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Kai_Vandekar
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Date Posted:
7/10/07 9:49am
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Celebration Europe - Random Whimpering
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So, Ian (Palpatine) and Mark (Luke) are both going to be at Celebration Europe. Ok, so we got Carrie Fisher. No offense to Carrie, we love her, but whoop-de-doop. She's a semi-regular on the con circuit. THOSE TWO AREN'T!!!! DAMN!
*cries*
- Kai, wishing she were independently wealthy
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Master--Kenobi
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Date Posted:
7/10/07 9:53am
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Kai_Vandekar posted:
So, Ian (Palpatine) and Mark (Luke) are both going to be at Celebration Europe. Ok, so we got Carrie Fisher. No offense to Carrie, we love her, but whoop-de-doop. She's a semi-regular on the con circuit. THOSE TWO AREN'T!!!! DAMN!
*cries*
- Kai, wishing she were independently wealthy
*HUGS* Yeah, but you got "Ewan" AND even got to stay in the same room as him!   
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TionneHawk
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Date Posted:
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I'm with you there, Kai. I'd love to see Mark again (and see if by any stretch of the imagination he remembers the "bird girl" from the Make a Wish film).
Plus, it's England for goodness sakes! LA is...well....LA.
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LadyCieone
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7/10/07 12:15pm
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Ian McDiarmid's going to be there?!?!?!
*raids savings account and buys two tickets to Celebration Europe*
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DarkLordSid
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Date Posted:
7/10/07 12:47pm
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RE: Celebration Europe - Random Whimpering
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LadyCieone posted:
Ian McDiarmid's going to be there?!?!?!
*raids savings account and buys two tickets to Celebration Europe*
Given it's this Friday, I think you better knock over a bank if you want to get two people there in time.
Er, you are going to take me with you aren't you? This another "bail on hubby and take a mini vacation with Master K to Dinnyland"????
Hurmph.
I too noticed the massive absence of most of the top name cast like Liam, Ewan, Mark, Harrison, Natalie, Hayden, Frank Oz, Ian, Sam Jackson, James Earl Jones, Terrance Stamp, etc. etc. The "BIG" event and pretty much Carrie is it. Bless her for showing, although I never saw her as after paying the painful entry fees and hotel fees and etc. fees, I really didn't feel like paying extra to see her way afar away on the stage again.
I guess if anyone has a rather busy career we don't get to see them. Like the special effects guys that show are just lounging about, pppfft. Well then, I guess a lot of those folks are mostly 1) In Europe so it's not a big distraction from their current project and 2) frankly too hard to keep people from mobbing, bothering them in the restrooms, etc. 3) Cheaper not to fly them to LA for the weekend (?!?).
Well at least they don't get Ray Park. So there, take that Europe. PPPFFFTTTTHHHHHTTTT!!!
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Master--Kenobi
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Well, Ewan gets some slack cut as he is currently on the Long Way Down tour and he and Charlie are in Africa during all of this.
But the rest of em... common guys...where were you?
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TionneHawk
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7/10/07 1:56pm
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I want..nay..NEED someone to bring me back the stormtrooper CE shirt. (See TF.N news for the link and pic)
Maybe I can find one after the con or con one of my 501st UK Garrison brethren to send me one.
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Kai_Vandekar
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7/11/07 10:02am
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Yeah, I gotta admit I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of "big names" at CIV. Now, I'll get flamed for that, since we DID have Carrie Fisher, and there were a lot of folk that we all hold near and dear to our hearts (David Prowse, anyone? And Matthew Wood is a sweetheart). But...yeah...we got the same lineup, basically, of "minor" characters that we pretty much could expect at other, smaller venues over the years.
I mean, sheesh, it's the 30 year anniversary. Even if you never wanted to think about Star Wars again in regards to your career, couldn't this be the one exception?
Uh oh, I opened the floodgates, but now that they're open, just to continue the complaining:
And no George...not even a freaking pre-recorded MESSAGE? Heck, Peter Jackson at least did that for our first One Ring Celebration while he was immersed in working on Kong. It made ALL the difference for us at the con and probably took him 15 minutes, tops, to have a video camera set up, to record his little blurb, and let the rest of his team get it mailed to Pasadena. And it truly meant the world to us, made us feel included and valued and...wow, it was great. Granted, George doesn't seem to be a people person in that way, but it would have taken him so little time and effort for such a huge payoff.
