Star Wars, Geek Culture, and Power Converters
In an e-mail sent out to Celebration VI attendees earlier today, it was disclosed that the event program schedule will be released first on the Celebration mobile app. If you have a smartphone or a tablet, you may want to go download it now if you haven’t already.
Mary Franklin also teased this. Get to it, cryptologists.
Math clue for 2 new CVI programs: Multiply me by 2, or remove the zero and add a D.
— Mary Franklin (@MaryLFL) July 27, 2012
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While this isn’t exactly news (Dave Filoni said this was going to happen during San Diego Comic Con), the Celebration VI staff made things super official today by announcing that season five of The Clone Wars will debut at the event this year.
Attendees of Star Wars Celebration VI will be the first in the world to see the action-packed premiere of Season Five of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at a big screen red carpet event featuring stars of the hit series from Lucasfilm Animation.
On Friday, August 24th at 5 pm, the Digital Stage at Celebration VI – the venue optimized for high-definition digital theatrical exhibition with state-of-the-art surround sound – will present an evening of Star Wars: The Clone Wars entertainment beginning with a special presentation of the Season Four finale, the episodes “Brothers” and “Revenge.” These are followed by “Revival,” the long-awaited Season Premiere, on Cartoon Network this fall, that continues the story of the resurrected Darth Maul.
Get ready to queue, because you’re going to be in line for a long time for this event.
Are you heading to Celebration VI? Planning on bringing a costume or two? If you are, you’ve got a chance to show off your creative skills at the Celebration VI Costume Pageant.
Celebrations are a showcase for amazing fan-made Star Warscostumes, and the Celebration VI Costume Pageants are your chance to show off your creation, or watch incredible costumers strut their stuff. Registration is currently open!
The Costume Pageants are currently scheduled for the afternoons of Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25, planned for the Celebration Stage with celebrity host James Arnold Taylor. Costumes will draw inspiration from across the galaxy of Star Wars, from movies and television to books and comics to the fertile imaginations of creative costumers.
For rules, guidelines, and to enter, head to the event page on the CVI site. Hurry, though. Today’s the last day to register!
It’s a slow day. Which means we’re liable to turn to our readers to crowd-source.
The Hoth Ice Bar needs to have a drink called “Power Converter,” so we can all pick one up. #StarWarsCVI
— Nancipants (@nancipants) July 18, 2012
So we’re in agreement there needs to be a drink called a Power Converter at #StarWarsCVI we can pick up. Question is, what’s in one?
— Brian (@LaneWinree) July 24, 2012
Okay folks, here’s where you come in. Just what should go into a drink called a Power Converter? We’ve collected some ideas below and we’re taking more.
To the jump for the suggestions! Don’t forget, tweet us your own ideas.
The Celebration VI staff is promising a bunch of news about guests, events, and a surprise or two this week. Kicking things off is the announcement that the Bounty Hunt game will be back this year and registration is now open.
Ever wanted to be a bounty hunter? Think you’re as good as Boba Fett, Bossk or Cad Bane? The Bounty Hunters Guild is looking for the smartest and quickest trackers at Star Wars Celebration VI to compete in one of the Bounty Hunt challenges. Three different Bounty Hunt competitions will be offered at Celebration VI: Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Teams of two to four will compete to rack up bounties in each two hour event by solving clues and searching the Celebration VI grounds for their quarry. Now back for the third time at Celebration, the Bounty Hunt will put your Star Wars skills to the test!
Will you and your friends be counted among the galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunters?
For rules and to register, head to the official game page.
Single? Going to be at Celebration VI? Boy howdy, is there an event for you!
It is a dark time for single people,
Although speed dating has become popular,
Couples-only events have driven the single people
Into hiding, and kept them from having fun across the galaxyEvading the dreaded couples-only events,
The group Sci-Fi Speed Dating, led by Ryan Glitch,
Has established a new group of speed dating sessions,
In the remote city of O’Lando.The dark lord, Darth Vader,
Obsessed with speed dating, has dispatched
Thousands of invites to Single Star Wars Fans across the galaxy
Inviting them to STAR WARS SPEED DATING
At Star Wars Celebration VI!
You’ll need to register in advance if you want to take part. Who knows, maybe you’ll find The One. Or at least, meet a nifty new fandom friend. You can’t have enough of those, right? There’s nothing wrong with platonic fandom friendship, after all.
The sixth and final set of art prints exclusive to Celebration VI have been unveiled. This batch features the works of Katie Cook (above), David Rabbitte, Cat Staggs, and Spencer Binkerhoff.
For more, head to the Official Site.
That sound you just heard was Nanci screaming in glee.
The Celebration VI staff has announced today that Mark Hamill will be back and in attendance this year! Prepare for a long queue if he does a marquee event. As Nanci mentioned on the latest podcast, last Celebration she was in line for nearly two hours to get in.
Kicking off the show, the hosts highlight what’s new on the blog. Nanci reviewed Wraith Squadron and Iron Fist as part of Tosche Station’s ongoing summer X-Wing retrospective. Shane reviewed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the novel. We asked, and you delivered: the future of Star Wars at San Diego Comic Con. Emily recapped her trip to Fandom Fest. Finally, we’re starting a grassroots effort to get the release date of Scoundrels pushed up a week.
In Fixer’s Flash, Nanci’s been busy reading Janine Spendlove’s latest book, War of the Seasons: The Half-Blood. She’s helping to prepare for a Wizard Rock concert. What’s Wizard Rock? Stay tuned and you’ll find out! Brian’s still reading Mageworlds, but mostly he’s lamenting his poor decision to stack college and work at the same time.
Deak’s Dirt brings casting updates from Catching Fire. The Dramatis Personae for Mercy Kill was released by Random house, along with a new excerpt featuring Myri Antilles. They also released the cover blurb for Scoundrels. Not content with just that, Random House also wants to record your fan fiction, and the hosts go on a tangent as a result.
In this week’s Camie’s Concerns, the hosts are tackling two topics. First off, they offer advice for those attending Celebration VI and Dragon*Con this year. Later in the segment, they discuss what future Expanded Universe books they expect to hear announced from San Diego Comic Con this week as well as what listeners and readers are hoping to have announced.
For Wormie’s Works, Nanci highlights Wizard Rock group The Whomping Willows and Brian links to EUCantina’s contest to raise awareness for children’s literature.
The hosts round out the show by answering questions from listeners and discussing the Trope of the Week: Genre Savvy.
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For those of you lucky enough to be in attendance at San Diego Comic Con and have a camera on them, you can get yourself a rather nifty photo op. The folks at Del Rey and Star Wars Books have put together a Scoundrels lineup stand. You, too, can get your official prison photo with Han, Chewie, and Lando.
And for those of you who will be at Celebration VI…
@LaneWinree yes!We’re bringing it to CVI as well! (Erich)
— StarWarsBooks (@DelReyStarWars) July 10, 2012