Some Star Wars Celebration VI Flashbacks

Honestly, I was just bombarded with So Much Awesome at Star Wars Celebration VI that the thought of trying to write it up in detail here is just overwhelming. And it’s more than just the usual post-Celebration melancholy, since I was lucky to spend some time with a few truly generous and funny and talented and fun people, and I miss them all.

For now, I’m just going to post bits and pieces, starting with coverage that I did for GeekDad, and that my friend Jim (we realized over the weekend we’ve known each other for something like 17 years) did for the Orlando Business Journal.

• Star Wars Celebration VI – a GeekDad photo gallery
• Sounds and Sights at Celebration VI – a second GeekDad photo gallery
• Jim’s feature on Ashley Eckstein – Ahsoka Tano on The Clone Wars
• Jim’s photo gallery for the Business Journal
• Jim’s right-on-the-money Business Journal blog post on the after-convention blues.

I finally rode the new Star Tours and LOVED IT. In just four rides, I saw both opening sequences, all three holograms, visited all the planets but Naboo, AND got to be the spy.

Kevin Smith’s Star Wars-centric “An Evening With…” was effing incredible – it was off-color and hilarious and nostalgic and heartwrenching and inspiring. (Two nights later, Jim and I spent awhile hanging out with the two fantastic sign language interpreters who almost stole the show. They worked many of the bigger Celebration presentations over the weekend, and they took the gig in large part because they’re both hardcore Star Wars fans.)

On Friday the 24th, I sat in on a taping of the Nerdist crew’s Star Wars Transmission – which was a poodoo-ton of fun.

Finally (at least for now), below are all my Star Wars Celebration VI Tweets (from most recent to earliest), cut and pasted from Snapbird, with links to the photos I shot with my phone camera.