*sigh*
And yes, it was awfully cool he arranged the Rose Bowl Parade stuff (which certainly boosted his franchise visibility, in the bargain)...but when it came to just a few minute statement on the 30th anniversary...nothing. Pth.
Don't get me wrong...I had a BLAST at CIV (and I'd go to a CV)...but almost entirely due to the insane wonderfulness of my friends and extended friends and extended fan family there. Not because of guests or TPTB.
If George shows up in Europe, in addition to some of these other bigger-wigs, I will kick something. LOL!
- Kai, feeling tempermental
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Kai_Vandekar
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Date Posted:
7/11/07 10:03am
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Master--Kenobi posted:
Kai_Vandekar posted:
So, Ian (Palpatine) and Mark (Luke) are both going to be at Celebration Europe. Ok, so we got Carrie Fisher. No offense to Carrie, we love her, but whoop-de-doop. She's a semi-regular on the con circuit. THOSE TWO AREN'T!!!! DAMN!
*cries*
- Kai, wishing she were independently wealthy
*HUGS* Yeah, but you got "Ewan" AND even got to stay in the same room as him!
Heh. Is this where I get to say, in a sing-song voice, "I saw Ewan's underwear! I saw Ewan's..."
This wasn't where I got to say that?
Oh.
Um.
Nevermind, then.
*shifty eyes*
- Kai, the Brat
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TionneHawk
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7/11/07 11:35am
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 Wrong, Kai..on SO many levels. 
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DarkLordSid
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Date Posted:
7/11/07 11:38am
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Like your icon at right with Padme holding onto her throat while Anakin applies pressure is Okeyday?
*snicker*
She saw the "Holy Underwear", it's so Star Warsy and Iconic.
SO spill it, BVD or boxers? Not that I need to know, but I'm just curious.
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Master--Kenobi
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7/11/07 11:43am
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DarkLordSid posted:
Like your icon at right with Padme holding onto her throat while Anakin applies pressure is Okeyday?
*snicker*
She saw the "Holy Underwear", it's so Star Warsy and Iconic.
SO spill it, BVD or boxers? Not that I need to know, but I'm just curious.
Hey it was Ewan...Kai's bloody lucky that he was wearing anything!
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Master--Kenobi posted:
Well, Ewan gets some slack cut as he is currently on the Long Way Down tour and he and Charlie are in Africa during all of this.
But the rest of em... common guys...where were you?
Maybe it was also because the con was staged against a major US holiday too, expensive to fly, hotels, etc.
Sam Jackson: Hey honey, how about this convention thing...
His Wife: ON THAT WEEKEND?
Sam: Well yeah...
His Wife: I don't think so, we're going to (fill in the blank with a fun and exotic place here) that weekend with (fill in the blank with various family members names he doesn't get to see but once a year maybe) and going to (fill in the blank with various fun things to do that don't involve hot lights, sweating fanboys, long waits in poorly cooled and stocked green rooms and security provided by pre puberscent computer geeks, unless wild amounts of liquor are supplied FREE and no photos or autographs please).
Sam: Well when you put it that way, DUUUUUH-UUUUHHHH-HHHHHUUUH! Never mind. *throws out con invitation* Now where did you put my super swimming suit, the one with the big S on it?
Ask me, we got off lucky with the weather too, it could a been a lot hotter. But of course, they will pick a snow bound venue for the next one, no doubt, probably Denver in February. Or maybe they will hold in it Orlando in JUNE/JULY just in time for the hurricane season. Brilliant.
WHO PLANS THESE????
/snit off
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Kai_Vandekar
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DarkLordSid posted:
Like your icon at right with Padme holding onto her throat while Anakin applies pressure is Okeyday?
*snicker*
She saw the "Holy Underwear", it's so Star Warsy and Iconic.
SO spill it, BVD or boxers? Not that I need to know, but I'm just curious.
Oh, no. I'm already in enough trouble.
- Kai-Discretion-Is-The-Better-Part-of-Valor-Vandekar
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TionneHawk posted:
Wrong, Kai..on SO many levels.
-Padawan to Master K needing mucho therapy now
*puts a dollar into Tionne's Therapy Jar*
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Kai_Vandekar posted:
TionneHawk posted:
Wrong, Kai..on SO many levels.
-Padawan to Master K needing mucho therapy now
*puts a dollar into Tionne's Therapy Jar*
WOOHOO!! I got a dollar!
I'm thinking maybe I should have saved and gone to CE instead of CIV and avoided some things that happened here.
-Tionne hindsight-is-20/20- Hawk
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