Celebration IV: Meesa back
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lazypadawanI escaped from L.A. alive despite an unexpected souvenir of the convention, a cold or possibly a bad allergy attack.
So, you're probably wondering whatever happened to those voice posts I was going to make from Celebration. It seems like I remembered to bring everything, except for the instructions on how to make a voice post. I didn't bring my laptop or anything either.
But there really wasn't much in the way of "breaking news" to be honest except for the announcement of LEGO's Star Wars Saga game, including for the Wii format (there's a shot of Vader showing Luke a picture of Anakin and Preggers Padmé, then pointing at Luke during the TESB segment that's hilarious) and the AMAZING Clone Wars trailer that debuted on Sunday (lucky me was in the first audience to see it). I'm also more determined than ever to do something to promote appreciation for the PT.
I will have detailed posts over the next several days on what I did at the convention and my impressions. Here's the short of it:
* I met some LJ'ers for the first time:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladyaeryn, a_p, and celosia2. Apologies to anyone else I missed meeting. But you gals rock and hopefully, I didn't scare any of you ;).
* I got Jake Lloyd's autograph. Nice kid. Anthony Daniels was reportedly not so nice to autograph seekers; he was even rude to one of my friends. My friend Debbie decided to get a pre-signed picture instead of enduring a long wait and chancing surliness. After all, she had coins to collect!
* The Clone Wars trailer...HOLY #@#$#@$@%!
* Spent way too much money...naturally.
* I bought "Sacrifice," released early at the Barnes & Noble booth (the rest of you have to wait until tomorrow). I can confirm the previously posted spoilers on the book are true.
* The problems: A) Relatively low-wattage guest stars, which was noticeable at the opening ceremony on Friday. B) The opening ceremony was anticlimactic and clumsily-paced. And just you wait until I get to the infuriating comments made by Lucas Licensing's Howard Roffman! It's a miracle I didn't bump Rosie O'Donnell's departure from The View or Lindsay Lohan's cocaine car crash from the news. C) Those stupid Han Shot First shirts...for heaven's sake, you got what you wanted. Move on. D) Not enough of some merchandise at the Celebration IV store...they ordered something like 60 lapel pins instead of 6000 and patches were all gone by Thursday afternoon. E) Booths in the exhibit hall were too close together. F) Some missed opportunities for presentations that could've been educational, inspiring, and interesting.
* What they did right: A) The Celebration Store...the notorious nightmare of seven hour waits is no more. You could whizz in and out of there in a few minutes flat with 45 cashiers, all of which with credit card machines, and merchandise out for you to gather up yourself. BIG gold star for that one. B) Overall MUCH better-run and better-organized than Celebration II...the staff at the L.A. Convention Center have their poodoo together. Most of the staff I encountered was reasonable, professional, and even friendly. C) The L.A. Convention Center as a facility was far better than Indianapolis. I'm sorry, but I remember having too few places to eat and convention-goers bottle-necked in nearly every corridor. In L.A. there was plenty of room and plenty of places to eat. We didn't even have to leave for lunch or dinner. D) More time to do stuff. No more wasting your entire day in a stupid line, though for some things like the very popular "Star Wars Trilogy In 30 Minutes" or getting Carrie Fisher's autograph or getting into a collecting panel required waiting in line. The spontaneous lines to nowhere are a thing of the past.
Remember, the History Channel's special "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" comes on tonight at 9! Check your proverbial local listings, especially in Central or Mountain time zones.
So, you're probably wondering whatever happened to those voice posts I was going to make from Celebration. It seems like I remembered to bring everything, except for the instructions on how to make a voice post. I didn't bring my laptop or anything either.
But there really wasn't much in the way of "breaking news" to be honest except for the announcement of LEGO's Star Wars Saga game, including for the Wii format (there's a shot of Vader showing Luke a picture of Anakin and Preggers Padmé, then pointing at Luke during the TESB segment that's hilarious) and the AMAZING Clone Wars trailer that debuted on Sunday (lucky me was in the first audience to see it). I'm also more determined than ever to do something to promote appreciation for the PT.
