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strawbary
Title: Syracuse CR
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Date Posted:
4/25/06 11:10am
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RE: The Celebration 4 Thread
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well, being from LA I would love to see it there 
However traveling with the amount of armor and costumes for everyone would be a nightmare.
Not to mention that the airports there are not like out here. It will take you several hours at the airport to check in baggage (if they dont lose it)
If it wasnt so darned far away I would consider driving myself.
I would suggest flying into burbank or ontario if possible instead of right into LAX. ITs a bit further out but the rate may be a tad better not to mention not as much as a headache.
Flights are relatively inexpensive flying from buffalo and rochester. Its insane what they charge out of Syr.
At any rate , just thought I would pop on and share my excitement if they have it there. 
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Doc_Bev
Title: Treasurer & Former CR, The Rebellion
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Date Posted:
5/24/06 7:29pm
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For those that didn't read the article, Rick McCallum confirmed during his Disney Weekend Q&A that CIV will be in 2007, but didn't mention a location.
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wookie_cookie
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Date Posted:
5/24/06 10:38pm
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I asked him about C4 at Disney and he said he didn't know where or when but that it is going to happen!
Yay!!
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Date Posted:
5/26/06 6:15am
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C4 Dates and Locations are confirmed:
website posted:
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Gen Con LLC will throw the largest party ever for fans of the saga, taking over the entire Los Angeles Convention Center in May 2007 for five days filled with live entertainment, celebrities from all six movies, special film and video presentations, an exhibit of movie props and costumes, exclusive merchandise sold at a 24-hour-a-day store, pop culture tributes, immersive events, costume contests, and scores of additional activities.
Star Wars Celebration IV will fill the L.A. Convention Center from Thursday, May 24 to Monday, May 28, 2007. Admission to the first day of the event will be for worldwide members of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, many of whom will help plan and run special programming themselves. The convention will be open to the general public from Friday through Monday, Memorial Day.
Read more at:
http://www.starwars.com/community/event/celebration/news20060526.html
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RogueSquadronWingnut
Title: CR, The Rebellion, Rochester, NY
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5/26/06 6:36am
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#@$%^#^@%#&@^%#&@%^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well CNSFX is now in doubt.
I might throw all my money into saving for C4....
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RogueSquadronWingnut
Title: CR, The Rebellion, Rochester, NY
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5/26/06 7:00am
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Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles California 90015
"Our trademark glass and steel pavilions, which house the exhibition halls, towers and lobbies are conveniently linked by a meeting room concourse forming a grand unified center. With a total of 720,000 square feet of exhibition and 147,000 square feet of meeting room space, the Los Angeles Convention Center provides a preeminent setting for any event. "
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HothGirl
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5/26/06 9:41am
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I need a second job so I can start saving.... lol
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JayTee_Erricck
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5/26/06 9:59am
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To quote Dave Chapelle as Rick James,
"CELEBRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"
MTFBW Us.
Jay Tee
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RogueSquadronWingnut
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5/26/06 10:47am
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Still p*ssed about this 4 hours later.
I'm a geek yeah but traveling to L.A........
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strawbary
Title: Syracuse CR
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5/26/06 4:31pm
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I believe its the same place they hold E3 and I know that draws a ton of people. its laid out nice..... however even though I have family out there, I still would have rather gone to Indy again this year. The city itself is very clean and tourist friendly.
Looks like we will all be saving our pennies this year for C4 ....
My advice... its L.A. shack up with as many as you can for the better hotels ... they will be pricey but worth it.
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RogueSquadronWingnut
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Well its a been a few...minutes...time for a rant on this topic.
I am 70% against going to C4.
Yes, I am an uber geek. Yes I have that "passion" that everyone talks about.
THIS pushes that to a limit I dont want to go to.
I know that I'll be spending 1-2k at this con. I KNOW THAT.
I know that it'll be around 500 for a flight.
I know that it'll be around 500 for a hotel.
Yes I understand that there are travel deals and basically shacking up 4+ to a room to make the hotel deals affordable but its really not that appealing to me. Yes I know its supposed to add to the experience of going to a big Con like this but throwing heavy amounts of people into a room where there is going to be armor, soft parts, and expensive accessories laying around is dangerous as far as property damage.