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  JRBooth So long, @SW_Celebration ! You were the best yet! #starwarscvi http://t.co/wLpBrKOR 8:23 PM Aug 26th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth #StarWarsCVI #VandalEyes @bonniegrrl. :) http://t.co/mRL5PDA6 7:18 PM Aug 26th from Instagram
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  JRBooth The @gimmewankentobi family has turned to the googly side! #starwarscvi #vandaleyes @bonniegrrl http://t.co/IIK3kRgb 4:46 PM Aug 26th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Crowd-built Tatooine @SW_Celebration #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/V0Budddt 2:49 PM Aug 26th from Instagram
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  JRBooth (The other @nerdist @SW_Celebration Transmissions are here: http://t.co/YhDvnmqV ) #starwarscvi 2:00 PM Aug 26th from HootSuite
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  JRBooth The @nerdist gang has been posting daily @SW_Celebration recaps: Here’s the one I saw on Friday – http://t.co/aR3NPG0v #starwarscvi 1:55 PM Aug 26th from HootSuite
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  JRBooth ’cause it’s the last night of @SW_Celebration. #starwarscvi http://t.co/4KvjBuZ9 #GetGlueHD #Fanboys 5:03 AM Aug 26th from GetGlue.com
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  JRBooth Smuggler’s Gambit live radio play ROCKED. Absolutely captured the spirit of the Brian Daley dramas! @kyle_newman #starwarscvi 10:54 PM Aug 25th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Mandalorians & Lego. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/dS20GrH9 7:18 PM Aug 25th from Instagram
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  JRBooth “I’ve got to stay back here. I’m so sick.” #thingsIdidn‘twanttohearATALL #offtoscrubmyhandsagain #starwarscvi 5:11 PM Aug 25th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth So, yeah: George Lucas just walked into the Star Wars Detours presentation. #starwarscvi 4:54 PM Aug 25th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth AT-ST cosplay #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/5D5UFDUf 2:23 PM Aug 25th from Instagram
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  JRBooth One of these things is not like the other… #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/IGYaaxgq 2:13 PM Aug 25th from Instagram
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  JRBooth So, I just happened to walk past Timothy Zahn. Thanked him for the stories & shook his hand. #starwarscvi 10:39 PM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Did you see this, @erniecline ? #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/ED0Qwdhf 7:38 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth Vegetable carving at #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/A0UjY56M 6:30 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth M’lord…m’lord…m’lord….whazzaaaaa! #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/kic2nAoM 4:28 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth Giger-inspired helmet in the As You Wish project. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/ZHwHxeFL 3:46 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth Talking to @erniecline while @nerdist dives into a pile of Lego a few yards away. I LOVE IT HERE. #starwarscvi 3:31 PM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth This would make a fantastic lawn statue. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/U1mdVMcs 2:57 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth . @katiecandraw at #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/A5QmT8Zi 2:32 PM Aug 24th from Instagram
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  JRBooth Thanks @katiecandraw for hanging out & talking Star Wars! @SW_Celebration attendees: Her art is a lot of fun. Go check it out. #starwarscvi 2:23 PM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth . @thinkgeek @bonniegrrl What schemer could be behind this? Oh, wait… #starwarscvi #vandaleyes http://t.co/xadKceuN 2:19 PM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Timmy is really excited to be here: http://t.co/jqq0W6Xh #StarWarsCVI @bonniegrrl @thinkgeek 1:09 PM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth RT @wiredgeekdad: Star Wars Celebration VI Photo Gallery – Day One: http://t.co/CzxOTcon @SW_Celebration #StarWarsCVI 12:17 PM Aug 24th from HootSuite
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  JRBooth . Fantastic, entertaining, & inspiring #StarWarsCVI show, @thatkevinsmith ! Any time for a Wired / GeekDad interview while you’re here? 12:48 AM Aug 24th from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Turns out Ian McDiarmid does a killer Christopher Lee impression. #StarWarsCVI 9:49 PM Aug 23rd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Listening to Ian McDiarmid talk about meeting G. Lucas for the first time. #StarWarsCVI 9:35 PM Aug 23rd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Sure are a lot of people here to see Ian McDiarmid. I had no idea there were so many Dirty Rotten Scoundrels fans! #StarWarsCVI 7:58 PM Aug 23rd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Love this pin from the filmmakers behind @plastic_galaxy. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/3iXyP07v 7:11 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth I wonder if the gum is still good? #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/dChzfWf9 3:44 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth Younglings in training. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/DFx91zA9 3:41 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth Hey, @wiredgeekdad – don’t we know these guys? @thinkgeek #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/Vyzlv9Gu 3:07 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth Cool Kid-and-dad built Fett. #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/gOvgBVGR 2:57 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth Look for the GeekDad shirt! “@WiredGeekDad: GeekDad’s own @JRBooth is a #StarWarsCVI – see if you can find him and say hello!” 2:14 PM Aug 23rd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth Here’s where the fun begins… #StarWarsCVI http://t.co/tsI34EnE 2:04 PM Aug 23rd from Instagram
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  JRBooth #StarWarsCVI swag, courtesy of @TomBerges! (http://t.co/bN6xKlXw) http://t.co/TnEXTFNy 6:56 PM Aug 22nd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth I’m in Orlando for #StarWarsCVI . So are the summer storm clouds of doom. Punch it, Chewie! 5:52 PM Aug 22nd from Twitter for Android
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  JRBooth #StarWarsCVI and Disney are awesome, but this Orlando trip had to begin w/Beefy King! http://t.co/VuAYKLYt 4:44 PM Aug 22nd from Instagram
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  JRBooth @merrydragon Aw, man: ConSARS sucks. :( >runs off to pack Purell for #StarWarsCVI< 3:35 AM Aug 22nd from HootSuite
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  JRBooth (Expect many #StarWars-related Tweets/FB updates to come. Only a few will be shamelessly self-promotional. #CollectAll21 #StarWarsCVI ) 1:04 AM Aug 21st from HootSuite
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  JRBooth Five days in Orlando: One carry-on, plus laptop bag. #TetrisPacking #StarWarsCVI 1:02 AM Aug 21st from HootSuite
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  JRBooth “Almost … there…” RT @sw_celebration: Who’s packing their bags for #StarWarsCVI (so clooooose!)? 3:17 PM Aug 20th from HootSuite
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  JRBooth The last weekend before @SW_Celebration, and so much to do. Begin the caffeine ingestion! #NoSleepTilBespin #StarWarsCVI 2:22 AM Aug 18th from HootSuite