Star Wars In Concert Coverage Links
November 29, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Star Wars in Concert continues to traverse the galaxy entertaining thousands upon thousands of Star Wars fans. Below you can check out a few coverage links from the past week…
Chicago Tribune - “Star Wars: In Concert: a coda with Yoda”
The Lantern - “Star Wars concert reimagines classic soundtrack
California Chronicle (via The Columbus Dispatch) - “Return music: Iconic ‘Star Wars’ soundtrack becomes centerpiece of extravaganza”
Freep.com - “Star Wars: In Concert brings the films’ stirring music to life”
Post-Gazette.com - “C-3PO is one of many roles Anthony Daniels has played in Pittsburgh” (more of an article on Anthony Daniels than SW in Concert)
Of course, StarWars.com is still your best location for catching up with Star Wars in Concert. Click here for a behind the scenes video and here for an archive of Star Wars in Concert features.
Learn To Draw Chewbacca & Family
November 19, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The calendar may have flipped over to Nov. 18th, but that doesn’t mean we’re done celebrating the 31st annual Wookie Life Day. Head on over to StarWars.com to check out the latest entry in the “Learn To Draw” series:
“Star Wars illustrator Cynthia Cummens-Narcisi explains with these easy-to-follow steps how to draw Chewbacca, his wife Malla and his son Lumpy from “The Star Wars Holiday Special.”
So click HERE and let’s keep the Wookie Life Day celebration rolling along!
Gentle Giant R2-D2 Statue
November 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Fans and collectors of the Gentle Giant Ltd. 1/6 scale statue line can finally rejoice after what seemed like an eternity of waiting since we first saw this piece debut at the 2007 Toy Fair in New York.
Standing 7″ tall with a retail price of $159.00, this deluxe statue will come with a base and eight different accessories along with a box to store the unused pieces in.
Stay tuned for a pre-order date as it’s announced and look for R2 to hit retailers in 2010.
Baltimore Bid For Celebration V Rejected
November 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Bad news for fans living in the Baltimore area who were hoping that Star Wars Celebration V would be coming to their backyard next year: Our own Jay Shepard informs us of a story reported on the Baltimore Business Journal website stating that the city’s bid for hosting CV was rejected due to insufficient convention center space.
See the excerpt from the report below and then click HERE for the full read.
“Organizers of the Star Wars Celebration V rejected the city because its convention center doesn’t have enough room, said Tom Noonan, who heads the city tourist bureau. The four-day gathering could have attracted 35,000 visitors and filled 12,000 hotel room nights — a larger impact than any convention the city currently hosts.”
Guess we can scratch Baltimore off the list of potential CV locations. The other heavily-rumored locations (Chicago, Orlando, Minneapolis, etc) are still “all in play” until we get official confirmation otherwise.
As always, stay tuned right here for any and all CV-related stories as they happen.
Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
November 4, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Regular book source Eddie from StarWarsTimeline.com found another new Star Wars title on Amazon. This latest find, Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle, is listed for a July 19, 2010 release. As always, details and release dates are scheduled to change until we get official confirmation. See the product description below for Daniel Wallace’s upcoming book from DK Children:
“Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back in style!
Four decades of Star Wars history come together for the first time in a highly illustrated year-by-year format. Star Wars Year by Year pulls together a vast array of information from the films, comic books, novels, merchandise, and computer games. Star Wars Year by Year provides fans with everything they need to know about the phenomenon that is Star Wars, from the first Star Wars release in 1977 through the most recent plot twists in the animated television show Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The book is chronologically arranged from 1973 to 2009, and includes stunning chapter openers for each decade, highly illustrated articles for each year that delve into important events in the creation of the movies and comic book art, and fascinating facts about the influence of Star Wars in the real world.
CREDIT LINE: (c) 2009 Lucasfilm Ltd. (r) & TM”
Possible Celebration V News
November 2, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Campbell, Co-Founder of the Star Wars Grand Florida Alliance, called in with some curious information this evening:
“Documents released by the Orlando Convention & Visitors Bureau indicate that Orlando is indeed bidding for Celebration V in 2010. The tentative dates, if the show comes to Orlando, would be Thursday, August 12th through Sunday August 15th, 2010. The anticipated attendance is 30,000 with approximately 15,000 rooms filled at peak. The Orange County Convention Center is currently holding 1 million square feet of space in the West Complex.
A presentation is being prepared for Lucasfilm and Reed Exhibitions next week and the group plans to narrow down the candidate cities to (2) by October 10th. From there, site visits will commence for the rest of the month with a tentative decision to be made by November 1st.
Perhaps just as interesting, is that a second bid is listed for an additional Celebration in August of 2014.
It’s important to note that this information in no way, shape or form means Orlando will get Celebration V, but that the machine is very much in motion and that Orlando is ramping up and putting its best foot forward to acquire this huge piece of business.”
An interesting note, the previously unnamed Reed Exhibitions is the same company that has organized New York Comic-Con for the last few years. Should be interesting to find out if this pans out. Thanks for the heads up, Campbell!
While this is very exciting to hear that an announcement may be close, we have still not received any official word from Lucasfilm Ltd. regarding a date or location for Celebration V. At this point, it’s still any one’s guess as to when or where it will be. It sure is fun to speculate though! As always, stay tuned right here for up to the minute information regarding this and all Star Wars news.
UPDATE: Jimmy Mac from the one and only ForceCast found the following article from The Orlando Business Journal that mentions Orlando’s interest in hosting Celebration V.
Nothing that we haven’t seen already, but at this point anything pertaining to CV is welcomed news.