I hated the fact that I was starting a new job the week of C3 and it bugged me a lot when everyone got back and started talking about how awesome the experience was. Theres a difference, at least for me, between an awesome experience and tossing money in a fire.
I know the perks. We get to basically meet a HUGE cross section of SW Fans. 501st, Rebel Legion, as well as the guests (obviously) and the vendors and the X-Wing, the Athersprite Jedi Fighter, the R2 units, the group photos...but I dunno...its really bugging me to try and commit to something like that considering my budget constraints. I dont know whether or not its worth it.
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5/29/06 4:22pm
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I will not get into all the things that make me weary about going to a Celebration. All I will say is that even if I had the ability to save any major money at all ( more then a few bucks here and there that I spend on Luxuries) not needed for Food, Rent, Bills and other necessities, I would be handing it over to my parents. If I did have that kind of money and went they would be very upset with me if I did not give it to them. That’s my situation. I guess it would be nice to experience it just once guess, but it aint happening for me.
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Date Posted:
5/30/06 10:01pm
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C3 was the first convention I've ever been to. I was a yahoo star wars club moderator and BothanSpy.com staff member for a few years at that point, and many of the people in both groups were going to go. So I decided to go. To me it was worth it to finally meet my online friends, who I had talked to regularly for so long. I even met friends from Ireland and Australia! It was the most fun I've ever had. Even standing in line for 5 hours was fun. So it was all worth it, in my opinion. I wasn't active in this group back then, so it was fun to share my love for SW with other fans. I'm planning to go to C4, hopefully it will be as good as C3.
I'm sure there will be many more celebrations down the road, even if you can't swing it this time.
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MadKidJedi
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I guess I'm firmly straddling the line on this one. I have a foot in both camps, as it were. I desperately want to go back to another Celebration, but the arbitrary decision on Lucasfilm to put it "out there" has firmly jammed a wedge into the ability of most East-coasters into going, myself included. I went with a friend to C3, by car, and it was affordable to do Indianapolis. LA? A flight? Hotels? I just dunno.... guess I'll have to get a real job.
But I have to say, for those of you who have NOT yet been to a Celebration... it is worth every penny invested. Though I too, stood in long lines to buy more SW crap, I met a lot of interesting people in that line, and at the end, felt a sense of reward for the time invested. Yes; the Celebration Store does need improving, but when you're catering to tens of thousands of fans, its difficult to get anything up to the speed you desire. My biggest regret about C3 is not having taken more time to see the exhibits, which, judging by the photos everyone else took, were absolutely amazing. But we only had 2 days there, most of the first being spent in the damn store line... I did get to meet some greet people, but the experience was overwhelming. Now, the overwhelming part is going to be affording to go. Thanks, Lucasfilm.
And yet I feel I must go. Perhaps it's my rekindled passion for all things Star Wars, since I joined up with you fine folk in the Rebellion. Perhaps it's just to compare notes with fellow Anakin costumers. Perhaps it's to find a "Star Wars" soul-mate amongst the throngs... (why not? Normal chicks just don't get me, y'know?) For these and many more reasons, I will be conducting C4 Fundrai$er$ myself, and disguising them by calling them "garage sales"...
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Hello, Doc_Bev & Everyone.
[Okay, I could swear there was a C3 post string in here somewhere but I couldn't find it so, I hope y'all don't mind if I post this info here.]
Page 10 of the photos I took at Celebration III is now up at
http://www.rebellegionhawaii.com .
Please check out the Gallery section, then the C3 sub-section. I don't have any quick "go to page" buttons up there in the sub-section YET but Pac-El & I are working on it. Please bear with us.
Also, keep in mind that there are quite a few pics with the "Click here for second photo" prompt beneath them linking to supplemental images. I hope you won't miss these!
Since many of us are waiting for C4 and others are still deciding on whether or not to go, I hope these pix will 1) help whet our appetites for the upcoming event and 2) finally convince people to go, respectively. In the least, I hope you all like the pix.
May the [Good Side of the] Force be with us.
Jay Tee
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