the celebration database

Category: Celebration I – 1999

  • podcast show notes ~ scott chernoff’s star wars days

    I am honored to be joined on the podcast today by Scott Chernoff! If you read Star Wars Insider at any point from 1996 to 2002, you almost definitely saw some of Scott’s work. Whether it was humorous pieces or features on Star Wars in pop culture or the massive list of Star Wars celebrities…

  • podcast show notes ~ dustin & nik’s celebration I experience

    If you’re listening along to Episode 043 of Into A Larger World podcast, you’ve come to the right place! Here you’ll find a bunch of Dustin & Nik’s pictures and memorabilia from their time at Celebration I in Denver, and some other helpful links to guide you. Listen to the episode HERE! We mention Dustin…

  • youtube excavation ~ videos from celebration I

    It’s been over 25 years since the first Star Wars Celebration took place in Denver, Colorado. Back in 1999, there were few cell phones, mostly film cameras, and a few personal video recorders here and there. Combine that lack of personal tech with an overall ban on recording inside the event, and we’re left with…

  • the lost audio of celebration I

    One of the things that I’ve spent the most time doing while researching the first three Star Wars Celebrations is what I like to call “Wayback Wandering”. This is basically when I pick a site, either the official site or a fansite, insert it into the Wayback Machine, and then dig around in the early…

  • celebration & japan: a forgotten connection

    In less than a year, Star Wars fans will descend on the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Tokyo, Japan for the sixteenth Star Wars Celebration. The dates and location were announced in April of 2023 as Celebration London came to a close. It has become tradition for the next event to be announced at the…