Reed has nabbed the “original princess with an attitude” to appear at Celebration V. Currently she’s only on for autographs, but cross your fingers.
Fisher will also be at another Reed convention, C2E2, next month in Chicago.
Details of the Celebration V VIP packages
There are a limited number of packages avaliable: 250 ‘Jedi Knight’ for #350 and 50 ‘Jedi Master’ for $750. Both come with early entrance, access, store discounts, reserved seating and a special concierge lounge. The ‘Master’ package features a private meet and greet with and original art from Dave Filoni, as well as a ‘personal shopper.’ (Sadly, not someone who will follow you around the floor and carry your purchases.)
The packages will go on sale in “the very near future,” with those already having badges getting an email notice today to set up a “live time” to purchase.
Celebration V exhibitors announced
The list of Celebration V exhibitors came out over the weekend (okay, on Friday) and contains most of the usual suspects: Licenses, vendors, more venders… Browncoats? For our particular focus, we can point out Random House and DK… But no Dark Horse? Sideshow? Odd…
Celebration V ticket prices rise due to taxes
Last week, prices on the Celebration V tickets went up – an extra $8 on the four-day pass, and $4 on everything else – and today Reed’s Lance Fensterman has a reason: State and local taxes. However, there are two bits of good news here: Folks who’ve already purchased tickets don’t have to pay the extra (Reed will take care of it: Think of it as an early bird special?) and there’s no sliding scale, so the online prices won’t raise until the convention begins and the on-site prices kick in. (That’s an additional $17 on a four-day pass, so you’re still saving by buying early.)
Dunc’s top ten Star Wars events of 2009
It’s getting to be that time again… StarWars.com posted their own mammoth Best of 2009 this morning. Below is my personal list. Since it is personal, it’s clearly missing some things. (As always, I don’t speak for all of Club Jade. I just post a lot.) So let’s get to it: Continue reading “Dunc’s top ten Star Wars events of 2009”
Sansweet: LFL in talks with Disney for CV
Steve Sansweet talks Celebration V with the Orlando Sentinel, where he reveals that Lucasfilm is in talks with Disney to “do some other cool things for the fans.”
Celebration V passes go on sale
Passes for Celebration V are on sale now. Prices start at $120 for four days.
Poll: What EU programming would you like to see at CV?
With Celebration V solidly on the horizon and Reed soliciting event ideas from fans, now seems a good time to ask what kind of Expanded Universe programming you’d like to see. There’s sure to be plenty of Clone Wars events, and I’d be very surprised if there wasn’t a Fate of the Jedi panel, but other than that I wouldn’t count on much… Unless we volunteer to make ourselves heard. Vote in the poll beneath the cut (or on the sidebar) and feel free to elaborate in the comments. Continue reading “Poll: What EU programming would you like to see at CV?”
Video: Orange County mayor welcomes Celebration V
Counties can have mayors? Huh. (In my area we have ‘county executives.’)
Keep up with announcements by following @SW_Celebration on Twitter, or become a fan of the official Facebook page.
You also may want to submit ideas for panels and events! Alas, I fear there are probably some sort of regulations that will keep us from getting a margarita party on the official schedule.
Gear up for Celebration 5, because it really is coming to Orlando in August
Well, it’s official: Celebration V will be in Orlando, Florida on August 12-15, 2010. Registration is set to go live Thursday, December 10th. Four-day passes start at $120, and we’re sure to get more details soon.
It’s hard for me to get excited about this (Florida in August, ugh) but will the location/timing keep you away? I think I’ll still probably go, but I’ve already seen several folks declare that they won’t.
ETA: Quote of the day, from our own @rosiewook:
The 4 Stages of Celebration Announcements: whining, denial, envy, purchase.
Back to news: Wizard has moved Chicago Comic Con back a week to avoid a conflict: Consider that a consolation prize for the midwest fans. (Cross your fingers for an Indianapolis CVI: Their expansion will be done by that point.) As for other major cons, GenCon (August 5-8) will certainly see a few less Jaders, but I doubt the usually stuffed-to-the-gills Dragon*Con (September 3-6) will suffer many ill effects. (Anything to help the elevator wait times.)