I will have detailed posts over the next several days on what I did at the convention and my impressions. Here's the short of it:
* I met some LJ'ers for the first time:
ladyaeryn, a_p, and celosia2. Apologies to anyone else I missed meeting. But you gals rock and hopefully, I didn't scare any of you ;).* I got Jake Lloyd's autograph. Nice kid. Anthony Daniels was reportedly not so nice to autograph seekers; he was even rude to one of my friends. My friend Debbie decided to get a pre-signed picture instead of enduring a long wait and chancing surliness. After all, she had coins to collect!
* The Clone Wars trailer...HOLY #@#$#@$@%!
* Spent way too much money...naturally.
* I bought "Sacrifice," released early at the Barnes & Noble booth (the rest of you have to wait until tomorrow). I can confirm the previously posted spoilers on the book are true.
* The problems: A) Relatively low-wattage guest stars, which was noticeable at the opening ceremony on Friday. B) The opening ceremony was anticlimactic and clumsily-paced. And just you wait until I get to the infuriating comments made by Lucas Licensing's Howard Roffman! It's a miracle I didn't bump Rosie O'Donnell's departure from The View or Lindsay Lohan's cocaine car crash from the news. C) Those stupid Han Shot First shirts...for heaven's sake, you got what you wanted. Move on. D) Not enough of some merchandise at the Celebration IV store...they ordered something like 60 lapel pins instead of 6000 and patches were all gone by Thursday afternoon. E) Booths in the exhibit hall were too close together. F) Some missed opportunities for presentations that could've been educational, inspiring, and interesting.
* What they did right: A) The Celebration Store...the notorious nightmare of seven hour waits is no more. You could whizz in and out of there in a few minutes flat with 45 cashiers, all of which with credit card machines, and merchandise out for you to gather up yourself. BIG gold star for that one. B) Overall MUCH better-run and better-organized than Celebration II...the staff at the L.A. Convention Center have their poodoo together. Most of the staff I encountered was reasonable, professional, and even friendly. C) The L.A. Convention Center as a facility was far better than Indianapolis. I'm sorry, but I remember having too few places to eat and convention-goers bottle-necked in nearly every corridor. In L.A. there was plenty of room and plenty of places to eat. We didn't even have to leave for lunch or dinner. D) More time to do stuff. No more wasting your entire day in a stupid line, though for some things like the very popular "Star Wars Trilogy In 30 Minutes" or getting Carrie Fisher's autograph or getting into a collecting panel required waiting in line. The spontaneous lines to nowhere are a thing of the past.
Remember, the History Channel's special "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" comes on tonight at 9! Check your proverbial local listings, especially in Central or Mountain time zones.
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Date: 2007-05-29 01:49 am (UTC)I'm not a big fan of voiceposts anyhow because I don't have the patience to sit there and listen to them most of the time :)
Am anxiously waiting to watch The Legacy Revealed here.
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Date: 2007-05-29 02:49 am (UTC)I was so happy to finally meet you. I wish we could have spent more time at CIV together. I didn't see you at the hilarous SW items panel until about the end of the session. Afterwards, my friend wanted to eat so we left quickly.
Thank you for allowing Kara and I to hang out with you and your friends. Too bad we got split up during the opening ceremonies.
Unfortunately, my friend and I ended up sitting by a couple of elderly stamp collectors. They were so annoying, constantly talking throughout the ceremony. They kept telling the people around them that this was the largest group of stamp collectors in US history. I had to laugh at that. We also ended up sitting next to an obnoxious journalist. Who also would not shut up. Kara (my friend) sat next to him and he kept making rude comments about Star Wars and their fans. I forgot who he worked for, it doesn't matter. He was a jerk. I think he got a hint when my friend left for about 20 minutes just to get away from him. BTW, the media's character badge was the Emperor. That image fits them perfectly. Ha!
PS.
I shot some videos while I was there. I will post them on my LJ soon.
PPS.
I love that LEGO's scene with Vader and Luke. I hope they will have it posted on their LEGO's SW site,so we can watch it again. Unfortunately, I am sure someone captured a poor copy of it on video for Youtube. Yuck.
:)
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-29 02:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-29 08:29 pm (UTC)I didn't have any probs with Anthony Daniels, but I went on Monday when the lines were MUCH shorter and I didn't have to wait for hours. Maybe he was in a better mood then; who knows?
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Date: 2007-05-30 02:49 am (UTC)