Jedi_Monk Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 That's right! I just got back from Star Wars Celebration II in Indianapolis, IN.! Stood in line outside of the convention center for a half-hour before getting inside, and that was just the start of the lines... but, boy, did they lead to some great stuff! Being an artist, I tracked down the artsie stuff--how to prepare a portfolio for LucasFilm Licensing, a talk on Animatics (where the head of JAK films--which is actually in the MAIN HOUSE on Skywalker Ranch--showed us a minute-long clip of animatics from the final battle in AotC!). Saw a presentation of how they designed costumes in SW2 (hosted by Anthony Daniels, who is a dirty old man ) and a talk about the art of AotC! I even had my picture taken with a few of the artists who actually DESIGN that galaxy far, far away! Unfortunately, I wasn't carrying around anything that they could autograph Saw R2-D2 (with Hayden Christiansen) answering questions. R2 isn't interested in microwave ovens, btw... sorry to any of you hotties, but he just doesn't go for that I've heard Anakin in SW2 is a b******... and Hayden's the same way! Bragging about how the "love scenes with Natalie weren't hard"! Oh yeah, and he also said that he put on a stormtrooper helmet and walked around the exhibition hall looking at the action figures of himself--effectively ruining the rest of the convention for anyone wearing a stormtrooper costume! Can you imagine the carnage of the girls tearing off stormtrooper helmets! Nosebleed! Star Wars in 30 Minutes--Chewbacca is Luke's father! A continuity discussion with some NJO authors (which was rather funny, seeing as how there's little continuity in the EU ). When asked what happened to Zahn's Unknown Threat from the Hand of Thrawn Duology the Lucas Publishing rep there told me that "Tim" is going to write two new books for them in the next five years, outside of the NJO storyarch, which will tell all! Awesome, just awesome! Drenched in Star Wars--watching the TV spots running on a continuous loop on a little Sony TV set... watching hilarious fan films (the best involved the Jedi Psychic Hotline, George laying off Jar Jar and George sending his stormtroopers to crack down on people publishing spoilers like theforce.net and jedinet.com! Next on Lucas' hit-list? Spielberg, Jackson and J.K. Rowling had better watch out!). We wrapped up Friday and Saturday night in a huge auditorium (Tatooine) catching the end of TPM and Jedi. The energy level... spontaneous claps every time Wedge was seen on screen... the cheers at Luke beating the crap out of Vader! AWESOME! Can't wait for Celebration III! Did anyone else go?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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