Ian McDiarmid, aka Emperor Palpatine, will be making his first appearance at a U.S. Celebration in Orlando this August. He’ll appear on stage and, yes, in the autograph farm.
In other recent Celebration news, there will be a special focus on the Mos Eisley Cantina with professional sculptor and effects artist Tom Spina, who will join Pablo Hidalgo for a panel. Also: Star Tours’ Visual Effects Supervisor Bill George, a Collector’s Showcase, and, apparently, maybe, kids birthday parties? Alrighty then.
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10 responses so far ↓
1 Emily // May 18, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Oh how wonderful for those of you going! I had the pleasure of meeting him once – a true gentleman!
2 Stooge // May 18, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Damn. Good coup for CVI!
3 Lindsay // May 18, 2012 at 10:48 pm
He is also currently in Chicago staring in Timon of Athens in which he gets completely nude. Of course his back is to the stage when he does. Also, I met him in NY when he was in Faith Healer–very nice guy, didn’t mind taking pictures and signing playbills, and was great (as usual) in his role on stage!
4 pabawan // May 18, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Stooge, I quickly read that as damn good soup for CVI.
… which ain’t that bad an idea….
5 Dunc // May 18, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Team Soup: You Can Just Go And Forget About That One, Buddy.
6 jawajames // May 19, 2012 at 12:46 am
i’m excited!
7 Riley // May 19, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Fantastic news!
8 Stooge // May 19, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Team Soup! TEAM SOUP!
9 jawajames // May 20, 2012 at 3:00 am
as long as there is no repeat of team cake.
10 Jake Lloyd, Anthony Daniels coming to Celebration VI // Jun 5, 2012 at 7:27 pm
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