KC, MO Introductions

You can see the 'old' Introduction thread here.

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Welcome to the Kansas City FanForce forum. Read on to learn more about your fellow fans in the area. Also, please take a moment to answer a few questions and tell us a little bit about yourself.

Screen name:

Real first name:

Location:

Occupation:

Favorite StarWars character(s):

Favorite StarWars movie:

Favorite author(s):

Moment I became a fan:

Favorite snack food:

Favorite non Star Wars movie:

Costumes owned or working on:

Other interests besides Star Wars:

Other fan groups I belong to:

Family:

Favorite place to visit:

Favorite music:

 

Screen name: Qui-Gon_Glenn

Real first name: Glenn

Location: Topeka, KS

Occupation: Photojournalist

Favorite StarWars character(s): Qui-Gon Jinn, Watto, Han Solo

Favorite StarWars movie: ESB, but AOTC is a really close second

Favorite author(s): Timothy Zahn, R.A. Salvatore, J.R.R. Tolkien

Moment I became a fan: After I saw Star Wars in 1977

Favorite snack food: Planters Cheese Balls

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Wonderboys

Costumes owned or working on: Darth Vader (half done)

Other interests besides Star Wars: James Bond, Videography, playing with my daughter

Other fan groups I belong to: Coreplanets.com (Missouri & Kansas SW Fansite), Rebelbasers.com (Star Wars Trading Card Game Fansite), Team Cliegg (Local Star Wars TCG play group), TradeFederation.net (On-line Star Wars Trading Group)

Family: Wife and daughter born on Aug 9th, 2003

Favorite place to visit: My Star Wars room/office

Favorite music: The Beatles

 

Wow I take it this Fan Force chapter is a recent development? Hi guys. I'm a K-Stater.

Screen name: Janz_Walker (ChristheNinjaPirate is my 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' sock. )

Real first name: Chris

Location: Manhattan, KS

Occupation: Student in Television/Radio

Favorite StarWars character(s): C3P0, R2D2

Favorite StarWars movie: Empire Strikes Back

Favorite author(s): Matthew Stover, R.A. Salvatore, Kathy Tyres, Tim Zahn

Moment I became a fan: My lil brother got me 'The Last Command' for Christmas.

Favorite snack food: Brownies.

Favorite non Star Wars movie: K-PAX

Costumes owned or working on: Various, including an Imperial Officer for a Manhattan based fan film

Other interests besides Star Wars: Reading, Writing, Voice work

Other fan groups I belong to: New Jedi Order Project

Family: Two twin brothers, currently seniors in high school. Parents manage a grain elevator in north-central Kansas.

Favorite place to visit: White Water resort in Gunnison, CO

Favorite music: Instrumental

 

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Screen name: GandalfBMG

Real first name: Bart (hence the avatar)

Location: North of the river

Occupation: Technical Writer

Favorite StarWars character(s): Han, Obi-wan, Chewbacca

Favorite StarWars movie: Empire and next Jedi, and probably Revenge

Favorite author(s): Stephen King, Tolkien, Robert Heinlein

Moment I became a fan: Too young to remember. One of my earliest memories is of going to see Jedi in St. Joseph when I was 5; there was a big thunderstorm going on outside.

Favorite snack food: popcorn; nachos

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Anything from Kevin Smith, Lord or the Rings

Costumes owned or working on: none

Other interests besides Star Wars: Buffy/Angel and the works of Joss Wheedon

Other fan groups I belong to: I've done some Buffy stuff too.

Family: A son, 4 yrs old, who is named after a Babylon 5 character and a my fiance who I'm training to be a big geek like myself (around these parts she goes by 'GsWookie')

Favorite place to visit: Anywhere, just as long as I can get out.

Favorite music: Anything good. Of late the place that best sums up music for me is the place in my signature, radioparadise.com

 

Screen name: Jedi-Anakin-Solo

Real first name: Jarrod

Location: KCMO

Occupation: Host

Favorite StarWars character(s): Movies: Obi-Wan EU: Anakin Solo

Favorite StarWars movie: Tie between ESB & RotJ

Favorite author(s): I've probably read more Jude Watson books than any other SW Author.

Moment I became a fan: When I was born.

