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echo-3
Title: CR & President
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3/29 6:06pm
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Amidala081499 posted:
Echo is back...Nice to see you back on this board...lol
I agree completely, the sudden urge to stand in long lines for Star Wars something, is weigh heavily on my shoulders. I always feel, each year, that I need some sorta Star Wars fix...lol.
I imagine in a couple months we will hear a more solid answer. But, my ear is to the floor, listening for the sudden stamper of AT-AT's moving into a different city.
Celebration V....I love the sound of it...lets make it real....NOW!!!
Thanks
I missed you guys too. I'll be around for a wile 
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joesdomain
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3/30 5:19am
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Another Indiana Star Wars fan! Nice to know there is some out there!
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NabooPop
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3/31 2:02am
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Howdy all, have been away for too long.
Grumpy_Jedi posted:
What about here in Baltimore? LOL! They could host a "Paint your kevlar vest like a Stormtropper" event.
I dunno Grumpy, much as I'd like it to be close by for me, the thought of having to tote a light saber and a submachine gun doesn't appeal to me. 
Seriously, for all the folks unfamiliar with it, Baltimore has the highest crime rate in the country and I would worry about all the SW fans from lower-crime places who aren't used to it wandering into bad parts of town.
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Grumpy_Jedi
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NabooPop posted:
Howdy all, have been away for too long.
Grumpy_Jedi posted:
What about here in Baltimore? LOL! They could host a "Paint your kevlar vest like a Stormtropper" event.
I dunno Grumpy, much as I'd like it to be close by for me, the thought of having to tote a light saber and a submachine gun doesn't appeal to me.
Seriously, for all the folks unfamiliar with it, Baltimore has the highest crime rate in the country and I would worry about all the SW fans from lower-crime places who aren't used to it wandering into bad parts of town.
Yeah... the city isn't a fun place anymore, is it? I still manage to get down there once and awhile though. The Inner Harbor is nice. Pwinklespi and his wife came down last summer and we went to a comic convention. I yelled at his wife.. it was pretty funny. I'm sure he'll reply with a recap. He certainly brings it up whenever he can. LOL! I'm not sure the convention center in Baltimore would be large enough. It's not terribly small but I don't recall there being conventions there of that size. Maybe I'm wrong. I'd also be concerned about number of hotels. There are only about 5 or 6 big ones that I'm aware of and a few of those are quite expensive.
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NabooPop
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My other thought was Washington DC since there are the Smithsonian museums and all the other stuff down on the Mall for folks to check out if they haven't visited before. But DC is almost as bad was Bawlmer, crime-wise.
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ValedaKor
Title: C-IV RSA
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3/31 5:39am
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Hi, NP!
Yeah, re Baltimore's center, you're probably right about TPTB being concerned about the crime issues.
Size-wise, the DC convention center is great, but the location is probably a concern. And by location I mean just its being way out on the east coast. Ditto for Baltimore. But either one would be fine with me.
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NabooPop
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I've been to C2, C3 and C4 and to be honest, I'd have to rate C4 in LA the best even though it was furthest away for me. Rooms were available and for reasonable rates (at least considering the location) there were multiple airports to fly in and out of (one advantage Washington would have BTW, with Dulles, Reagan National and BWI) and of course the weather was perfect.
And BTW I never got a chance to say "thanks" for the great job you did here providing advice and help to all those who sought it in the months and days leading up to Celebration IV. Pat yourself on the back!! That's another difficulty with Baltimore - the Maryland FF has struggled despite the valiant efforts of the few active members.
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JediJustin
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I long for the day when the title of this thread gets updated from "rumors" to "official". 
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Grumpy_Jedi
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ValedaKor posted:
Hi, NP!
Yeah, re Baltimore's center, you're probably right about TPTB being concerned about the crime issues.
Size-wise, the DC convention center is great, but the location is probably a concern. And by location I mean just its being way out on the east coast. Ditto for Baltimore. But either one would be fine with me.
I think DC is terribly confusing to get around. You'd think it would be easy but I've gone down there a ton of times for various concerts and I've almost always gotten lost.... and you don't want to get lost in certain areas of DC. LOL. Then again, I'm a little slow when it comes to directions so maybe it's just me. Baltimore is easy enough to navigate your way around in.
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Captain_Typho
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Midwest or East Coast would be really good for me, especially if they do it in New York or DC.
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Grumpy_Jedi
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Captain_Typho posted:
Midwest or East Coast would be really good for me, especially if they do it in New York or DC.
Gotta love NYC... I'd be up for that. So many things to do there too... and some great places to eat!!!
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JediJustin
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Date Posted:
3/31 11:27am
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The best thing that I took from the Sansweet quotes was the fact that he would like to have a Celebration year in and year out (both international and domestic).
It has always been a "fear" of mine that the Celebrations would end after C6 if you follow the "one Celebration per movie" line of thinking.
But based on the growing attendance numbers, and Sansweet's (and a cast of others) willingness to help coordinate future Celebrations, I think I can finally put that fear to rest.
And that puts a HUGE smile on my face. 
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Dark Lady Mara
Title: Manager Emeritus
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3/31 6:59pm
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2009 seems almost absurdly soon, given that it's still just rumors and I believe we were hearing definite news about C4 at this time in 2006. But, if it's true, awesome.
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Grimby the Hutt
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Date Posted:
3/31 7:29pm
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Yeah, I distictly remember hearing the official confirmation, and then waiting around for a while before we could make hotel reservations - which could be made no earlier than a year in advance.
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ValedaKor
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3/31 7:42pm
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I just went back through this board, and the date for C-IV was officially "confirmed" (that is, people were posting "yippee" posts LOL) as of May 26, 2006. I took over as the mod about two weeks later, so yeah, we are pretty much right on schedule for offical news for C-V in 2009 .
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