the celebration database

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  • the CV commitment chapel ~ celebration history minute

    Welcome to the extended post and sources for the first episode of the Celebration History Minute! Below you’ll find the videos and photos used in my Instagram reel with credit and links, plus a little extra. I can’t remember the first time I heard about the Commitment Chapel in my research, I think at some…

  • fan panels at star wars celebration

    Three years ago this month, one of my dreams came true. I cohosted a panel on the University Stage at Star Wars Celebration London, talking all about the history of fandom speculation with my friends Robin and Michelle. The preparation for that panel and the experience of hosting it changed the game for my fandom,…

  • looking back on celebration chicago ~ 6 years later

    Episode IX was fast approaching. Star Wars live action TV was on the horizon. It was the 20th anniversary of The Phantom Menace. Our fandom was growing and changing as the Skywalker Saga was about to reach its conclusion, and the Star Wars fandom descended on McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago for the weekend…

  • george lucas visists the droid builders ~ CIII

    While digging through YouTube for an upcoming YouTube Excavation: CIII post, I found a video that I needed to hear more about. This video, posted to YouTube by Scott Powers, is titled “George Lucas visits R2Builders at Celebration III”. The six minute clip shows George Lucas and producer Rick McCallum being shown around the exhibit…

  • celebration III: 20th anniversary retrospective

    Twenty years ago this spring, Star Wars fans were preparing to see the final (as far as they knew!) installment of the Skywalker Saga…Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It would finally be time to see Palpatine’s rise to power, and how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. With how much Star Wars content we’re swimming…