OK, i know we have had some Celebration track news but i want more! Addicted i am

I fear there maybe some pretty bad news as far as Celebration is concerned, I was speaking to one of the member here the other day & he was saying that it's all being kept really quiet, but that the venue is only half the size it was last time (hence the tickets selling out so quickly), Rancho Obi Wan will deffo not be attending dam shame :| (yes he was at CE2 BTW).

Also most vintage sellers are avoiding it as they are asking a stupid sum for a stall, some funding has been withdrawn for groups attending the event & the list seemed to go on& on about negative issues with disorganized event management & Disney not really looking to go the extra mile to make it something special, which I was pretty shocked to hear, seems we in Europe are not worth the effort & they will be concentration on funding & promoting the stateside ones, pretty piss poor state of affairs by all accounts :evil:

Sorry for piss poor news, please don't shoot the messenger.

This is all pretty common knowledge but is incorrect in some aspects. I've seen the floor plans and other documents. Yes it's not been handled well but celebration is what you make of it.

Not going for the vintage sellers in the halls, so that's fine with me

I'm there to meet friends, like minded fools, go to the room sales, listen to some cool presentations, meet the likes of Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, get a few autographs, have a laugh, get a little bit drunk, make a fool of myself and irritate the **** out of Stu.

Never been to a Celebration and to be honest the thing I'm looking forward to most is finally meeting and chatting with forum members.

I'll take a few bits for trade for the sale rooms but I doubt there'll be anything there vintage wise I'll be able to afford.

Also looking forward to spending 3 nights getting pissed with Jim, Barry, Stef and Jimbo and anyone else who's up for a few beers

I've attended every celebration apart for the 1st, there are always negative comments and announcements always seem late. There's always a ton going on behind the scenes and I've had a fantastic time at every one I've attended.

They've taken plenty of space, over two sides of the hall and I expect this one to be just as much fun as the previous ones......its SW, friends, beers so how could it not be fun

Never been to a Celebration event, so I'm pretty certain that if something (or a host of things) are 'missing' I'll still manage to be a little overwhelmed by it anyway. As a few others have said, meeting a few Forum chaps and a few OT stars is my main motivation for going anyway.

ScruffyLookingNH said:

Not going for the vintage sellers in the halls, so that's fine with me

I'm there to meet friends, like minded fools, go to the room sales, listen to some cool presentations, meet the likes of Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, get a few autographs, have a laugh, get a little bit drunk, make a fool of myself and irritate the **** out of Stu.

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Wow this is identical to my reasons but the last word instead of Stu was going to be Butchers, we're so alike

Stuart Skinner said:

ScruffyLookingNH said:

Not going for the vintage sellers in the halls, so that's fine with me

I'm there to meet friends, like minded fools, go to the room sales, listen to some cool presentations, meet the likes of Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, get a few autographs, have a laugh, get a little bit drunk, make a fool of myself and irritate the **** out of Stu.

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Wow this is identical to my reasons but the last word instead of Stu was going to be Butchers, we're so alike

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It's like Twins but I got the looks and the brains

It's a shame to hear that Sansweet won't be bringing a Rancho Obi Wan exhibit at CE as it was one of the things I was really looking forward to seeing in person (he always brings some amazing Vintage stuff) however it's not the end of the world. As others have said, it's still a long weekend full of beer, star wars and long time forum friends with a sprinkle of Vintage on top (if you are lucky enough to find something at a good price).

I've really got no expectations (never been to a Celebration) but I know it's still going to be a great event because of the people who are going.

After meeting some of you guys at the 2 recent London meet-ups i reckon this is gonna be a hilarious 3 day/nights.

Hopefully i can find a few room sales to satisfy my Leia Hoth urges and I get to see some cool stuff in the main halls.

Don't get down guys. What are you hoping for. There will be exclusive rogue one content, plenty of autograph guests, plenty of exclusives and there will be enough vintage to satisfy everyone.

This will be my fourth celebration. Hate to break it to you but most of the hall will be full of big companies with the loosest connection to Star Wars you could imagine. Ea will have a huge presence, as will funko, Lego etc etc etc. There were travel agents and luggage companies that had stalls at the last one.

What makes these events, at least for me, are the like minded people that you will get to meet. The collectors track is fantastic, and the social scene amongst the collectors top notch.

I can't wait to see friends old and new, and to make some more.

I've got no expectations, my first one also. No point getting all bah humbug about it. I'm sure there'll be more than enough going on to keep us amused. Anyway, it's not about vintage, I'm not going for that. It's about Star Wars and hanging out with other fans. I'm looking forward to all the prop stuff and costumes too. There's some good tours of Sansweets collection on youtube anyways.