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Report by Chris Gereke |
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The San Diego
Comic Convention is always an important mark on the annual Star Wars
calendar. Back in 1976, Howard Chaykin posters were the very first
merchandise handed out, for free, to Comic Con crowds, hyping in advance
the sci-fi spectacular that would premiere the following May ... |
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Zoom forward over
30 years to the anniversary of that film and San Diego is still going
strong - bigger and better than ever. Much like Star Wars itself.
Our North American reporter Chris Gereke, fresh from his Celebration
Europe experiences was there to report back on the show and give us a
flavour of the weekend... |
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Chris Gereke,
North American Reporter |
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Chris - "Hey. Yes,
it was all overwhelming. I was there Thursday through Sunday." |
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Hail to the chief. |
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Chris - "Paramount
had the Indiana Jones 4 movie interview with Spielberg, Harrison
Ford, Shia LeBeouf, and Marion? Iron Man looks amazing. The trailer
is better than I expected it to be." |
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"We're putting the band back together." Photo by
Chris Gereke |
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Chris - "The Star
Wars Pavillion had the R2-KTs for the Make a Wish Foundation on sale
along with the Shadow Speeder Bike, SW Hat, 30 year t-shirt, and a
Mandalorian Dog Tag. They also had more Darth Vader Art Project
Helmets, Bantha Tracks Plackards, Star Wars Timelines, and R2 KT.
Official Pix hosted Dave Prowse, Matt Wood, and Peter Mayhew. Del
Ray had You Can Draw Star Wars with Matt Busch, Tom Hodges, and
Bonnie Burton. Cartimundi had show card set and posters. Corgi had
Helmets, Models, replicas guns, pins, and toys. WizKids had the new
3d card game on display." |
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Mary Is Looking Fine. Photo by Chris Gereke |
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Chris
- "Hasbro
had the new Mandalorian Entertainment Earth Pack of figures. Very
Cool. The 6th Wave of figures.. Mc Troopers, Black Evening Gown
Padme,
Clone Trooper in training gear. They also introduced the SW mugs
that were very cool and a preview of the new Indiana Jones figures
(they also had a huge GI JOE and Transformers set up). Gentle Giant
was selling the Cmdr Codys and the Egg Vaders. They had the full
sized Jabba on display. The sideshow booth had a new Snow Bunny
Padme that was very cool. Lego had an exclusive Poster with purchase
of the Lego magazine. Dark Horse had the Koto figures and Clone Wars
posters on display. Koto had the Mc Figures and exclusive glasses.
ACME had some really cool prints. Topps had the promo cards from C4
and CE Celebrations. Fanboys screened the movie for the fans.
3
great Star Wars books that are released or will be released soon.
Star Wars Vault by Steve Sansweet, Force in the Flesh by Shane
Turgeon and Star Wars Mad Comic Tribute. Look Very cool." |
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The
night went off with a bang. Photo by Chris Gereke. |
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Chris
- "The Star
Wars Spectacular had the Star Wars Family Guy promo screening with
Seth McFarlane and Steve Sansweet. Lucas Arts announced Lego Indy
and Force Unleashed. The had a small piece of Indiana Jones 4 behind
the scenes footage. They showed the same Clone Wars footage as C4
and CE." |
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Sir
Stephen of Sansweet. Photo by Chris Gereke |
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Chris
- "The 501st
had their dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery with David Prowse, Tom
Hodges, and Matt Busch. Lucas Film, Gentle Giant, Weta, and Dark
Horse had a party at the Westgate. The Star Wars breakfast was held
at the San Diego Marriott and the hosted by Official Pix the guest
of honor was Adam Hughes. They gave out the Ben and Yoda figures,
Adam Hughes print and card. The gave out Star Wars prizes out to the
attendees. Daryl from Hasbro, Steve Sansweet, a rep from Dark
Horse and Aiden from the 501st spoke about Katie and the R2KT Make
a Wish Project." |
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r2-kt. Photo by Chris Gereke |
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Chris
- "Lots of
great costumes; Troopers, Jedi, and Leia's and Padme's. Star Wars is
Forever!" |
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Hey, why not? Photo by Chris Gereke |
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Chris - "It was a
really great time." |
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