Favorite snack food: Eh, potato chips.

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Spider-Man 2

Costumes owned or working on: I have a Darth Vader helmet.

Other interests besides Star Wars: Computers, Video Games, Star Trek.

Other fan groups I belong to: Nadda.

Family: Parents and sister.

Favorite place to visit: Orlando.

Favorite music: Weird Al.

 

Screen name: JediJohnSeever

Real first name: John

Location: Liberty Missouri

Occupation: College Student

Favorite StarWars character(s): Han Solo, Mace Windu

Favorite StarWars movie: Episode 2

Favorite author(s): Timothy Zhan, Jane Austen, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien,

Moment I became a fan: When I saw Return of the Jedi for the first time

Favorite snack food: Depends on my mood

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Aladdin, Lord of the Rings, Wraith

Costumes owned or working on: Jedi Knight Costume

Other interests besides Star Wars: Reading, Computers, Transformers, Robotech, Dragonball Z, Costuming

Other fan groups I belong to: Dewback Wing, Rebel Legion

Family: Mother and soon to be Fience

Favorite place to visit: Orlando, Fl.

Favorite music: Depends on my mood

 

John! you old pirate! You following me?!?

 

Someone has too keep you out of trouble.

 

Screen name: GsWookie

Real first name: Sarah

Location: up North

Occupation: banking

Favorite StarWars character(s): Han Solo, Chewbacca

Favorite StarWars movie: Return of the Jedi

Favorite author(s): Stephen King, JKRowling

Moment I became a fan: When I saw Han Solo at the table with Greedo.

Favorite snack food: chocolate!

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Grease

Costumes owned or working on: none

Other interests besides Star Wars: LOTS!

Other fan groups I belong to: none

Family: a fiance

Favorite place to visit:

Favorite music: Metallica and most country.

 

Screen name: Kevin_Kenobi

Real first name: Kevin

Location: Independence,Mo

Occupation: Classified

Favorite StarWars character(s): Captain Typho, Admiral Ackbar

Favorite StarWars movie: Return of the Jedi

Favorite author(s): S.D. Perry, William Shakespere, Stephen King, George Lucas

Moment I became a fan: Never thought I'd like some space movie until friends convinced me to go see Phantom Menace...I didnt want to go as a star wars noob so I rented the trilogy and watched them over and over.

Favorite snack food: White Chocolate Nestle Crunch

Favorite non Star Wars movie: toss-up Pulp Fiction or Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pink Floyd:The Wall running close behind

Costumes owned or working on:

Other interests besides Star Wars: ummm...there are things other than star wars that interest people?

Other fan groups I belong to: none

Family:

Favorite place to visit: Geonosis

Favorite music: Everything as long as it's not Gang Banging crap or anything else being beaten to death by commercial radio.

 

Screen name: Triba Blakan

Real first name: Trish

Location: KCMO

Occupation: Legal Admin.

Favorite StarWars character(s): Darth Vader & Luke

Favorite StarWars movie: Empire Strikes Back

Favorite author(s): Harper Lee, Ray Bradbury

Moment I became a fan: A Saturday afternoon in 1977. I was 12.

Favorite snack food: Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream

Favorite non Star Wars movie: To Kill a Mockingbird

Costumes owned or working on: Alas, I have none.

Other interests besides Star Wars: Art, movies, and currently obsessed with the TV show LOST.

Other fan groups I belong to: LOTR Official fan club. Even though I never really liked the books, I love the movies.

Family: Big & loud

Favorite place to visit: Hawaii (Been there once and dying to go again)

Favorite music: Depends on my mood. However, I'm not a big fan of Rap, Country, and Teen Pop.


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Hi everyone. I'm going to be attending KU this fall. I'm active in the St Louis fan force and hope to continue in KC.

Screen name: VoijaRisa

Real first name: Jon

Location: St Louis MO

Occupation: Teaching Assistant for Astronomy courses at SMSU and Gallery Assistant for the St Louis Science Center

Favorite StarWars character(s): Vader

Favorite StarWars movie: RotJ

Favorite author(s): Terry Pratchett

Moment I became a fan: When I saw ESB for the first time while sick on a taped off TV casette

Favorite snack food: Cheese

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Last Samauri

Costumes owned or working on: Vader, Tusken Raider, several Jedi

Other interests besides Star Wars: Astronomy, midieval swordfighting

Other fan groups I belong to: St Louis Fan Force

Family: Mother, Step-Father, 1 younger (half) sister

Favorite place to visit: Dark sky locations

Favorite music: anything but Rap and Country.

 

Welcome Kevin_Kenobi, Jedi_Triba_Blakan, and VoijaRisa. Stop by the HotA website and forums to catch up with the rest of us. We're really more active than this board lets on

 

That's cool. I enjoy upping my post count here. I don't need to start on another board.

 

Screen name: Skywalker64089

Real first name: Stephen

Location: Smithville MO

Occupation: Lawn and Landscape, General Maintenance

Favorite StarWars character(s): Luke, Leia, Padme, Mara, Jaina, Jacen, Anakin (both) , Jag, Kyp, Han, Lando, um. . . . . . oh yeah, Wedge, Tycho, Wes, Gavin and all the boys & girls from Rogue and Wraith Squadron

Favorite StarWars movie: Return of the Jedi

Favorite author(s): Anne McCaffrey, David Eddings, David Weber, Steve White, Raymond Feist, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Paolini, Timothy Zahn, Eric Flint

Moment I became a fan: Six years old, A New Hope came on tv. Proceded to wear out the vhs tapes for the trilogy over the course of the next month, never been the same since.

Favorite snack food: Anything

Favorite non Star Wars movie: Smokey and the Bandit (hey, what can I say, I like fast cars)

Costumes owned or working on: N/A (this takes money)

Other interests besides Star Wars: Computers, Video games (of course), books, cars (Anything older than 1980 with an engine with 8 cylinders or more)

Other fan groups I belong to: n/a

Family: Parents (yes, some of us have them), 1 sister (younger)

Favorite place to visit: Omaha Nebraska

Favorite music: anything.

 

Screen Name: Garax

Real First Name: Not Given

Location: Kansas City, Ks.

Occupation: Photographer/ whatever pays the best at the time.

Favorite Star Wars Character: Vader, hands down (I have had this opinion since the original trilogy)

Favorite Star Wars Movie: Debatable. Either all of episode 5, or the last 30 minutes of episode 6.

Favorite Author: Carl Hiassen

Moment I Became a Fan: "No, there is another."

Favorite Snack Food: I would say Lay's KC Masterpiece Chips, but I have to say that i have an extreme weakness for cream cheese danishes.

Favorite Non-Star Wars Movie: I'll get alot of crap for this, but... Star Trek 6. It had a decent script the entire way through, and the heroes that we had followed for so many years rode off into the sunset at the end.

Other Fan Groups I Belong to: Technically, none. Although I have managed a game store, played mmos with friends in real life, and have run a local collectible card circuit, so i guess ive been apart of those groups, and continue to be.

Family: Not Given.

Favorite Place to Visit: I apologize, but this one will be long. I think that you are asking for my favorite vacation, and I have to say that it was when I camped out for Episode 1 for 5 days. The best part of the whole experience actually wasnt the movie itself, or the moments of anticipation just before the event. It was the fact that I had a 5 day vacation where the entire length of my to-do list was "see movie in 5 days". It was perfect.

Favorite Music: Juno Reactor, ever since high-school.

 

Welcome Skywalker64089 & Garax check out our websiteand forums we are much more active there then here!

 

Screen name: Qui-Gon-Matt

Real First name: Matt

Location: Albuquerque NM

Occupation: Supervisor for UPS

Favorite Star Wars character: Han Solo

FAvorite Star Wars Movie: A new Hope

Favorite Author: David Eddings

Moment I became a fan: Seeing stormtroopers for the first time.

Favorite snack foods: Doritos and coke

Favorite non star Wars film: Tie between Miracle, Almost Famous, and Rudy.

Other fan groups I belong to: Rebel Legion, 501st(very very soon), Mos Alba Fan Force, Grand army of the Republic

Family: Wife of 6 years, two kids (boy 7, girl 3) and one on the way

Favorite place to visit: New England

Favorite music: Heavy Metal. I love the new hardcore stuff, but my heart is still in the 80's when it comes to music.